A DEEPEND Legacy of graduate students continues

DEEPEND students, researchers, and collaborators participating in a recent Deep Sea Benefits research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. From Left: Jane Carrick (PhD student, URI), Nina Ramos (PhD student, FIU), Natalie Howard (PhD student, FAU), Dr. Heather Judkins (USF), Bianca Ruiz (MS student, NSU), Sidney Trimble, MS (Research Tech, NSU)

One of DEEPEND's greatest success stories to date is the training of graduate students as they complete master's and doctoral programs. DEEPEND research has supported 80 graduate students over the years (17 PhD, 63 MS) which has (to date) resulted in 33 publications with students as first authors. We would like to congratulate our recent graduates, highlight the work of current students, and welcome new students that have started this Fall! You can read more about the research of our current students here and our former students here.

Recent DEEPEND graduates, institution (advisor): subject
Claire de Noyo, MS, USF (Judkins): Trophic ecology of the hammerjaw, Omosudis lowii
Emma Schindler, MS, NSU (Sutton): Trophic ecology of pelagic eels
Juliet Tretler, MS, NSU (Sutton): Ecology of stromateoid fishes
Katie Lim, MS, NSU (Sutton): Trophic ecology of the longfin escolar
Natalie Howard, MS, FAU (Moore): Bigscale fishes of the deep-pelagic Gulf
Shannon Riley, MS, USF (Judkins): Cephalopod early life stages in the Gulf
Sidney Trimble, MS, NSU (Milligan): Carbon flux of a deep-sea hatchetfish
Travis Kirk, MS, NSU (Sutton): Trophic ecology of the black swallower

Current DEEPEND graduate students:
Bianca Ruiz, MS, NSU (Sutton): shoreward gradients of deep-pelagic fishes
Gwyn Loughman, MS, NSU (Frank): Spatiotemporal analysis of deep-sea shrimps
Haley Glasmann, Ph.D., FIU (Boswell): deep-pelagic acoustic sensing
Ian Areford, Ph.D., FIU (Boswell): deep scattering layer dynamics
Jacob Hack, MS, NSU (Kerstetter): comparing pelagic sampling gears
Keith Centeno, MS, NSU (Milligan): photophore morphometrics of a dragonfish 
Meta Hughes, MS, NSU (Milligan): modelled light intensity as a pelagic driver
Stormie Collins, Ph.D., FIU (Bracken-Grissom): shrimp genetics and bioluminescence
William Mastandrea, MS, NSU (Sutton): pelagic nekton as prey
Zach Strebeck, MS, NSU (Frank): Spatiotemporal analysis of deep-sea shrimps 
Zyan Brown, MS, NSU (Frank): effects of the DWHOS on krill

New DEEPEND graduate students starting this fall:
Alexander Travagliato, MS, NSU (Milligan): TBD
Alyssa Williams, MS, NSU (Sutton): trophic analysis of a deep-pelagic predator
Haley McCartney, PhD, USC (Romero): pelagic contamination
Lisa Rose-Mann, PhD, USF (Judkins): contamination and feeding of deep-sea squid
Lucille Turner, MS, USC (Romero): pelagic contamination
Natalie Howard, PhD, FAU (Moore): fish family Melamphaidae
Nina Ramos, PhD, FIU (Bracken-Grissom): using eDNA to investigate pelagic ecology
Paolo Soto, MS, NSU (Sutton): spatiotemporal distribution of mesopelagic fishes
Tate Abbott, MS, NSU (Sutton): hatchetfish abundance and vertical distribution