Advised by: Dr. Elizabeth Nyboer

Advised by: Dr. Yan Jiao· Utilizing hook-line sampling, histological phasing, gonadosomatic indices, otolith ageing, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, and uncertainty investigation to characterize early growth and maturity of blueline tilefish· These studies hope to improve maturity curves for future blueline tilefish stock assessments and lead to a simulation study that will analyze the effects of lacking early life history data on stock assessments

Advised by: Dr. Daniel Huber· Reconstructed rostra of five billfish species using CT images, quantified the probability of structural failure in bending, torsion, and buckling, analyzed findings based on evolutionary relationships and feeding ecologyAdvised by: Dr. Kristine White· Seasonal (about every three months) collections of three sponge species, preserved specimens in ethanol, sorted and identified commensal associates, measured volume of specimens using fluid displacement· Analyzed correlations between sponge host size and abundance of commensal associates—as well as water quality induced or seasonal fluctuations in species richness and abundance of commensal associates

Advised by: Dr. Joel Llopiz· Helped design ZooScan protocol for the Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)· Used ZooScan to analyze zooplankton community size structures, based on spatially varying zooplankton collections

Advised by: Dr. Heidi Fuchs· Tested an old and new method for estimating larval density using Stokes’ law and size and sinking velocity measurements, used Matlab to analyze image sequences and measure sinking velocity· The new method is promising for future larval energetics studies, as it removes difficult size measurements when estimating larval density, and was more accurate for density estimates of particle standards