Mote REU Program

Participants

2013

• Hannah Aichelman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mentor: Emily Hall, Program: Ocean Acidification, Project: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Gulf of Mexico Keystone Species

• Sarah Bruemmer, Arizona State University

Mentor: Jayne Gardiner/Chris Bedore, Program: Sensory Biology & Behavior, Project: Electroreception in juvenile nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum)

• Matt Butawan, University of Memphis

Mentor: Cathy Walsh, Program: Marine Immunology, Project: Characterization of proteins and oxidative stress markers in the plasma of brevetoxin exposed Florida manatees

• Derrick Hudson, University of South Florida

Mentor: Vince Lovko, Program: Phytoplankton Ecology, Project: Karenia brevis Hazard Measurement System

• Lindsay Gaskins, Duke University

Mentor: Nick Whitney, Program: Shark Behavioral Ecology, Project: Determining the Metabolic Rate of Bonnethead Sharks (Sphyrna tiburo)

• Joseph Mueller, University of Notre Dame

Mentor: Kim Ritchie, Program: Marine Microbiology, Project: Antimicrobial Properties Associated with the Epidermal Symbiont Populations of Rhinoptera bonasus and Mobula hypostoma

• Diana Perry, Haverford College

Mentor: Kellie Dixon, Program: Chemical Ecology, Project: Determining sample number required for analysis of Chlorophyll a in estuarine sediments

• Alyssa Stevens, Stonybrook University

Mentor: Erinn Muller, Program: Coral Reef Ecosystem Research, Project: Variation in genotypic resilience to ocean acidification conditions in the threatened coral, Acropora cervicornis

• Ravyn Thompson, Maryville College

Mentor: Jenn Yordy, Program: Marine Biomedical Research, Project: Involvement of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) in the immune system of clearnose skates, Raja eglanteria

• Ben Whitenack, University of Pennsylvania

Mentor: Kate Kohler, Program: Environmental Health, Project: Assessment of Florida Gulf Coast HAB reporting systems