Rosenstiel Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) 2023

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The Rosenstiel Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) is an annual event where graduating Rosenstiel students who have pursued a formal senior thesis  present their research in poster symposium format to program faculty and their fellow students. The presentations each year highlight the diverse range of research topics pursued by Rosenstiel undergraduates.

Research Presentations By Category


Coral   |   Fish   |   Geology
Immunology  |   Meteorology  |   Oceanography

2020   |   2021   |   2022


Coral

Jack Benham

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     Spatial Patterns of Bleaching and Growth in Acropora palmata

Research Supervisor:     Diego Lirman-Kalwill, Ph.D.

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Jeanette Betke

Marine Biology and Ecology

Title:     The Effects of Magnesium Hydroxide on Photosynthesis, Respiration and Survival Rates Across Three Coral Species

Research Supervisor:     Chris Langdon, Ph.D. 

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Savannah Hewson

Marine Biology and Ecology

Title:     Survivorship of A. cervicornis When Exposed to High Temp and High CO2

Research Supervisor:     Chris Langdon, Ph.D.

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Haley Saba

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     Assessing the thermotolerance of coral recruits fused in early settlement in three species of Caribbean corals

Research Supervisor:    Andrew Baker, Ph.D.

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Mia Vallee

Marine Biology and Ecology

Title:     Comparitive Analyses of Potential Resilience in 63 Coral Patches from Apra Harbour, Guam Using CoralPatchSim

Research Supervisor:     John McManus, Ph.D.

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Fish

Jack Colman

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     Exploring the Uses of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis to Quantify Organoleptic Sensory Data in Farm Raised Olive Flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus

Research Supervisor:     John Stieglitz, Ph.D.

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Sophia Krikorian

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     Standardizing a Method for Using Peripheral Blood Smears to Estimate Leukocyte Count in Sharks

Research Supervisor:    Liza Merly, Ph.D.

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Blaise Rohan

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     The Effect of Life History Uncertainty on Rebuilding Times for the Northwest Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini)

Research Supervisor:    Elizabeth Babcock, Ph.D.

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Immunology

Anne Baldino

Marine Biology and Ecology

Title:     Characterizing the Function of Casein Kinase 2 in Early Sea Urchin Development

Research Supervisor:    Athula Wikramanayake, Ph.D. 

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Sandy Nixon

Marine Science/Microbiology

Title:     Metabolic Response to Hypoxia in Gulf Toadfish (Opsanus beta) by Ventilation Amplitude and Frequency

Research Supervisor:     Martin Grosell, Ph.D.

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Geology

Katelyn Arista

Geological Science

Title:     Exploring Tropical Marine Sediments for Geochemical and Mineralogical Evidence of Ichthyocarbonate

Research Supervisor:     Amanda Oehlert, Ph.D.

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Hayley Flanagan

Marine Science/Geological Science

Title:     A Marine Record of Dust Deposition off the Cape Verde Islands, Africa on Interglacial-Glacial Time Scales

Research Supervisor:     Larry Peterson, Ph.D.

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Anja Sofia Sherman

Marine Science/Biology

Title:     Impact of Human Activity on Foraminifera Assemblages in Indo-Pacific Island Nations

Research Supervisor:     Alexander Humphreys, Ph.D.

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Meteorology

Cameron Pine

Meteorology

Title:     Evaluation of Over-Land Surface Winds in WRF Simulations of the Landfall of Hurricane Laura (2020) 

Research Supervisor:     David Nolan, Ph.D.

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Oceanography

Claire Fandel

Marine Science/Chemistry

Title:     Transformations of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Atlantic Water Layer in the Artic Ocean

Research Supervisor:     Dennis Hansell, Ph.D.

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