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Get to Know Our Students
Read a selection of blog posts, articles, and stories highlighted on our Student Experiences page to learn more about the experiences of USC Sea Grant-supported students and fellows.
USC Sea Grant Trainees
| Name | PI | Years | Project Name |
| Ashley Cooper | Charles Lester | 2022-2023 | California Coastal Managers Climate Adaptation Survey |
| Francis Nguyen | Lisa Levin | 2022-2023 | Local Impact of DDTs on Deep-Sea Benthos Off Southern California |
| Yuwei Kong | Jennifer Jay | 2022-2023 | Sources and Fate of Microbial Contaminants in Coastal Watersheds near Los Angeles: a Quantitative Approach Combining Mass Balance, Source Identification, and Remote Sensing |
| Thomas Rocca | Erica Holland | 2022-2023 | Microplastic Fiber Toxicity in Marine Species with Different Feeding Types |
| Karina Johnston | Jennifer Dugan | 2022-2023 | Evaluating Ecological and Physical Trajectories of Beach Restoration to Inform Nature-Based Adaptation Approaches that Enhance Coastal Resilience |
| Amirhossein Adibfar | Hassan Davani | 2022-2023 | Enhancing the resilience of underserved coastal communities against compound flooding |
| Andrew Davidov | Phyllis Grifman | 2022-2023 | People on the Move in a Changing Climate (PEMOCC) |
| Tina Nguyen | Andrew Gracey | 2021-2023 | Interactive Effect of OA and Hypoxia on CA Species With Ecological and Fisheries Importance |
| Ryan Searcy | Alexandra Boehm | 2020-2021 | Advancing an early warning system for California beach water quality with forecasting and nowcasting at data poor beaches |
| Monica Thukral | Bradley Moore | 2020-2022 | Design and Development of a Universal Genetic Assay to Monitor and Predict Toxic Pseudonitzschia Planktonic Blooms |
| Kristen Elsmore | Brian Gaylord | 2020-2021 | Wave attenuation and chemical buffering: Determining ecosystem services of giant kelp to Southern California |
| Alice Coleman | Suzanne Edmunds | 2019-2021 | Meta-analysis of ecotoxicity data: an evolutionary perspective on choosing organisms for marine water quality assessment |
| Kyla Kelly | David Hutchins | 2018-2020 | Multiple Stressors and Toxic Pseudo-nitzschia Blooms in California Waters: Understanding the Complex Interactive Impacts of Nutrients, Temperature, and Carbonate Chemistry |
| Amanda Russell | Erica Holland | 2018-2020 | Utilizing transcriptomics to evaluate environment determinants of recruitment and health status of oyster species on implated oyster reefs in Newport Bay CA |
| Ariel Levi Simons | Travis Longcore | 2018-2020 | Coast Light: Actionable Science to Manage Coastal Nightscapes |
| Molly Riddle | Christine Bae | 2018-2019 | the Environmental ad economic impacts of moorage marinas on the west coast |
| Demetra Panos | Kerry Nickols | 2018-2019 | Wave attenuation and chemical buffering: Determining ecosystem services of giant kelp to Southern California |
| Alexander Yee | Sea Grant | 2017-2018 | Climate Policy |
| Mike Lee | David Caron, Eric Webb | 2017-2018 | Documenting multiple phycotoxins in coastal ecosystems of the CA coast |
| Alexa Roeper | Jeremy Claisse | 2016-2018 | What Factors excplainthe high rates of fish production associated with oil platforms off the coast of CA |
| Caitlin McGarigal | Christopher Lowe | 2016-2017 | Physiological and Behavioral Effects of Angling Sress on two important game fish…. |
| Sydnie LeMieux | Tina Treude | 2016-2017 | Expoansion of Exygen Deficiency in the Santa Monica Basin |
| Jennifer Le | Lisa Levin | 2017-2017 | Ecosystem Service-based Strategies for Optimizing Natural Treatment of Stormwater in So California |
| Jennifer Le | Lisa Levin | 2015-2016 | Cleaning Urban Stormwater on its way to the Ocean:…. |
| Madeleine Harvey | Sarah Giddings | 2015-2016 | Low Inflow Estuarine Responses to Extreme Events: Storms and El Nino |
| Cheryl Doughty | Richard Ambrose | 2015-2017 | Incorporating Climate – Smart Adaptive Strategies into Wetlands Recovery in Coastal Southern California |
| Nicholas Schooler | Jennifer Dugan | 2014-2015 | A New Method for Monitoring Urban Beaches |
| Tongtong Guo | James Moore | 2014-2016 | Analyzing the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Moorage Marinas on the West Coast |
| Zhi Zhu | Hutchins | 2014-2016 | Trophic Transfer of Domoic Acid in Food Webs of the Future Greenhouse Coastal Ocean |
| Patrick Cousineau | Sea Grant | 2015-2016 | Climate Policy |
