Recent Dissertations and Theses
2023
Examining coral reef ecosystem dynamics using microorganisms and metabolites!
Cynthia Becker, Ph.D, 2023
Amy Apprill, Advisor
Marine Parasites in Island-Like Disturbed Habitats
Lauren Dykman, Ph.D., 2023
Lauren S. Millineaux, Advisor
2022
Variations in Marine Microbiomes: From Habitat to Host
Lei Ma, Ph.D., 2022
Amy Apprill, Advisor
Trojan Horses in the Marine Realm: Characterizing Protistan Parasite Ecology in Coastal Waters
Taylor Sehein, Ph.D., 2022
Virginia Edgcomb, Advisor
2021
Environmental drivers of the abundance and distribution of forage fishes on the Northeast US shelf, with a particular emphasis on northern sand lance
Justin Suca, Ph.D., 2021
Joel Llopiz, Advisor
Assessing anthropogenic noise impacts and relevant soundscape cues for marine invertebrates: leveraging squid and coral reefs as model systems
Ian Jones, Ph.D., 2021
Aran Mooney, Advisor
The Role of Zooplankton in Regulating Carbon Export and Phytoplankton Community Structure: Integrating Models and Observations
Kevin Matthew Archibald, Ph.D., 2021
Michael Neubert, Co-Adivsor
Heidi Sosik, Co-Advisor
Distribution, Growth, and Transport of Larval Fishes and Implications for Population Dynamics
Christina Hernández, Ph.D., 2021
Joel Llopiz, Advisor
2020
Characterizing Cobalamin Cycling by Antarctic Marine Microbes across Multiple Scales
Deepa Rao, Ph.D., 2020
Mick Follows, Advisor
Characterizing the Ecology of Coral reef Microorganisms Across Different Scales Within the Caribbean
Laura Weber, Ph.D., 2020
Amy Apprill, Advisor
2019
Physiological and Behavioral Responses, and their Variability, in Squid, Doryteuthis Pealeii, Embryos and Paralarvae Reared Under Chronic Ocean Acidification
Casey Zakroff, Ph.D., 2019
T. Aran Mooney, Advisor
Jennifer Panlilio, Ph.D., 2019
Mark Hahn, Co-Advisor
Neel Aluru, Co-Advisor
Characterizing Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance, Prevalence, and Persistence in the Marine Environment
Megan May, Ph.D., 2019
Rebecca Gast, Advisor
Genetic Connectivity, Adaptation, and Phenotypic Plasticity of Corals and Anemones Under Thermal Stress
Hanny Rivera, Ph.D., 2019
Ann Tarrant, Advisor
2018
Movements and Oceanographic Associations of Large Pelagic Fishes in the North Atlantic Ocean
Camrin Braun, Ph.D., 2018
Simon Thorrold, Advisor
Evolutionary Conservation and Characterization of The Metazoan Amino Acid Response
Maja Edenius, Ph.D., 2018
Malcolm Whitman, Co-Advisor
Mark Hahn, Co-Advisor
2017
Trait-Based Modeling of Larval Dispersal in the Gulf Of Maine
Benjamin Jones, Ph.D., 2017
Rubao Ji, Advisor
Alexandrium catanella Cyst Dynamics in a Coastal Embayment: Temperature Dependence of Dormancy, Germination, and Bloom Initiation
Alexis Fischer, Ph.D., 2017
Donald Anderson, Advisor
Ciliate Micrograzer Dynamics of the New England Shelf
Emily Brownlee, Ph.D., 2017
Heidi Sosik, Advisor
Pteropod Shell Condition, Locomotion, and Long-term Population Trends in the Context of Ocean Acidification and Environmental Change
Alexander Bergan, Ph.D., 2017
Gareth Lawson, Advisor
Effects of Added Drag on Cetaceans: Fishing Gear Entanglement and External Tag Attachment
Julie van der Hoop, Ph.D., 2017
Michael Moore, Advisor
Coral Reef Soundscapes: Spatiotemporal Variability and Links to Species Assemblages
Maxwell Kaplan, Ph.D., 2017
Aran Mooney, Advisor
Spatiotemporal Population Genomics of Marine Species: Invasion, Expansion, and Connectivity
Eleanor Bors, Ph.D., 2017
Timothy Shank, Advisor
2016
Microbial Cycling of Marine High Molecular Weight Dissolved Organic Matter
Oscar Sosa, Ph.D., 2016
Edward DeLong, Advisor
Behavioral Responses of Invertebrate Larvae to Water Column Cues
Jeanette Wheeler, Ph.D., 2016
Lauren Mullineaux, Advisor
Defining the Ecological and Physiological Traits of Phytoplankton Across Marine Ecosystems
Harriet Alexander, Ph.D., 2016
Sonya Dyhrman, Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Kujawinski, Co-Advisor
The Choreography of Belonging: Toothed Whale Spatial Cohesion and Acoustic Communication
Nicholas Macfarlane, Ph.D., 2016
Peter Tyack, Advisor
2015
Evolutionary Demography of Structured Two-Sex Populations and Sex Ratios
Esther Shyu, Ph.D., 2015
Hal Caswell, Advisor
Evolutionary and Ecological Genomics in Deep-Sea Ogranisms
