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Year 1 · 1999-2000 | Year 2 · 2000-2001
Year 3 · 2001-2002 | Year 4 · 2002-2003

All students from Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 have graduated!

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YEAR 5 ∙ 2003-2004

	Tara Casazza E-mail: Undergraduate institution: UNCW Undergraduate degree: BS – Marine Biology Advisor: Dr. Ross Thesis: Comparison of Habitats, Community Structure and Food Chains in Open Gulf Stream Water versus Sargassum Seaweed Patches Future plans: continue to work in fisheries. I want to make a difference when it comes to our oceans. I want my children and my grandchildren to be able to see and appreciate fishes in our oceans

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YEAR 6 ∙ 2004-2005

	Kim Duernberger Email: Undergraduate Institution: College of Charleston Undergraduate Major: Biology, minor in Environmental Studies Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mike Mallin and Dr. Craig Tobias Committee Member: Dr. Larry Cahoon Research Area: Aquatic ecology Future plans or goals: Save the planet. Yes, I have high ambitions

	Rebecca Gerhart Email: Undergraduate Institution: SUNY - Buffalo Undergraduate Major: Environmental Sciences Faculty Advisor: Dr. Larry Cahoon Research Area: Benthic Microalgal production Future plans or goals: Research and education (teacher or professor)

	Amanda Maness Email: Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Maritime Academy Undergraduate Major: Safety and Environmental Protection Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joanne Halls Research Area: GIS - Oyster reef habitats Future plans or goals: Find a job I don't mind waking up for!
	Mary Rena Spivey Email: Undergraduate Institution: NCSU Undergraduate Major: Biological sciences Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mike Mallin Research Area: Water quality, aquatic ecology Future plans or goals: undecided

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YEAR 7 ∙ 2005-2006
	Robert Lomax Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: B.S. Biology Faculty Advisor: Dr. Courtney Hackney Research Area: Estuarine Processes Future plans or goals: Work in some way with private or public organizations on research related to rivers or oceans. Serve as a research vessel captain and scientist
	Sarah Manley Email: Undergraduate Institution: Westfield State College (MA) Undergraduate Major: B.S. General Science, Minor in Chemistry, Concentration in Education (grades 5-8) Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joan Willey Research Area: Water quality analysis - maybe involving mercury levels Future plans or goals: Perhaps working for fisheries or some nice government job! Honors: 2006 recipient of CMS Scholastic Achievement Award
	Amanda Williams Email: Undergraduate Institution: James Madison University Undergraduate Major: Geographic Sciences Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joanne Halls Research Area: Geographic Information Systems Future plans or goals: Marine conservation and education for NOAA or a non-profit organization, with lots of world travel! Honors: 2007 recipient of the Jordan Lyle Viders Memorial Award, Women Divers Hall of Fame. This award provides $5000 for field work expenses, and the recipient is recognized at the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences/NOGI awards dinner, Orlando, Florida, November 1, 2007. Recipient of the G. Herbert Stout Student Speaker Award at the NC GIS Conference in March 2007 Currently: Working in Virginia for the Living Oceans Foundation
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YEAR 8 ∙ 2006-2007

