Katline Barrows

University of Puget Sound

Research Mentor: Christy Sims

Project: Tracking Changes in Skin Condition of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales - A Method for Monitoring Individual Health?

Cassondra DeFoor

University of Nevada, Reno

Research Mentor: Lisa Eisner and Jens Nielsen

Project: Factors that Influence Phytoplankton Biomass and Productivity in the Chukchi Sea in 2017

Jesus Espinoza

University of California, Merced

Research Mentor: Randie Bundy

Project: The Impact of Heterotrophic Bacteria on Global Iron Cycling

Bria Goldade

North Dakota State University

Research Mentor: Yolande Serra

Project: Modulation of Meteorological Variables and Isotopes Over Costa Rica by Easterly Waves

Haley Staudmyer

University of Washington

Research Mentor: Tom Ackerman

Project: Cloud Occurrence Profiles in the Pacific from High-Resolution Models and Observations

Zoë Stroobosscher

Calvin University

Research Mentor: Kyla Drushka and Sabine Mecking

Project: Oxygen Variations in the North Pacific - An Argo Float Study

Victoria Trejo

California State University, Chico

Research Mentor: Peter Gaube

Project: The Effect of Mesoscale Eddies on the Diversity of Mesopelagic Fish in the North Atlantic

Mark Yamane

Eckerd College

Research Mentor: Mariona Claret

Project: Near-inertial Wave Interactions with Cyclonic and Anticyclonic Eddies in the Northwestern Mediterranean

Dina Zawadzki

Monterey Peninsula College

Research Mentor: Julie Keister

Project: Low Oxygen Levels Control the Vertical Distribution of Calanus Pacificus

Yoana Torres

Heritage University

Research Mentor: Jennifer Cahalan and Brian Mason

Project: Can Random Sampling Be Implemented in the Real World?

Ricky Wright

Walla Walla University

Research Mentor: Julie Keister

Project: Marine copepods show poor avoidance of hypoxic water

Jaya Muehlman

University of Utah

Research Mentor: Dave Beauchamp

Project: Trophic Ecology of Resident Chinook Salmon in Puget Sound

Shelby Gunnells

North Dakota State University

Research Mentor: Colleen Hoffman

Project: Exploring Organic Metal-Binding Ligands Within the Lost City Hydrothermal Vent

Delaney Kuehnel

University of Texas, El Paso

Research Mentor: Kate Richerson and Kayleigh Somers

Project: The Gear That Kept Going: Lost and Found Fishing Gear Along the West Coast

Isabelle Chan

University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Research Mentor: Sophie Chu

Project: Increasing Accuracy in Ocean Acidification Data

Madeline Talebi

University of California, Irvine

Research Mentor: Meghan Cronin

Project: Ocean Weather Ship Papa: A Precipitation Time-Series

Chloe Hansum

Dordt College

Research Mentor: Alison Deary

Project: Using Fin Development to Determine Morphological Milestones in Arctic Cod

Michelle McCarthy

Navajo Technical University

Research Mentor: David Kimmel and Colleen Harpold

Project: Trends and Variability in Chlorophyll Concentrations in the Southeastern Bering Sea During Record Low Ice

Ellie Lee

Bryn Mawr College

Research Mentor: Carol Stepien

Project: A Dual Approach to Biodiversity Analysis in the Salish Sea: Multigene Metabarcoding in Concert with Morphology

Raymond Surya

University of Michigan

Research Mentor: John Horne

Project: Summarizing and Transmitting Data from Echosounders Deployed on Autonomous, Underwater Gliders

Amanda White

Ursinus College

Research Mentor: Olivia Hauser

Project: Protecting Historically Significant Wrecks

Winona Platt

Ithaca College

Research Mentor: Paul Chittaro

Project: Variability in the Growth Rate of Pacific Hake

Rachael Aber

University of Portland

Project: Fish Vertical Distribution and Marine Mammal Co-Occurrence off Cape Hatteras, NC

Ellen Bradley

Gonzaga University

Project: Hot Spots of the Pteropod Limacina Helicina in Puget Sound

Brian Filipiak

University of Rochester

Project: Latitudinal and Anual Patterns of Somatic Growth for Pacific Hake Along the U.S. Pacific Coast

