Rosenstiel Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) 2023

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     Spatial Patterns of Bleaching and Growth in Acropora palmata

Research Supervisor:     Diego Lirman-Kalwill, Ph.D.

Marine Biology and Ecology

Title:     The Effects of Magnesium Hydroxide on Photosynthesis, Respiration and Survival Rates Across Three Coral Species

Research Supervisor:     Chris Langdon, Ph.D. 

Marine Biology and Ecology

Title:     Survivorship of A. cervicornis When Exposed to High Temp and High CO2

Research Supervisor:     Chris Langdon, Ph.D.

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     Assessing the thermotolerance of coral recruits fused in early settlement in three species of Caribbean corals

Research Supervisor:    Andrew Baker, Ph.D.

Marine Biology and Ecology

Title:     Comparitive Analyses of Potential Resilience in 63 Coral Patches from Apra Harbour, Guam Using CoralPatchSim

Research Supervisor:     John McManus, Ph.D.

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     Exploring the Uses of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis to Quantify Organoleptic Sensory Data in Farm Raised Olive Flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus

Research Supervisor:     John Stieglitz, Ph.D.

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     Standardizing a Method for Using Peripheral Blood Smears to Estimate Leukocyte Count in Sharks

Research Supervisor:    Liza Merly, Ph.D.

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     The Effect of Life History Uncertainty on Rebuilding Times for the Northwest Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini)

Research Supervisor:    Elizabeth Babcock, Ph.D.

Marine Biology and Ecology

Title:     Characterizing the Function of Casein Kinase 2 in Early Sea Urchin Development

Research Supervisor:    Athula Wikramanayake, Ph.D. 

Marine Science/Microbiology

Title:     Metabolic Response to Hypoxia in Gulf Toadfish (Opsanus beta) by Ventilation Amplitude and Frequency

Research Supervisor:     Martin Grosell, Ph.D.

Geological Science

Title:     Exploring Tropical Marine Sediments for Geochemical and Mineralogical Evidence of Ichthyocarbonate

Research Supervisor:     Amanda Oehlert, Ph.D.

Marine Science/Geological Science

Title:     A Marine Record of Dust Deposition off the Cape Verde Islands, Africa on Interglacial-Glacial Time Scales

Research Supervisor:     Larry Peterson, Ph.D.

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     Impact of Human Activity on Foraminifera Assemblages in Indo-Pacific Island Nations

Research Supervisor:     Alexander Humphreys, Ph.D.

Meteorology

Title:     Evaluation of Over-Land Surface Winds in WRF Simulations of the Landfall of Hurricane Laura (2020) 

Research Supervisor:     David Nolan, Ph.D.

Marine Science/Chemistry

Title:     Transformations of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Atlantic Water Layer in the Artic Ocean

Research Supervisor:     Dennis Hansell, Ph.D.