Alumni 

Graduate Students

Name

Degree

Program

Dissertation/Thesis Title

Skye Morét Ph.D. 2025 Northeastern University; College of Arts Media and Design The Scalar Complexity of Climate Visualization: Exploring research-through-design strategies within climate change knowledge exchange
Aubrey Foulk M.S. 2024 Northeastern University; Department of Marine & Environmental Sciences Quantifying Extreme Temperatures From the Perspective of an Organism
Reena John M.S. 2023
Jeriyla Kamau-Weng M.S. 2023
David Sittenfeld Ph.D. 2022 Northeastern University; School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities: Co-Created Science-to-Civics to Facilitate Equitable Climate Resilience Planning
Sophia Ly M.S. 2022 Northeastern University; Environmental Science & Policy
Joshua Nooij M.S. 2022 Northeastern University; Environmental Science & Policy
Jessica Torossian Ph.D. 2020 Northeastern University; Department of Marine & Environmental Sciences Seasonal Temperature Stress, Biotic Interactions and Their Effects on Blue Mussel Physiology in the Gulf of Maine
Ashley Cryan M.S. 2019 Northeastern University; Department of Marine & Environmental Sciences Material Matters:
A thermal habitat suitability model of shoreline infrastructure in an urban harbor
Mark Losavio M.S. 2019 Northeastern University; Three Seas Marine Biology Program Observing outcomes of outreach methods across generations in coastal China
Allison Matzelle Ph.D. 2018 Northeastern University; Department of Marine & Environmental Sciences Linking environment to performance:
A bioenergetics approach to understanding the effects of environmental variability across scales
Marissa Varade M.S. 2018 Northeastern University; Three Seas Marine Biology Program Through the Eye of the Stakeholder:
Disentangling Interactions Between Climate Communications, Environmental Attitudes, and Behaviors
Lauren Giglio M.S. 2017 Northeastern University; Three Seas Marine Biology Program Connecting inland communities to coastal issues:
Using virtual reality to increase interest level and knowledge retention in the classroom
Kirinne Slaughter M.S. 2017 Northeastern University; Three Seas Marine Biology Program The Effects of Virtual Reality in a Zoological Setting on Visitors’Empathy and Pro-Environmental Behavior
Emily Duwan M.S. 2016 Northeastern University; Three Seas Marine Biology Program Assessing The Use of Virtual Reality Technology in Teaching Ecological Concepts
Nicholas Colvard Ph.D. 2016 Northeastern University; Department of Marine & Environmental Sciences Eco-physiological and ecological responses of Fucus algae to changes in the surrounding environment
Kelsey Tuminelli M.S. 2015 Northeastern University; Three Seas Marine Biology Program Acclimation and physiological performance measured through heartrate and oxygen consumption rate in Septifer virgatus under acute thermal stress
Charlee Corra M.S. 2015 Northeastern University; Three Seas Marine Biology Program Exposure to future climate conditions suggests variable capacity for metabolic plasticity but alters metabolic function and optimal thermal performance in two species of temperate gastropod
Cristian Monaco Ph.D. 2014 University of South Carolina; Biological Sciences Thermal Ecology and Physiology of an Intertidal Predator-Prey system: Pisaster ochraceus and Mytilus californianus
Shadow Gulledge M.S. 2014 University of South Carolina; Earth and Environmental Resources
Nicole Kish M.S. 2013 University of South Carolina; Marine Science Program Modeling approaches, physiological responses, and climate change: How good is “good enough”?
Josephine Iacarella M.S. 2011 University of South Carolina; Marine Science Program Behavioral and Physiological Responses of the Salt Marsh Snail,Littoraria irrorata, to Thermal and Dessication Stresses
Shilpi Chhotray M.S. 2010 University of South Carolina; MEERM Program An Assessment of the Perceptions, Level of Involvement, and Needs of User- Groups for Marine Protected Areas in the Carolinas
K. Allison Smith Ph.D. 2010 University of South Carolina; Biological Sciences Measuring and Forecasting Environmental Conditions from the Perspective of Rocky Intertidal Organisms
Lauren Yamane M.S. 2008 University of South Carolina; Marine Science Program Contrasting Responses of an Intertidal Predator to Aerial and Aquatic Body Temperatures
Karl Castillo Ph.D. 2008 Effects of elevated seawater temperature on the Scleractinian Coral Montastraea annularis from the inner and outer reefs of Southern Belize
Jennifer Jost Ph.D. 2007 The morphological determinants of body temperature in the Atlantic Ribbed Mussel, Geukensia demissa, and their effects on mortality and growth rate
Kimberly Schneider Ph.D. 2006 The role of abiotic factors in intertidal selection: A comparison between an invader and its sibling species
Lauren Szathmary M.S. 2006 University of South Carolina; Biological Sciences Predicting direct and indirect effects of climate change on a predator-prey pair in the rocky intertidal eocsystem
Maxine Henry M.S. 2005 Modeling environmental effects of body temperature of an intertidal saltmarsh snail (Ilyanassa obsoletaSay)

