CWC Related Undergraduate Projects

LUMCON REU site program

• Shanina Halbert, Haverford College, Summer 2012
  Mentors: Dr. Brian Roberts (LUMCON), Dr. Ken Able (Rutgers) and Dr. Paola Lopez-Duarte (Rutgers)
  Project: “The Fundamentals of Fundulid Activity: Examining habitat use of Fundulid species in Louisiana salt marshes”
• Aaron Marti, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Summer 2012
  Mentors: Dr. John Marton (LUMCON) and Dr. Brian Roberts (LUMCON)
  Project: “Effects of varying salinity on greenhouse gas production from oiled and unoiled Louisiana salt marsh soils”
• Steven Carrion, University of Central Florida, Summer 2013
  Mentors: Dr. Nancy Rabalais (LUMCON) and Dr. Chuck Wall (LUMCON)
  Project: “Examining long-term impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on infaunal communities in Terrebonne Bay”
• Sara Mack, University of Maryland, Summer 2013
  Mentors: Dr. Brian Roberts (LUMCON) and Dr. John Marton (LUMCON)
  Project: “Microbial iron reduction rates in Spartina alterniflora and Avicennia germinans soils from oiled and unoiled Barataria Bay marshes”
• Tierra Moore, Rice University, Summer 2013
  Mentors: Dr. Brian Roberts (LUMCON) and Dr. John Marton (LUMCON)
  Project: “Greenhouse gas production in Spartina alterniflora and Avicennia germinans soils from oiled and unoiled Barataria Bay marshes”

Rutgers University Marine Field Station REU site program

• Kathleen O’Connor, Colby-Sawyer College, Summer 2012
  Mentors: Dr. Ken Able (Rutgers) and Dr. Paola Lopez-Duarte (Rutgers)
  Project: “Two Years Later: Determining the Growth of Fundulus grandis exposed to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill”
• Jessica Valenti, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Summer 2013
  Mentors: Dr. Ken Able (Rutgers) and Dr. Paola Lopez-Duarte (Rutgers)
  Project: “BP Oil Spill Effects on the Abundance and Composition of Louisiana Marsh Fishes”