Santiago Herrera Monroy, Ph.D., 2015
Tim Shank, Advisor
Interactions Between Calanoid Copepod Hosts and Their Associated Microbiota
Amalia A. Almada, Ph.D., 2015
Ann Tarrant, Advisor
2014
Population Dynamics and Diversity of Synechococcus on the New England Shelf
Kristen Hunter-Cevera, Ph.D., 2014
Heidi Sosik and Michael Neubert, Co-advisors
Demographics of Lytic Viral Infection in Coastal Ocean Vibrio
Kathryn Kauffman, Ph.D., 2014
Martin Polz, Advisor
Age, Movements, and Feeding Ecology of Northwest Atlantic White Sharks Estimated From Ecogeochemical Profiles in Vertebrae
Li Ling Hamady, Ph.D., 2014
Simon Thorrold, Advisor
2013
Microbial Production and Consumption of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter
Jamie Becker, Ph.D., 2013
Daniel Repeta & Edward DeLong, Advisors
An Investigation of the Roles of Geomagnetic and Acoustic Cues in Whale Navigation and Orientation
Ann Allen, Ph.D., 2013
Peter Tyack, Advisor
Growth and Development of Larval Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians) in Response to Early Exposure to High CO2
Meredith White, Ph.D., 2013
Lauren Mullineaux, Advisor
2012
The auditory system of the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata): A Potential Fatty Sound Reception Pathway in a Mysticete Cetacean
Maya Yamato, Ph.D., 2012
Darlene Ketten, Advisor
Sands and Environmental Conditions Impact the Abundance and Persistence of the Fecal Indicator Bacteria Enterococcus at Recreational Beaches
Elizabeth Halliday, Ph.D., 2012
Rebecca Gast, Advisor
2011
Species-Specific Patterns in Bivalve Larval Supply to a Coastal Embayment
Christine Mingione Thompson, Ph.D., 2011
Scott Gallager, Advisor
Modeling the Processes Affecting Larval Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Survival on Georges Bank
Colleen Petrik, Ph.D., 2011
Cabell Davis, Advisor
Functional Connectivity of Coral Reef Fishes in a Tropical Seascape Assessed by Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analyses
Kelton McMahon, Ph.D., 2011
Simon Thorrold, Advisor
N2 Fixation by Subsurface Populations of Trichodesmium: An Important Source of New Nitrogen to the North Atlantic Ocean
Abigail Heithoff, S.M., 2011
Sonya Dyhrman, Advisor
Larval Ecology and Synchronous Reproduction of Two Crustacean Species: Semibalanus balanoides in New England, USA and Gecarcinus quadratus in Veraguas, Panama
Joanna Gyory, Ph.D., 2011
Jesus Pineda, Advisor
Reproductive Traits of Pioneer Gastropod Species Colonizing Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents After an Eruption
Skylar Bayer, M.S., 2011
Lauren Mullineaux, Advisor
Molecular Insights into the Niche of Harmful Brown Tides
Louie Wurch, Ph.D., 2011
Sonya Dyhrman, Advisor
Life Cycle Studies of the Red Tide Dinoflagellate Species Complex Alexandrium tamarense
Michael Brosnahan, Ph.D., 2011
Donald Anderson, Advisor
2010
On the Economic Optimality of Marine Reserves When Fishing Damages Habitat
Holly V. Moeller, S.M. 2010
Michael Neubert, Advisor
Biology and Potential Biogeochemical Impacts of Novel Predatory Flavobacteria
Erin C. Banning, Ph.D., 2010
Elizabeth Kujawinski and Karen Casciotti, Advisors
Form, Function and Flow in the Plankton: Jet Propulsion and Filtration by Pelagic Tunicates
Kelly Rakow Sutherland, Ph.D., 2010
Laurence Madin, Advisor
Phosphorus Physiology of the Marine Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium
Elizabeth D. Orchard, Ph.D., 2010
Sonya Dyhrman, Advisor
Ecology and Population Structure of Vibrionaceae in the Coastal Ocean
Sarah Pacocha Preheim, Ph.D., 2010
Martin Polz, Advisor
2009
Iron Limitation and the Role of Siderophores in Marine Synechococcus
Adam R. Rivers, Ph.D., 2009
Sallie Chisholm, Advisor; Eric Webb, USC, Thesis Supervisor
Diversity of the Marine Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium: Characterization of the Woods Hole Culture Collection and Quantification of Field Populations
Annette Hynes, Ph.D., 2009
Scott Doney, John Waterbury, Advisors
Iron and Prochlorococcus
Anne W. Thompson, Ph.D., 2009
Sallie Chisholm and Mak Saito, Advisors
Biotic and Abiotic Interactions of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent-endemic Fish on the East Pacific Rise
Kate L. Buckman, Ph.D., 2009
Timothy Shank, Advisor