	Jennifer Bagwell Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology Faculty Advisor: Dr. B.K. Song Research Area: Future plans or goals: Obtain a Ph.D.
	Sarah Katharine Braly Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology Faculty Advisor: Dr. Steven Brewer Research Area: Sea oat ecology and reproduction, using a combination of field work and germination experiments Future plans or goals: Coastal management/biological planning of developments Honors: 2008 recipient of the CMS Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
	Holly Gabries Email: Undergraduate Institution: Juniata College Undergraduate Major: Environmental Science Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joanne Halls Research Area: Future plans or goals: To obtain a Ph.D. in geography and work for a government agency such as NOAA doing remote sensing research of coastal areas. Honors: Recipient of the CMS Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award and first TA to work in the Department of Environmental Studies at UNCW
	Taylor Graham Email: Undergraduate Institution: University of Miami Undergraduate Major: Marine Science/Chemistry Faculty Advisor: Dr. Craig Tobias Research Area: Nitrogen cycling in the Cape Fear River Estuary Future plans or goals: To secure a well paying job. Honors: Most days at sea to date, 143 days at sea, 6 cruises from 2002-2006 Currently: a Field Service Engineer for Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometers with Therm Fisher
	Danelle Lekan Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: B.S. Marine Biology, minor in chemistry Faculty Advisor: Dr. Carmelo Tomas Research Area: Effects of varying salinity and nutrition on the growth and toxicity of the red tide, Karenia brevis. Future plans or goals: Earn my Ph.D., teach and research in a field where I have the opportunity to be outside. Honors: 2007 recipient of CMS Scholastic Achievement Award
	Jennie McClain Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: B.S. Marine Biology, minor in chemistry Faculty Advisor: Dr. Steve Ross Research Area: Trophodynamic study of mesopelagic fishes over hydrocarbon cold seeps Future plans or goals: I'm not entirely sure where I want to end up yet, but I hope to obtain a job involving research, particularly deep-sea. Of course, life's a journey, so I'll see where the next few years take me. Honors: Johnson Sea Link - submersible dive to 1900 feet, October 2005
	Tim Metevelis Email: Undergraduate Institution: Undergraduate Major: Geography Faculty Advisor: Dr. Doug Gamble Research Area: Future plans or goals: To develop and prove my skills as a successful researcher in environmental studies
	Amber Morris Email: amber.morris@noaa.gov Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology Faculty Advisor: Dr. Fred Scharf and Dr. Mark Imperial Currently: A NOAA-Graduate Sciences Program Scholar pursuing a thesis in collaboration with the National Marine Fisheries Service- Southwest Region Sustainable Fisheries Division and UNCW's Marine Biology and Political Science Departments. Degree Seeking: A Masters in Marine Science and a Masters in Public Administration Research Research Area: Resource allocation issues involved in the implementation and monitoring of Marine Protected Areas with respect to the development of adaptive fisheries management Future plans or goals: To encourage society's understanding and enjoyment of the oceans while keeping fish and fisherpeople in and on the water and omega-3 on our plates
	John Rose Email: Undergraduate Institution: UVA Undergraduate Major: Environmental Science Faculty Advisor: Dr. William Cleary Research Area: Impact of Natural and Artificial Ebb Channel Position Realignment on Oceanfront Shoreline Change Future plans or goals: Work in coastline consulting
	Katherine Sullivan Email: Undergraduate Institution: Wake Forest University Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisor: Dr. Wade Watanabe Research Area: Future plans or goals: Uncertain at this time, but I am interested in work in aquaculture, environmental consulting and environmental education. Honors: 2007 recipient of CMS Scholastic Achievement Award
	Andrew Sumerel Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNC Charlotte Undergraduate Major: Physics and Math Faculty Advisor: Research Area: Undecided Future plans or goals: My hope is to eventually work through a PhD program in Planetary Sciences and/or Astronomy
	Michael Taylor Email: Undergraduate Institution: University of Georgia Undergraduate Major: Physics Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Morrison Research Area: Connectivity and Upwelling Dynamics in the Galapagos Marine Reserve Future plans or goals: Either continue on to a Ph.D. program or obtain a job in marine ecosystem management. Honors: Recipient of the James F. Merritt Fellowship, 2006-2008; and the Ralph W. Brauer Fellowship from the UNCW Graduate School to cover travel expenses for a 2007 summer course in “Remote and In-situ Ocean Optical Measurements to Ocean Biogeochemistry” at the University of Maine, Ira Darling Marine Laboratory, in Walpole, Maine.
	Laura Truxal Email: Undergraduate Institution: Texas A&M University Undergraduate Major: Marine Science Faculty Advisor: Dr. Daniel Baden Research Area: Exploration and determination of polar compounds found in Karenia brevis cultures. Future plans or goals: To continue doing research work at an institution such as NOAA. Honors: 2007 recipient of CMS Scholastic Achievement Award
	James Wilde Email: Undergraduate Institution: NC State University Undergraduate Major: B.S. Microbiology Faculty Advisors: Drs. Wade Watanabe and Chris Dumas Research Area: Black Sea Bass Mariculture and Market Economics Future plans or goals: Private mariculture industry, maximizing profits and eco-friendly techniques
	Josephine Yavari Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Chemistry Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joan Willey Research Area: Future plans or goals: To attend medical school

YEAR 9 ∙ 2007-2008

	Dustin Allen Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNC Chapel Hill Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Wade Watanabe Research Area: Future plans or goals: To gain a greater understanding of recirculating aquaculture system and ideally open my own facility after graduation
	Jennifer Dickson Brown Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Environmental Science and a minor in Chemistry Faculty Advisors: Dr. Brooks Avery Research Area: Future plans or goals: To become an efficient research scientist and to learn as much as possible Honors: 2008 recipient of the CMS Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
	Matt Hirsch Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Bongkeun Song Research Area: Future plans or goals: To teach and learn Honors: First recipient of the Public Service Educational Fellowship 2008-2009. This requires 40 hours of educational outreach activities in marine science
	Joann Kelly Email: Undergraduate Institution: University of Virginia Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Carmelo Tomas Research Area: Future plans or goals: Earn my master's degree in marine science, maybe go on to earn a Ph.D.
	Melody Knowles Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Larry Cahoon Research Area: Future plans or goals: I would like to continue teaching at a community college and perhaps continue on to obtain a Ph.D. My goal is to educate our community in how to care for the Lockwood Folly River system
	Ebenezer Nyadjro Email: Undergraduate Institution: University of Ghana Undergraduate Major: Oceanography and Fisheries Faculty Advisors: Drs. Fred Bingham and John Morrison Research Area: Future plans or goals: To be a physical oceanographer Honors: Recipient of Ralph W. Brauer Fellowship from the UNCW Graduate School, to cover travel expenses to California to participate in a research and training cruise on the SEA Education Association (SEA) sailing research vessel SSV Robert C. Seamans in the summer of 2008
	Andy Ostrowski Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology and Environmental Studies Faculty Advisors: Dr. Wade Watanabe Research Area: Future plans or goals: To pursue a successful research career either in a state or federal agency
	Yossi Shirazi Email: Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology, Environmental Restoration Faculty Advisors: Dr. Michael Mallin Research Area: Future plans or goals: To earn a Ph.D. and promote more sustainable land use policies and practices
	Kelly Jo Stull Email: Undergraduate Institution: James Cook University, Australia Undergraduate Major: Marine Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Larry Cahoon Research Area: Future plans or goals: Continue on to a Ph.D. program dealing with climate change and health of the oceans
	Avery Tatters Email: Undergraduate Institution: UNCW Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Carmelo Tomas Research Area: Future plans or goals: To conduct independent research at an academic institution

	Jan Vicente Email: Undergraduate Institution: University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey Wright Research Area: Future plans or goals: To earn a Ph.D. in marine biology focusing on marine invertebrate ecology, teach at a University, and travel the world in my future sail boat
YEAR 10 ∙ 2008-2009