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Name

Years

Current Position

Mackenzie Zippay 2011-2014 Professor of Biology, Sonoma State University
Sylvain Pincebourde 2006-2007 CNRS Research Scientist, IRBI
Sarah Gilman 2004-2005 Professor of Biology, Joint Science Department of the Claremont Colleges

Undergraduate Researchers

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Name

Years

Lab Positions

Grace Nyberg 2025 Research Coordinator (Co-op)
Tasha Malcolm 2025 Research Coordinator (Co-op)
Olivia Sward 2023 Undergraduate Researcher
Yulieth Rodarte 2023 Undergraduate Researcher (Co-op)
Annabel Fiero 2023 Undergraduate Researcher
Sarah Beecy 2022 – 2023 Undergraduate Researcher (Capstone)
Caitlin Vinton 2022 Undergraduate Researcher (Capstone)
Ian Battles 2022 Undergraduate Researcher
Andrew Barnett 2022 Undergraduate Researcher
Jade Lin 2019 – 2020 Undergraduate Researcher (Co-op)
Lark Pamalee 2020 Undergraduate Researcher
Lindsey Forg 2019 Undergraduate Researcher
Luke Briccetti 2019 Undergraduate Researcher
Mia DeSanctis 2018 – 2019 Undergraduate Researcher
Vivienne Gao 2019 Undergraduate Researcher
Zoë Hockenberry 2018 NSF Sponsored Research Experience Undergraduate Intern
Sahana Simonetti 2017 – 2023 Undergraduate Researcher, Lab Manager
David Stein 2017 – 2019 Undergraduate Researcher
Richard Judge 2016 – 2018 Undergraduate Researcher
Bradley Phelps 2018 HMC-Northeastern Summer Research Partnership Fellow
Mark Himes 2018 High School Intern
Taylor Irwin 2018 Summer Intern
Praise Adewale 2018 NSF Sponsored Research Experience High School Intern
Daniel Litchmore 2015 – 2017 Undergraduate Researcher
Tim Briggs 2015 – 2018 Undergraduate Researcher
Isabella Backman 2017 NSF Sponsored Research Experience Undergraduate Intern
Dianjenis Abreu 2017 NSF Sponsored Research Experience High School Intern
Gabriela Payano 2016 High School Intern
Megan Reilly 2015 – 2016 Undergraduate Researcher
Lindsay Peter 2015 Undergraduate Researcher
Anthony Lamattina 2015 Undergraduate Researcher, Independent Project
Paola Salas 2015 High School Intern
Nick Burnett 2009 – 2012 Undergraduate Researcher, Independent Project
Rachel Herrin 2010 Magellan Research Grant, Independent Project
Rachel Price 2012 Undergraduate Researcher, Indpendent Project
Catherine Bowler 2011 – 2012 Undergraduate Researcher, Indpendent Project
Alyson Tockstein 2008 – 2010 Lab Technician, Research Assistant
Maggie Brilhart 2008 – 2009 REU Student
Karly Miller 2008 – 2009 Senior Honors Thesis
Lauren Van Thiel 2006 Howard Hughes Undergraduate Fellow
Anne-Marie Laura 2005 – 2006 Honors Thesis
Lindsay Watson 2005 REU Student, Rising Tide Program
Jake Adams 2004 – 2006 Independent Project
Nouran Ragaban 2004 Rising Tide Program
Callie Van Koughnet 2004 REU Student
Lisa Wickliffe 2003 Independent Project
Denise Strickland 2002 – 2003 Honors Thesis, REU Student
Katrina Nylund 2002 Howard Hughes Undergraduate Fellow
Justin Tisdale 2002 REU Student
Tara Fitzhenry 2001 – 2002 Howard Hughes Undergraduate Fellow
Christie Stephans 2001 REU Student
Nicole Moore 2000 – 2001 Honors Thesis, Howard Hughes Undergraduate Fellow