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Welcome Entering Class of 2019!
Six students are entering the JPBO in Summer and Fall 2019. Most of them spent their summers in Woods Hole conducting research and will be taking classes up in Cambridge this fall. This year’s talented class will be engaging in diverse fields of research that we look forward to hearing more about over the next…
Read MoreCongratulations Dr. Zakroff!
Congratulations to Dr. Casey Zakroff, who successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, “Physiological and behavioral responses, and their variability, in squid, Doryteuthis pealeii, embryos and paralarvae reared under chronic ocean acidification” on July 16. Casey was advised by Aran Mooney. In his public defense, Casey shared the results from many, many experiments conducted over four years.…
Read MoreMarine animal physiology
Cory Berger (left), Zac Tobias (center) and Jordan Pitt (right) hold locally collected crabs. If you look closely, two of the crabs are attached to cables that enable monitoring of their heart rates. This was part of a lab activity during the Marine Adaptations topics course. Up to three topics courses are offered in the…
Read MorePresenting Dr. Panlilio!
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Panlilio, who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, “Impacts of developmental exposures to the harmful algal bloom toxin domoic acid on neural development and behavior” on February 26. Jenny was jointly advised by Neel Aluru and Mark Hahn. Jenny will remain at WHOI for a few months as a postdoctoral investigator. She…
Read MoreMeet our 2018 Entering Class
Seven students entered the JPBO in Fall 2018. As the Spring semester gets underway, most of them are commuting between Woods Hole and MIT a couple of times per week. In addition to being talented scientist, they are an interesting and diverse group!
Read MoreChristina Hernandez wins presentation award
At the Annual Meeting of the Evolutionary Demography Society, Christina Hernández won the prize for best student presentation for her talk, “Maternal Age and Fitness in a Rotifer: a Demographic Analysis.” The picture shows Chrissy with the president of the society, Prof. Carol Horvitz of the University of Miami. Congratulations, and well-deserved!
Read MoreMeet our 2017 Entering Class
Over the next few months this page will include short profiles of many of our students. I thought to start with our second year students because they are still “new faces” to many of us. Three students entered the JPBO in Fall 2017. They have a solid year of courses under their belts and are…
Read MoreRe-launch!
This is the official re-launch of the Biological Oceanography Education Blog. The blog was initially started by Mike Neubert and maintained from 2007-2015. Our legacy posts may be found here.
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