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MATT GORE
		Masters Student Galveston Campus Bldg# 3029, 2nd floor cubicles Email	Project: During undergrad I received a B.S. in Environmental Science and also picked up a Chemistry Minor along the way. Currently I'm working toward a Master's in the MARB-IDP program with research focusing on algal biofuels and I spent the past summer working for Agrilife Research in Pecos, TX growing phytoplankton for that purpose. In general though any topics about bioproducts or bioremediation are what I find interesting. I also wouldn't mind the chance to go back to Asia for either school or research if I had the chance.
ALLYSON LUCCHESE
		Ph.D. Student Galveston Campus Bldg# 3029, 2nd floor cubicles Email	Project: I have my Bachelor's in Biology from Texas A&M, and am pursuing my Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography. I worked for two years in Dr. Lisa Campbell's Phytoplankton Ecology Lab in College Station, mainly focusing on toxin extractions from Karenia brevis before coming to the Quigg Phytoplankton Dynamics Lab. My project is examining phytoplankton community responses to nutrient and freshwater pulses in Galveston Bay along the riverine input gradients from the Trinity River and the San Jacinto River, and hopefully we'll be able to see some higher trophic level community changes as well. It's gonna be AWESOME.
ALLISON SKINNER McINNES
		Ph.D. Candidate Galveston Campus Bldg# 3029, 2nd floor cubicles Email	Project: I am currently working on a project which we think will more clearly resolve the role of the biological pump in the C-cycle.
ALICIA SHEPARD
		Ph.D. Student Galveston Campus Bldg# 3029, 2nd floor cubicles Email	Project: I have a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Roger Williams University and have participated in multiple research projects. These include work on cyanobacterial/cyanophage dynamics, anthropogenic impacts on coral-associated microbial populations and molecular analyses of subseafloor microbial populations. I plan to complete my PhD project on the potential impacts of mesoscale cyclonic circulation on nitrogen use by heterotrophic bacteria and autotrophic phytoplankton populations in the Gulf of Mexico.
JAMIE STEICHEN
		Ph.D. Galveston Campus Bldg# 3029, 2nd floor cubicles Email	Project: Galveston Bay is a highly productive system at various trophic levels and is important both recreationally and economically in the region. Ships traveling to the ports of Houston, Texas City and Galveston traverse the Bay en route to their destination. As they travel across the Bay, they may be discharging ballast water. This project focuses on nonindigenous species of phytoplankton that may have been delivered to Galveston Bay via ballast water. We have published a paper characterizing the origin and volume of ballast water discharge within this system from vessels en route to the ports of Houston, Texas City and Galveston. By determining the source of ballast water discharged into this system, we are working to pinpoint species of concern, within the ports of origin that may be hitching a ride in vessels arriving from domestic and foreign locations around the world. We are utilizing molecular methods to identify the phytoplankton community within Galveston Bay, including the major ports, as well as in samples from the ballast tanks of vessels entering these waters.
YAN ZHAO
		Ph.D. Candidate Galveston Campus Bldg# 3029, 2nd floor cubicles Email	Project: My research focuses on phytoplankton productivity in the areas experiencing frequent and severe hypoxia in Northern Gulf of Mexico (Texas-Louisiana Shelf). Both field measurements and laboratory experiments will be used to preliminarily clarify the mechanisms controlling phytoplankton productivity. The relativity between phytoplankton productivity and environmental factors, including both physical and chemical factors, will be investigated in field research. In laboratory experiments, the typical environmental factors of eco-system in the hypoxic region will be imitated, and the dominate microalgal species in this area will be chosen to research. I will try to determine the main factors affecting the phytoplankton productivity in the hypoxic region under controlled conditions in laboratory.

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