Recent Graduates

2009

LTJG Michele Aleszczyk, M.S. "" (Major Professor: Dave Ullman). Michele is an officer in the U.S. Navy.

Magdalena Andres, PhD "An observational study of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea: Local, regional and basin-wide perspectives" (Major Professor: Mark Wimbush). Madalena is a post-doctoral fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 

Chris Calabretta, PhD "Benthic macrofauna in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: An examination of factors causing variability in community structure" (Major Professor: Candace Oviatt).

Sarah Corman, M.S.  "Salt Marsh Mosquito Ditches on Fire Island, NY: Sedimentation Rate, Nekton Community, and Implications for Restoration" (Major Professor: Charlie Roman).   Sarah is a PhD student in the Brown-MBL graduate program.

Xujing Davis, PhD, "Numerical and theoretical investigations of North Pacific subtropical mode water with implications to Pacific climate variability" (Major Professor: Lew Rothstein).  Xujing is a post-doctoral researcher at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutions.

Lauren Decker, M.S. "Mean thermohaline and velocity structure of the Mid-Atlantic Bight" (Major Professor: Dave Hebert). Lauren is working at Applied Science Associates.

Andrew Eichmann M.S. "Evaluation of the hybrid coordinate ocan model using sea surface temperature frons" (Major Professor: Peter Cornillon).  Andy works at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Julie (Fero) Martin, PhD "Simulating widespread tephra dispersal from explosive volcanic eruptions"  (Major Professor: Steve Carey). Julie is a visiting professor at Tulane University.

Julie Fliegler, M.S. "Using diatom bound d15N to examine nitrogen cycling variations in the Gulf of California during the Halocene"(Major Professor: Rebecca Robinson).  Julie is a PhD Student at Rutgers University.

Marisa Guarinello, M.S. "Habitats in a hypoxic coastal lagoon"  (Major Professor: John King). Marisa is a faculty research assistant at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.

David Kratzmann, PhD "Petrogenesis and eruption dynamics at Hudson volcano, southern Chile" (Major Professor: Steve Carey).  David is a post-doctoral researcher at GSO.

Colleen Mouw, PhD "Bio-optical and remote sensing investigation of phytoplankton community size structure" (Major Professor: Jim Yoder). Colleen is a post-doctoral researcher at Univ.Wisconsin-Madison.

Autumn Oczkowski, PhD "Fertilizing the land, lagoons and seas: A first look at human impacts on the Nile Delta Fishery, Egypt" (Major Professor: Scott Nixon).

Courtney Schmidt, MS "Carbon monoxide biogeochemical cycling in the Pettaquascutt River" (Major Professor: Brian Heikes).  Courtney is a PhD student at GSO.

Haiwei Shen, PhD "A study of formaldehyde sources in the air" (Major Professor: Brian Heikes).  Heiwei  is working at Applied Science Associates

Richard Yablonsky, PhD "Assimilating mesoscale oceanic features and understanding their impact on hurricanes"  (Major Professor: Isaac Ginis).  Rich is a marine research assoicate at GSO.

GSO Alumni Association

Contact Information

Phone: (401) 874-6513
Fax: (401) 874-6869
Email: debim@gso.uri.edu

Student Alumni Awards

GSO Alumni Awards are given to students every spring and fall. More and more students are asking for awards to attend conferences all over the world. Contributions to the annual GSO Alumni Fund Drive make it possible for GSO students to meet colleagues, network with potential employers, and present their research findings.

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