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José E. Serrano Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI)
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We’re doing our best to reconnect with José E. Serrano EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship alumni! Please update us on your continuing education and career path in our voluntary alumni tracker. To share successes like new awards or publications, email EPP.USP@noaa.gov today!
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All EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship Program alumni are listed below by the year they received their award, along with the topic and NOAA office of the two internships they completed as scholars.*
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Class of 2021
2021-2023 EPP/MSI undergraduate scholar profiles
Dominick Davis
Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology, Humboldt State University
Summer 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington
Project Title: Qualitative Network Modeling of survival of Chinook salmon from smolt to adulthood.
Summer 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington
Project Title: Developing database and survey tools to help recruit and manage citizen science efforts on Elwha River Dam removal monitoring
Kyra Freeney
Environmental Science, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Sandy Hook, New Jersey
Project Title: Identification of microplastics polymers in fibers from different oceans by using a novel technique of pyrolysis GC-MS.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Lafayette, Louisiana
Project Title: Identifying optimal tissue archive conditions for maintaining DNA quality in common bottlenose, Tursiops truncatus, dolphins: Testing salt-saturated 20% DMSO as a preservative.
Emily Fritsche
Biology, University of Houston - Downtown
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project Title: Sanctuary area profile: National Marine Sanctuaries.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Charleston, South Carolina
Project Title: Analysis of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sargassum from Puerto Rico.
Devynn Gately
Marine Science, California State University, Monterey Bay
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Monterey, California
Project Title: Using unmanned aerial system (UAS) to assess nearshore ocean color, nearshore kelp coverage, and measurements of ecosystem status.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington
Project Title: Trophic linkages among pelagic fish, jellies, and zooplankton in the Puget Sound.
Trinity Gbla
Environmental Engineering, Howard University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Research, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab (GFDL), Princeton, New Jersey
Project Title: Heat, humidity, and other compound stressors as a function of climate change and land use type in GFDL's ESM4.1.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Newport News, Virginia
Project Title: Robotics: Exciting the new generation in ocean conservation.
Stella Heflin
Atmospheric Science, University of Arizona
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Research, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab (GFDL), Princeton, New Jersey
Project Title: Evaluating the diurnal cycle of precipitation over the Maritime Continent in GFDL variable-resolution global model.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Research, Earth Systems Resource Lab (ESRL), Boulder, Colorado
Project Title: Intermountain sites experience differences in precipitation and microphysics during the Study of Precipitation, the Lower Atmosphere and Surface for Hydrometeorology (SPLASH) field campaign.
Rose Leeger
Marine Biology, Environmental Science, and Biology; Nova Southeastern University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Office of Aquaculture, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project Title: Communicating the impact of NOAA Aquaculture research.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, San Diego, California
Project Title: Automating image analysis from marine wildlife surveys.
Tehani Malterre
Global Environmental Science,University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Project Title: Sanctuary area profile: National Marine Sanctuaries.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Office for Coastal Management, Portland, Oregon
Project Title: Mapping habitat suitability for culturally significant plants in the South Slough watershed.
Gabryelle McDaniel
Chemical Engineering, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Centers for Environmental Studies, Stennis Space Center, Missouri
Project Title: Annotation modification project to support deep sea video AI development.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Newport News, Virginia
Project Title: Preparing the next generation to make a change beginning at Mallows Bay.
Ricardo Polanco
Civil Engineering, City College of New York
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project Title: Space weather studies.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Satellites, Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project Title: Space Weather Follow-On L1 (SWFO L1) ground segment systems engineering.
Yesenia Rivera-Lopez
Geology, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Project Title: Measuring hurricane impacts and recovery remotely with blue tarps.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of Coast Management, Wilmington, North Carolina
Project Title: Increasing Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin focused educational outreach and enhancing visitor connection with the North Carolina NERR’s sites and mission.
Gracia Rojas
Marine Science, The College of the Florida Keys
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Key West, Florida
Project Title: Mission: Iconic reefs.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Monterey, California
Project Title: Subtidal monitoring and underwater 360 imagery composition.
Auriel Sanders
Biochemistry, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project Title: Analysis of photogrammetry imagery from coral restoration monitoring.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Chesapeake, Virginia
Project Title: The use of mooring analysis software to support the design, development, and testing of mooring systems.
Derrick Seegars
Architectural Engineering, New York City College of Technology
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Greenbelt, Maryland
Project Title: GOES-R use cases development internship.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office Guam
Project Title: Examining the inter-annual variability of tropical cyclone trends in the Western North Pacific.
