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Presenting Dr. Sehein!
On November 17, Taylor Sehein successfully defended her thesis, entitled “Trojan Horses in the Marine Realm: Characterizing Protistan Parasite Ecology in Coastal Waters.” Taylor combined high-resolution sampling with microscopy, molecular approaches and modeling to study the ecology of Syndinian parasites within protist communities. Her defense followed a hybrid model in which some committee members attended…
Read MoreTwo students awarded Ruth D. Turner Scholarships
Nadège Aoki and Kharis Schrage were both awarded Ruth D. Turner Scholarships for 2021. Nadège’s proposal was titled “Documenting the effect of exposure to impulsive pile-driving noise on behavior of a temperate coral species, Astrangia poculata”. She’ll be exposing local corals to noise recorded from an offshore wind farm construction project and measuring their behavioral…
Read MoreWelcome entering Class of 2021!
Seven students have entered the JPBO in Summer and Fall 2020. Most of them were able to “get their feet wet” in their new labs this summer, and they are now all digging into their first semester of classes. We look forward to meeting these students in person over the coming year, but in the…
Read MoreChristina Hernández named George “Gera” Pavlovich Panteleyev Award Recipient
The George “Gera” Pavlovich Panteleyev Award is conferred annually on the MIT-WHOI or WHOI Graduate Student in the graduating class for that academic year who best exemplifies the commitment to improving the graduate education experience and graduate student life at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Christina “Chrissy” Hernández was named the award recipient at the…
Read MoreDavid Gellar-McGrath awarded DOE SCGSR fellowship!
This spring JPBO student David Gellar-McGrath was awarded a fellowship from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research program (DOE SCGSR). David is co-advised by Dr. Virginia Edgcomb (WHOI Marine Geology and Geophysics Department) and Dr. Maria Pachiadaki (WHOI Biology Department). David’s research broadly focuses on developing tools to analyze metabolic pathways…
Read MoreHighlighting “Through the Porthole” (featuring JPBO student Lei Ma)
The MIT-WHOI Joint Program PhD students have launched a newsletter called Through the Porthole. They state, “our goal is to make information about graduate school in the geosciences, and the JP in particular, more accessible to undergraduates with diverse educational backgrounds. We provide practical advice about how you can make grad school in the geosciences…
Read MoreDeep-sea parasites (and Lauren Dykman) in the news
The Atlantic just published a great story about Lauren Dykman’s work on deep-sea parasites Even if you didn’t know you were interested in deep-sea parasites, I recommend the article. It’s written in a really compelling way!
Read MoreIntroducing Dr. Hernández and Dr. Archibald!
Over the past few weeks, we have had two big reasons to celebrate: Christina (Chrissy) Hernández and Kevin Archibald successfully defended their Ph.D. theses on October 15 and November 13, respectively. Both Kevin and Chrissy have been valued members of our WHOI community and we wish them the very best in all their future pursuits.…
Read MoreA Marine Ecologist Works From Home
(This post was written by JPBO student Lauren Dykman, October 2, 2020) The order came suddenly: work from home. We had only a handful of days to move out of our labs at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and into home offices. We all started to think creatively. Personally, I had planned to spend the next…
Read MoreWelcoming Entering Class of 2020
Six students have entered the JPBO in Summer and Fall 2020.With the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis, the students have identified creative ways to engage in online learning and socially distanced research. We may find 2020 to be something of a mixed bag overall, but we have nothing but enthusiasm for our newest colleagues. We…
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