PEP Students Share Their Summer Research Findings on August 7

Dive behavior in loggerhead sea turtles, bacteria in salt marshes, tracking sandbars, and visualizing water masses in the ocean are just a few of the 16 research projects undertaken by this summer's Partnership Education Program (PEP) students.

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computer screen shows some of the stuidtents and staff gathered for an online social event

2020 Woods Hole Partnership Education Program students and some staff gather online for an evening social event to help stay connected, one of many creative ways the program adapted in 2020.

The 16 undergraduate college students participating in this year's virtual Woods Hole Partnership Education Program come from a variety of backgrounds, college experiences, and scientific interests. During their 10-week internship they attended an online course on global climate change involving many scientific disciplines, learned about career opportunities, and met regularly online with each other and with members of the scientific community.

Each student had a research mentor from one of the six scientific institutions in the village to help guide them during their summer research projects. Topics ranged from detecting and mapping abrupt landscape changes in the permafrost regions of Siberia and the distributions of hermit crabs and other animals on the sea floor, to engaging with online audiences to help reduce plastic pollution.

Join us to learn more about the students and their projects, presented in two sessions via Zoom webinar. Registration is required for each session (listed below ).

Schedule

Day 1 Day 2

Morning Session 9:00-11:00 a.m. EDT

9:00 Introductions - Onjalé Scott Price & George Liles

9:05 Identifying Sulfate Reducing Bacteria By Assembling Genomes From Eastern U.S. Salt Marsh Habitat

Presented by: Eli Ahiamadjie, Delaware State University; Research Mentor: Elena Peredos (MBL)

9:20 Assembling Metagenomes of Sulfide Oxidizing Bacterial Communities in Eastern Coastal Spartina Salt Marshes Presented by: Jaimy Jabon, University of Massachusetts Boston; Research Mentor: Elena Peredos (MBL)

9:35 Visualizing Invisible Boundaries in the Ocean: Distribution of Water Masses in the Northeast U.S. Shelf

Presented by: Ayanna Butler, Howard University, Research Mentor: Stace Beaulieu (WHOI)

9:50 Exploring the Influence of Helical Swimming in Turbulence on Larval Dispersal

Presented by: Jailyn Dorsett, Delaware State University; Research Mentor: Lauren Mullineaux (WHOI)

10:05 Determining presence of haddock within the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary using passive acoustic monitoring Presented by: Kristen McCauley, Savannah State University; Research Mentor: Gen Davis (NEFSC)

10:20 Examination of Scope 3 Greenhouse Gases for Woods Hole Research Institutions

Presented by: Andrea Regan Scott; University of North Carolina at Pembroke Research Mentor: Erin Bryant (SEA)

10:35 Detecting and Mapping Abrupt Landscape Change in Permafrost Regions of Siberia

Presented by: Tiffany Windholz, Oklahoma State University; Research Mentor: Sue Natali (WHRC)

10:50 What Strategies Can Help Plastic Pollution Reduction Campaigns Engage and Interact With Their Audience Online? Presented by: Quinn Bustos, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology; Research Mentor: Erin Bryant (SEA)

11:05 Closing Remarks

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Afternoon Session 1:00-3:00 p.m. (13:00-15:00) EDT

13:00 Introductions - Onjalé Scott Price & George Liles

13:05 Dive Behavior of Loggerhead Sea Turtles Along the Greater Atlantic and Southeast Regions of the United States Presented by: Christopher R. Sandoval; University of Texas at El Paso; Research Mentor: Joshua Hatch (NEFSC)

13:20 Tracking the Nearshore Sandbar Morphology using Photogrammetry at Head of the Meadow Beach, Massachusetts

Presented by: Jose Cabral, University of Texas at El Paso; Research Mentor: Chris Sherwood (USGS)

13:35 Nitrogen species concentration within the terrestrial-costal transition area near Long Island, NY

Presented by Hector Dominguez, University of Texas at El Paso; Research Mentor: Meagan Gonneea (USGS)

13:50 Nitrogen Cycling in the Yucatan Karst Subterranean Estuary

Presented by: Stephen Galindo, Humboldt State University; Research Mentor: Meagan Gonneea (USGS)

14:05 Calcium carbonate fluxes in the Atlantic Ocean through sediment trap particulate inorganic and organic carbon data

Presented by: Aundre Jackson, North Carolina Central University; Research Mentor: Adam Subhas (WHOI)

14:20 Investigating Carbon Fluxes with Sediment Traps in the Pacific Ocean

Presented by: Katherine Muniz, Wellesley College; Research Mentor: Adam Subhas (WHOI)

14:35 Study of the Distributions on Benthic Invertebrates

Presented by: Hayden Stuart, New Mexico State University; Research Mentor: Dvora Hart (NEFSC)

14:50 Distribution of Hermit Crabs and Echinoderms Along the Mid Atlantic Bight and Georges Bank

Presented by: Ayinde Best, Wheaton College (MA); Research Mentor: Dvora Hart (NEFSC)

15:05 Closing Remarks

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Last updated by Northeast Fisheries Science Center on 02/11/2022