Keith Sellers
Marine Biology, University of Alaska Southeast
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau, Alaska
Project Title: A paper-based microfluidic detection method for thiamine measurements in field labs.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau, Alaska
Project Title: 3D-printed portable plate reader for fluorescence measurements of thiamine in salmon eggs.
Ronja Steinbach
Marine Biology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuaries, Kihei, Hawaiʻi
Project Title: Experiencing the multifaceted goals of the National Marine Sanctuaries Program.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Office for Coastal Management, Homer, Alaska
Project Title: An investigation of alder ectomycorrhizal fungi and community outreach in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
Nadia Vidal Difré
Biology with a concentration in Marine Biology, Valencia Community College
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Research, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab (GFDL), Princeton, New Jersey
Project Title: Climate change impacts on loggerhead turtle ocean and nesting habitat in the Northwest Atlantic.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Santa Cruz, CA
Project Title: Bridging the gap between science and the general public: A GIYS experience.
Taylon White
Meteorology, Jackson State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service, Severe, Fire, Public, and Winter Weather Services Branch, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project Title: Severe weather program review.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office Jackson, Mississippi
Project Title: Analysis of summer tornadoes in central Mississippi not associated with tropical cyclones.
Class of 2020
2020-2022 EPP/MSI undergraduate scholar profiles
Teemer Barry
Environmental Science, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Narragansett, Rhode Island
Project: Visualization of planktonic flow cytometry data collected by NOAA vessels.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project: GIS development and production.
Ilyana Collins
Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, Seattle, Washington
Project: Investigation of the air-sea heat and/or carbon dioxide (CO2) uptake at the KEO buoy in the NW Pacific Kuroshio Extension recirculation gyre.
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Lab
Project: Documenting the evolving state of ocean CO2 uptake and ocean acidification.
Semaj Fielding
Environmental Science, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Monterey, California
Project: Expanding species database for West Coast National Marine Sanctuaries.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Office of Science and Technology
Project: Regulations, policies, statutes, and laws relating to regional observer programs.
Lily Gavagan
Marine Science, University of Hawai’i Hilo
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project: Marine ecology internship with a focus on soniferous species.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project: Biodiversity in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Alexandra Grayson
Environmental Studies, Howard University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Center for Environmental Information, Asheville, North Carolina
Project: Documenting the value of NOAA data.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Project: Meta-analysis of benthic species abundance at offshore wind farms.
Erianna Hammond
Marine Science, Savannah State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Project: Marine mammal strikes in the Greater Atlantic Region.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Scituate, Massachusetts
Project: Feeding strategies of humpback whales.
Noah Jenkins
Marine Biology, Humboldt University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Monterey, California
Project: Expanding species database for west coast national marine sanctuaries.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, West Coast Regional Office
Project: Aquaculture growing methods and environmental regulations.
Monica Keim
Environmental Science, Alaska Pacific University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries, West Coast Regional Office, Portland, Oregon
Project: Why is it hard to measure salmon recovery?
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Interior Columbia Basin Office, Boise, Idaho
Project: Wallowa Lake Dam repair studies.
Brittany Melton
Animal Science, Tuskegee University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Silver Spring, Maryland
Project: Toxicity data analysis with NCCOS Monitoring and Assessment Branch.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California
Project: Using passive acoustic data to assess sperm whale population structure in the California Current.
Daniel Montoya
Natural Resources Management, San Diego Mesa College
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries, West Coast Regional Office, Portland, Oregon
Project: Tribal relations in the Fisheries West Coast Regional Office.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Project: Marine aquaculture resource inventory for the Greater Atlantic Region.
Adriana Muñoz Soto
Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
NOAA internship 1
Office: Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Narragansett, Rhode Island
Project: Mechanical design with the URI DEEPi Program.
NOAA internship 2
Office: Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Narragansett, Rhode Island
Project: Design analysis of an aerial drone-based imaging payload system for deep-sea exploration.
Tzunami Santiago
Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Technology, Planning and Integration for Observation, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project: Exploring NOAA's Observing Systems: Do they fulfill environmental observing requirements?
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Office of the Coast Survey, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project: Ocean mapping innovation with NOAA Office Of Coast Survey’s Hydrographic Systems and Technology Branch.
Abigail Schulz
Marine Biology, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project: Interpreting and analyzing data received from the Structure from Motion (SfM) technology as used on coral reefs.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service, Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project: Automatically classify coral species using artificial intelligence.
Mya Sharpe
Biology, Morgan State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project: Harmful algal blooms and ocean acidification - priorities for future research.
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Project: Endangered Atlantic salmon research: scale aging & analysis of emigration patterns and growth to inform recovery efforts.
Alycia Triplett
Meteorology, Jackson State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service - Severe, Fire, Public, and Winter Weather Services Branch, Silver Spring, Maryland
Project: Use of weather information for decision support.