| Molly Burdick-Whipp | Christine Whitcraft | 2014-2016 | Understanding Fish Habitat |
| Monica Ly | Sea Grant | 2013-2015 | Climate Policy |
| Erica Seubert | Astrid Schnetzer, David Caron | 2012-2013 | Resolving the Annual Pattern of Algal Toxins in Coastal Waters of Los Angeles |
| Sean Windell | Cory Garza | 2012-2013 | The value of Habitat Diversity in Marine Reserves: Spiny Lobster and Sheephead use of the Intertidal Zone at the Santa Catalina Island MPA |
| Evan Lee | Kevin Kelley | 2012-2013 | Contaminant related thyroid disruption in wild fish in southern and norther california |
| Avery Tatters | David Hutchins | 2012-2013 | Will a warmer, more acidic ocean lead to increased pseudo-nitzschia bloom |
| Patrick Sun | Susan Edmands | 2011-2012 | Population Differences in Toxicant Sensitivity in The Tidepool Copepod Tigriopus Californicus: Genetic Vs. Environmental Factors |
| Mallory Pirogovsky | James Haw, Keith Maruya, Rachael Adams | 2010-2012 | Quantifying Contaminants of Emerging Concern In Urban Watersheds Using Bivalves And Passive Samplers |
| Abigail Joyce | James Haw, Keith Maruya, Rachael Adams | 2010-2012 | Quantifying Contaminants of Emerging Concern In Urban Watersheds Using Bivalves And Passive Samplers |
| Bridget Seegers | Burton Jones | 2010-2012 | High Resolution Remote Sensing of Coastal Discharge Plumes and Algal Blooms in The Southern California Bight |
| Dwight Causey | Kevin Kelley | 2010-2012 | Environmental Endocrine Disruption in Urban Ocean Fish – Mechansisms, Causes, Wider Impacts |
| Jeremy Jacquot | James Moffett | 2010-2011 | The Copper Problem in California Marinas |
| Erica Seubert | Astrid Schnetzer | 2010-2012 | Impacts of Algal Toxins on Species Composition of Coastal Plankton Communities |
| Jacob Cram | Jed Fuhrman | 2010 2012 | High Resolution Remote Sensing of Coastal Discharge Plumes and Algal Blooms in The Southern California Bight |
| Emily Smail | Sergio Sanudo-Wilhelmy | 2009-2010 | Evaluating The Impact Of The Clean Water Act On Coastal Waters off The Southern CA Bight: Temporal & Spatial Gradients in Metal Contamination in the Water Column & in Phytoplankton |
| Erica Seubert | David Caron | 2008-2010 | Harmful Algal Blooms in King Harbor, Redondo Beach CA |
| Claire Waggoner | Kevin Kelley | 2008-2010 | Proteomics to Develop Relevant Phenotypic Biomarkers of Environmental Impacts in Wild Marine Fishes of Southern California |
| Mara Brady | Susan Kidwell | 2008-2010 | Estimating Impact on Shelf Macrobenthic Communities |
| Sean Vogt | Steven Murray | 2008-2010 | Distributions, Abundances and Feeding Interactions with Native Consumers of Non-Indigenous Seaweeds on Urban Southern California Shores |
| Florence Pi | Andrew Gracey | 2008-2009 | Mussel Monitoring for the New Millennium |
| Carla Navarro | Steven Murray | 2008-2009 | Distributions, Abundances and Feeding Interactions with Native Consumers of Non-Indigenous Seaweeds on Urban Southern California Shores |
| Carlos Mireles | Christopher Lowe | 2007-2009 | Site Fidelity And Depth Preference Of Nearshore Reef Fishes On San Pedro Shelf Offshore Petroleum Platforms |
| Alina Corcoran | Rebecca Shipe | 2007-2009 | The Effects Of Urban Stormwater Runoff On Phytoplankton Dynamics In Santa Monica Bay |
| Anand Patel | Burton Jones | 2007-2008 | Stormwater, Pathogens, and Particles – Presence and Transport from an Urban Watershed |
| Adriane Jones | Davie Caron | 2006-2008 | Geographic Survey And Web-Based Gis Model For Algal Toxins In Coastal Waters Near La Harbor |
| Jaime Sayre | Devinny/ Maruya | 2006-2008 | Quantifying Pollutant Loading In An Urban Waterway Using Passive In Situ Samplers |
| Dawn Petschauer | Kevin Kelley | 2006-2008 | Documentation Of Human-Derived Sex Steroid Hormones In Southern California Bight Flatfish |
| Erica Jarvis | Christopher Lowe | 2006-2007 | The Effects Of Barotrauma On Catch & Release Survivorship Of Nearshore And Shelf Rockfishes In Southern California |
| Christine Lam | John Wilson, Travis Longcore | 2006-2007 | Historical Ecology Of Southern California’s Coastal Wetlands |
| Jeffrey Onsted | Keith Clarke, Gail Osherenko | 2005-2007 | California Coastal Zone Management Program: Retaining Agricultural Land… |
| Michael Schwalbach | Jed Fuhrman | 2005-2006 | Factors Affecting Dispersion of Pathogenic Microorganisms In Coastal Waters |
| Melissa Murphay | Le Dam Hanh | 2005-2006 | Integrating Maritime Transportation Movements With The Urban Transportation System (UTS): A Corridor-Centered Approach |
