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Graduate Students

Kira Allen – MS, 2022 

I’ll be working as a quantitative estuarine ecologist at the South Florida Water Management District. The position involves using the District’s extensive monitoring data to develop and maintain models designed to assess the ecological condition of the Everglades.

 

 

Emma Morgan – MS, 2023 
I defended my thesis, “A new tool for food web model validation: A coastal Louisiana case study” in March of 2023 and graduated with my masters degree in May 2023. I’ve accepted a position as a Water Resource Specialist with the Nantucket Department of Natural Resources in Massachusetts. I will participate heavily in water quality field sampling and monitoring water around the entire island. I will act as the primary coordinator for Nantucket’s water quality program including reporting publicly on water quality matters and providing reports online for public use. I am very thankful and excited for this new opportunity to work in monitoring and science communication!

 

Undergrad Students and Research Assistants

Neha Munagala – Undergraduate Researcher in LLACE Gut Lab, BS, 2020
Sammie Alexander – Research Assistant, MS, 2020
Allison Pecenka – Undergraduate Researcher in LLACE Gut Lab, BS, 2021
Sabrina Lopez – UCF EXCEL Undergraduate Researcher, Red Tide Ecology, BS, 2022
Miguel Silva – Research Assistant, Environmental Vulnerability–GIS Technician, BS, 2022 
Zachary Oestmann – Undergraduate Researcher in LLACE Gut Lab, BS, 2023 
Sydney Henderson – Undergraduate Researcher in LLACE Gut Lab, BS, 2023

 

 

 
Sammie Alexander (furthest right) and Kira Allen (standing next to Sammie)
 
 
Miguel Silva (Left) and Sabrina Lopez (Right)
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