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service, Weather Forecasting Office, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Project: Thunderstorm speed and its relation to injuries and fatalities.
Class of 2019
The NOAA Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions Undergraduate Scholarship Program Class of 2019 sit together outside NOAA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, during scholarship orientation. Bottom, left to right: Nohemi Perales, Ayanna Butler, Jezella Peraza, Elyse Bonner, Kristyn Wilkerson. Top, left to right: Sheldon Rosa, Darrielle Williams, JaNia Dunbar, Paola Santiago, Ashley Yates-Contreras, Koffi Apegnadjro (NOAA)
2019-2021 EPP/MSI undergraduate scholar profiles
Ashley Yates-Contreras
Environmental Science, St. Mary's University
NOAA internship 1
Office: CoastWatch, NOAA Satellites
Project: Investigating new satellite techniques to identify Trichodesmium spp. blooms
NOAA internship 2
Office: West Coast Regional Office, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Southern resident killer whales: a project-based learning approach
Darrielle Williams
Animal Science, Tuskegee University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Aquaculture, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Straight from the source: Assessing microalgal nutrient and usage potential in the US
NOAA internship 2
Office: Pacific Islands Regional Office, NOAA Fisheries
Project: The impact of plastic ingestion on sea turtles
Elyse Bonner
Environmental Science, Tuskegee University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Assessment and characterization of legacy and current-use pesticides (CUPs) in the Maumee and Ottawa riverine systems
NOAA internship 2
Office: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Investigation of bigeye tuna fishing grounds and habitat in the Central Pacific
JaNia Dunbar
Meteorology, Jackson State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of the Chief Operating Officer, National Weather Service (NWS)
Project: Transforming the NWS: The influence of Impact-Based Decision Support Services (IDSS)
NOAA internship 2
Office: Memphis Weather Forecast Office, National Weather Service
Project: Use of Geostationary Lightning Mapper data for pop-up thunderstorms
Jezella Peraza
Marine Science, California State University - Monterey Bay
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service
Project: Exploring a new path: Using the O.C.E.A.N (Observation, Collaboration, and Expeditions to increase Awareness in National Marine Sanctuaries)
NOAA internship 2
Office: Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Analyzing underwater imagery of horse mussels on the Northeast Atlantic continental shelf
Koffi Apegnadjro
Environmental Engineering, The City College of New York
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Satellite Operations Facility, NOAA Satellites
Project: Model S-NPP 180 degree yaw scenario for pure retro grade maneuver
NOAA internship 2
Office: Physical Sciences Lab, NOAA Research
Project: Characterizing whiplash events (drought to floods, floods to droughts) and how risk managers make decisions about compounding risks: A case study of the state of California
Kristyn Wilkerson
Environmental Science, Spelman College
NOAA internship 1
Office: Climate Program Office, NOAA Research
Project: Flooding the margins: Investigating the compounding effects of urban development and coastal hazards on marginalized communities
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Education
Project: NOAA-wide citizen science portfolio
Nohemi Perales
Geology and Environmental Studies, University of Texas at El Paso
NOAA internship 1
Office: OMAO Operations, Office of Marine & Aviation Operations (OMAO)
Project: Supporting science: How OMAO operations support NOAA's mission through leadership
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: The influence of meteorology on ozone formation and transport in the Paso del Norte region
Paola Santiago
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Campus
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Ocean Exploration, NOAA Research
Project: Analysis of multibeam and ROV data in US South East region
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service
Project: The characterization of mesophotic reef habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands using 3-dimensional reconstruction techniques
Sheldon Rosa
Marine and Aquatic Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
NOAA internship 1
Office: Ocean Acidification Program, NOAA Research
Project: Ocean acidification: Informative kit for education and outreach
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service
Project: Identifying marine cultural keystone species for the Hawaiian Archipelago
Class of 2018
2018-2020 EPP/MSI undergraduate scholar profiles
Analyssa Hernandez
B.S. in Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
NOAA internship 1
Office: CO-OPS Program, National Ocean Service
Project: Analysis of the National Water Level Observation Network benchmark networks
NOAA internship 2
Office: Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service
Project: Collaborative tool development for promoting resilient groundwater resources in the Kachemak Bay region
Annalise Guthrie
B.S. in Environmental Science, Haskell Indian Nations University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Ocean Acidification Program, National Ocean Service
Project: Ocean acidification toolkit
NOAA internship 2
Office: Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service
Project: Monitoring of the marine and estuarine environments in Kachemak Bay located at the KBNERR
Delaena Stephens
B.S. in Biology, University of La Verne
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service
Project: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary inventory of soniferous species
NOAA internship 2
Office: North West Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Parasites of juvenile Pacific salmonids as metrics of diet and habitat use in the nearshore Pacific Ocean
Gina Selig
B.S. in Marine Science, University of Hawai'i, Hilo