Telaina Henry

Fort Lewis College

Project: Annotation of Thermal and Color Imagery of Ice-Associated Seals

Brittany Hernandez

Bowdoin College

Project: Classification of Beluga Whale Vocalizations in Bristol Bay, AK

Alexis Hollander

University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Project: Larval Identification of Two Sand Lance Species

Dakota Hunt

Carleton College

Project: Identifying Best Protocol for Preserving and Extracting Environmental DNA from Seawater

Ava Krahn

Beloit College

Project: Modeling Changes in NO2 C0ncentrations and the Effects on Mercury Oxidation, Transport, and Deposition

Leela Stevens

California State University, Long Beach

Project: Projecting Water Security for the Columbia River Basin. How Much Different Could Our Future Be?

Kelly Tingle

Berkeley City College

Project: Can Biological Productivity be Inferred from Oxygen at Depth?

Paige Hillen

California Polytechnic State University

Project: The Life Cycle and Net Radiative Effect of Tropical Anvil Clouds in 3D Cloud Resolving Models

Treasure Warren

University of California, Davis

Project: Water Column Ocean Acidification Along the California Coast and Biological Impacts Using CASE-BLING Model

Lillian Henderson

University of Rochester

Project: Forecasting the California Undercurrent for Hake Management

Carter Johnson

University of Washington

Project: Arctic Marine Mammal Abundance and Distribution Estimation

Anita Montero

Barnard College of Columbia University

Project: Metabolic Response of Euphausia Pacifica to Temperature and pH Exposure in Puget Sound

Karen Valladares

University of California, Irvine

Project: Measurement of δ17O, δ18O and 17O Excess In Tap Water Samples Collected from Varying Hydrological Conditions

Laura Moore

St. Olaf College

Project: Analysis of Ice Cores from the West Arctic Ice Sheet

Miranda Wittmond

Santa Clara University

Project: Energy Allocation of Chinook Salmon in Puget Sound

Peter Sumner

Fort Lewis College

Project: Google Earth Analysis of Soil Moisture and Landslide Risk in the Pacific Northwest

Stephen Maldonado

Ohio State University

Project: Ocean Mapping Application for External Source Data

Tai Koester

University of Colorado

Project: Factors Influencing PAN Enhancement in Northwest Wildfire Smoke Plumes

Tarenina Max

San Juan College

Project: Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Bowhead Whales

Will Christian

Michigan Technological University

Project: Dissolved Aluminum from Hydrothermal Sources

Nicola Paul

University of Miami

Project: Effect of Temperature on Diet Composition of Chinook Salmon in Puget Sound

Marcos Amezcua

Humboldt State University

Project: Relationship between Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities and Physicochemical Variables in the Tributaries of Lake Iliamna, AK

Iker Madera

Colorado School of Mines

Project: Software Assessment of Ocean Floor Modeling Through Variable Resolution Surface Algorithms

Grace Stonecipher

Yale University

Project: Environmental Impacts on Ichthyoplankton Densities in Puget Sound

Claire Buysse

College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University

Project: Sulfate Aerosols: Reconciling Ice-Core Records and Global Models

Alissa Luk

New York University

Project: Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation History

Haila Schultz

University of Puget Sound

Project: Offshore Food Availability and Diet Composition of Subyearling Chinook Salmon in Puget Sound

Amy Duarte

Humboldt State University

Project: Size-Selective Mortality of Chinook Salmon During Early Marine Residence in the Nisqually Region of Puget Sound

Brittany Haily

Jackson State University

Project: Statistical Analysis of Watershed Data for USACE Climate-Vulnerability Assessment

Laura Migliaccio

Clark University

Project: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Pteropods Off the Coast of Washington

Makie Matsumoto-Hervol

University of Wisconsin

Project: Southern Resident Killer Whale Scat Samples and Prey Availability

Delilah Dougi

Fort Lewis College

Project: Carbon Sequestration at USACE Reservoirs on the Upper Missouri River System