Interns
2020 Interns

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
2019 Interns

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

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

Raymond Surya
University of Michigan
Research Mentor: John Horne
Project: Summarizing and Transmitting Data from Echosounders Deployed on Autonomous, Underwater Gliders
2018 Interns

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

Dakota Hunt
Carleton College
Project: Identifying Best Protocol for Preserving and Extracting Environmental DNA from Seawater

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?
2017 Interns

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

Peter Sumner
Fort Lewis College
Project: Google Earth Analysis of Soil Moisture and Landslide Risk in the Pacific Northwest
2016 Interns

Nicola Paul
University of Miami
Project: Effect of Temperature on Diet Composition of Chinook Salmon in Puget Sound