| Florian Koch | Richard Dugdale | 2004-2006 | Impact of Anthropogenic Ammonium on Primary Production In Estuarine And Coastal Ecosystems |
| C.Scott Smith | Raul Lejano | 2004-2006 | The Industrial Ecology of the Urban Ocean Interface: A Systems Perspective to Optimization of Best Management Practices |
| James Hip | Dele Ogunseitan, Raul Lejano | 2004-2006 | The Industrial Ecology of the Urban Ocean Interface: A Systems Perspective to Optimization of Best Management Practices |
| Humberto Nation | Barry Hibbs | 2004-2005 | Sources of Selenium in San Diego Creek Watershed |
| Swati Chaudhuri | Le Dam Hanh | 2004-2005 | Integrating Maritime Transportation Movements With The Urban Transportation System (UTS): A Corridor-Centered Approach |
| Xiaolin Liang | Jed Fuhrman | 2003-2005 | Molecular Assays Of Human Pathogenic Viruses In The Coastal Zone |
| Aimee Bullard | Steven Murray | 2003-2005 | Changes In Species Abundances, Productivity, And Food Web Structure In Southern California Rocky Intertidal Communities Over A Period of Shifts In Oceanographic Climate And Increasing Urbanization |
| Lisa Gilbane | Steven Murray | 2003-2005 | Changes In Species Abundances, Productivity, And Food Web Structure In Southern California Rocky Intertidal Communities Over A Period of Shifts In Oceanographic Climate And Increasing Urbanization |
USC Sea Grant Interns
| Name | Year | Internship Name | Mentor |
| Abhishek Thani | 2024 | Summer DDT Intern | Will Berelson |
| Valerie Kuo | 2024 | Environmental Communications Internship | Amalia Almada |
| Luisa Tripoli Krasnow | 2024 | Environmental Communications Internship | Maria Madrigal and Amalia Almada |
| Kendall Howes | 2024 | Maymester Intern | Maria Madrigal |
| Charlie Doering-Powell | 2022-2024 | Environmental Communications Internship | Amalia Almada |
| Abeerah Siddiqui | 2023-2024 | Environmental Communications Internship | Karina Alvarez |
| Melinda Saadatnejadi | 2023-2024 | Resilience Fellow | Karina Alvarez |
| Giancarlo Ceja | 2023 | LiMPETS and LA MPA Youth Fishing Program Analysis | Maria Madrigal and Linda Chilton |
| Gabriela Martinez | 2023 | Sea Grant Law Center Diversity Internship | Amalia Almada |
| Rose An | 2022-2023 | LA MPA Collaborative community outreach | Linda Chilton and Maria Madrigal |
| Amulya Jasti | 2022 | Zinsmeyer Fellowship | Amalia Almada |
| Maia Bhattacharyya | 2022 | Aquaponics – Food for Thought | Linda Chilton and Maria Madrigal |
| Gloria Jin | 2022 | LA MPA Collaborative outreach engagement | Linda Chilton |
| Lilah Capp | 2023 | LA MPA Youth Fishing Program | Linda Chilton |
| Montana Denton | 2022 | Science Communications-50th Anniversary | Leah Shore and Charlotte Stevenson |
| Audrey Kuno | 2021 | Seaweed aquaculture – Ocean Farmer Project | Linda Chilton |
| Sebastian Silva | 2021 | Environmental Literacy Education Mapping | Linda Chilton and Melodie Grubbs |
| Eva Shafman | 2021 | Environmental Literacy Education Mapping | Linda Chilton and Melodie Grubbs |
| Emily Peng | 2021 | Sustainability Mapping | Melodie Grubbs |
| Alicia Adiwidjaja | 2021 | Environmental Education Mapping for LA County | Linda Chilton and Melodie Grubbs |
| Zoe Lee | 2021 | Environmental Education Mapping for LA County | Linda Chilton and Melodie Grubbs |
| Charmaine Chrisp | 2021 | Food for Thought: Aquaponics | Linda Chilton |
| Holly Suther | 2020-2021 | Using social media to communicate about the intertidal with diverse audiences | Linda Chilton |
| Claire Lui | 2020-2021 | Using social media to communicate about the intertidal with diverse audiences | Linda Chilton |
| Tricia John | 2020-2021 | Urban Tides Mapping | Linda Chilton and Melodie Grubbs |
| Charmaine Dalisay | 2020 | Urban Tides Mapping Revision | Linda Chilton, Melodie Grubbs and Tricia John |
| Phoebe Mofett | 2020 | LA Environmental Literacy mapping project | Linda Chilton and Melodie Grubbs |
| Camille Vais | 2020 | LA Environmental Literacy mapping project | Linda Chilton and Melodie Grubbs |
| Zannatul Zannat | 2019-2020 | Food for Thought Aquaponics | Linda Chilton and Diane Kim |
| Lindsay Bilger | 2019-2020 | Food for Thought: Aquaponics | Linda Chilton |
| Nicholas Foster | 2019 | Mapping in MPAs with ROVs | Linda Chilton |
| Nicholas Hadjamel | 2019 | LA Vulnerability Study | Linda Chilton |
| Kristin Culbert | 2009-2010 | Parent Child program | Linda Chilton |
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