Graduate Students
Over the years, field activities in the NGA have provided research opportunities and data to numerous graduate students. With several cruises a year, there is plenty of work to be done. Additionally, the targeted research of the GLOBEC years provided subjects and data for theses and dissertations.
Advanced Degrees Produced
Name | Description | Advisor | Year | Title |
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Clay Mazur | M.S. | Dr. Strom | 2020 | Comparing the bioavailability of a natural and synthetic iron source: do past experiments accurately model phytoplankton response to episodic iron addition? |
Heidi Mendoza-Islas | M.S. | Dr. Hopcroft | 2020 | Abundance, composition and distribution of predatory gelatinous zooplankton in the Northern Gulf of Alaska |
Jessica Pretty | M.S. | Dr. McDonnell | 2019 | Particles in the Pacific: how productivity and zooplankton relate to particles in the deep sea |
James Kelly | M.S. | Dr. Weingartner | 2015 | An examination of hydrography and sea level variability in the Gulf of Alaska |
William Williams | Ph.D. | Dr. Weingartner | 2003 | Idealized Modeling of Seasonal Variation in the Alaska Coastal Current |
Markus Janout | Ph.D. | Dr. Weingartner | 2010 | Heat and Freshwater Controlling Processes on the Northern Gulf of Alaska Shelf |
Alya Doubleday | M.S. | Dr. Hopcroft | 2013 | Seasonal and interannual patterns of larvaceans and pteropods in the coastal Gulf of Alaska, and their relationship to pink salmon survival |
Hui Liu | Ph.D. | Dr. Hopcroft | 2006 | Growth rates of calanoid copepods in the northern gulf of Alaska, and their relationships to temperature, chlorophyll and body size |
Alexei Pinchuk | Ph.D. | Dr. Hopcroft | 2006 | Distribution, growth and egg production of euphausiids in the Northern Gulf of Alaska |
Amy Childers | M.S. | Dr. Whitledge | 2001 | Major nutrient distribution in relation to the physical structure of the Gulf of Alaska shelf |
Amy Childers | Ph.D. | Dr. Whitledge | 2005 | Major nutrient distribution in relation to the physical structure of the Gulf of Alaska shelf |
Laura Slater | M.S. | Dr. Hopcroft | 2004 | Development, growth, and egg production of Centropages abdominalis and Neocalanus flemingeri from the eastern subarctic Pacific |
Jessica Turner | M.S. | Dr. McDonnell | 2015 | Investigating marine particle distributions and processes using in situ optical imaging in the Gulf of Alaska |
Leandra de Sousa | Ph.D. | Dr. Coyle | 2011 | Seabird habitat use and zooplankton abundance and biomass in relation to water mass properties in the Northern Gulf of Alaska |
Georgina Gibson | Ph.D. | Dr. Musgrave | 2004 | Non-linear dynamics of marine ecosystem models |
Kerri Fredrickson | M.S. | Dr. Strom | 2004 | The role of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) as a microzooplankton grazing deterrent in northern Puget Sound and the coastal Gulf of Alaska |
Kristen Shake | M.S. | Dr. Mathis | 2011 | Hydrographic controls and seasonal variability on the carbonate system in the northern Gulf of Alaska |