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, NOAA Research
Project: Deep water exploration with the Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Coast Survey and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, R/V Fairweather, National Ocean Service
Project: Seafloor mapping in Alaska and the Bering Sea with the Office of Coast Survey
India Oliver
B.S. in Biology, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Ocean color calibration/validation of in situ measurements
NOAA internship 2
Office: Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Project: Using shells to investigate invasive mussel population dynamics
Janelle Layton
B.S. in Marine and Environmental Science, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Marine mammal health and stranding response
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Profiling marine wildlife viewing stakeholders in Southern California: a case study for La Jolla, California
Jendahye Antoine
B.S. in Marine Biology, University of the Virgin Islands
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Sea Grant Office, NOAA Research
Project: Sea Grant science communication
NOAA internship 2
Office: Greater Atlantic Fisheries Office, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Collection and content analysis of historically significant whale watching oral histories
Taylor Miller
B.S. in Physics, Spelman College
NOAA internship 1
Office: Goddard Space Flight Center, NOAA Satellites
Project: Satellite algorithm integration
NOAA internship 2
Office: Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: Inter-calibration of Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) and Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) data
Class of 2017
2017-2019 EPP/MSI undergraduate scholar profiles
Camisha Few
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Creation of a database of historic distributions of Endangered Species Act-listed corals in non-U.S. jurisdictions in the Caribbean
NOAA internship 2
Office: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Monterey, National Ocean Service
Project: Sanctuary biodiversity assessment for West Coast region
Draven Hawk
B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Science and Technology, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Documenting sea turtle and/or marine mammal life history traits to support climate change vulnerability assessments
NOAA internship 2
Office: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Remote acoustic monitoring of killer whales in the Northwest Pacific
Sarfo Kantanka, in memoriam
Studied in Biology, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Satellites
Project: A comparison between research-quality baseline climatological ocean data products for climate studies
Danielle Olive
B.S. in Biology, University of the Virgin Islands
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Habitat Conservation, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Characterizing the history of legal regulations to protect deep-sea coral
NOAA internship 2
Office: Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Quantifying the impacts of temperature and elevated CO2 levels on blood oxygen affinity of clearnose skate, Raja eglanteria
Nikola Rodriguez
B.S. in Marine Science, University of Hawai'i, Hilo
NOAA internship 1
Office: Ocean Exploration and Research, NOAA Research
Project: Quantitative and qualitative assessment of underwater video annotations
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Pacific Regional Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Evaluating corals of opportunity for an nursery/husbandry area in Kaneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu
Stephen Thompson
B.S. in Chemistry, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA Satellites
Project: An evaluation of NOAA's blended ice concentrations
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Identification and analysis of size frequency in relation to distance to shore of Farfantepenaeid shrimps in the nearshore mangrove-seagrass ecotone of southern Biscayne Bay, Florida
Kayleen Torres
B.S. in Meteorology and Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
NOAA internship 1
Office: Policy Planning and Evaluation, NOAA Research
Project: How close is the U.S. to one hour tornado warnings?
NOAA internship 2
Office: Weather Forecast Office, San Juan, Puerto Rico, National Weather Service
Project: Validation of satellite estimates in the Northeast Caribbean
Imani Wilburn
B.S. in Biology, Bowie State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Habitat Conservation, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Evaluating collaboration and science for management applications in landscape-scale conservation
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Atlantic menhaden: Age comparison between reading scales and otoliths
Class of 2016
2016-2018 EPP/MSI undergraduate scholar profiles
Akofa Kekeh
B.S. in Biology, Pre-professional, Norfolk State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries
Project: North Pacific loggerhead turtle conservation
NOAA internship 2
Office: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Effect of pH on the metabolic rate of Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) during the megalopae to first juvenile transition
Char'Mane Robinson
B.S. in Environmental Science Technology Policy, California State University Monterey Bay
NOAA internship 1
Office: The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: A statistical and spatial analysis of chemical contaminants in Cocos Lagoon, Guam
NOAA internship 2
Office: Great Lakes Environmental Lab, NOAA Research
Project: Modeling the growth potential of Asian carp In Lake Michigan
Kammie-Dominique Tavares
B.S. in Global Environmental Science, University of Hawai'i, Manoa
NOAA internship 1
Project: Our pools are better than yours! The cultural and ecological significance of West Hawai'i's anchialine pools
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service
Project: Identifying potential beach sanctuaries on Oʻahu, Hawai‘i, for coastal biota of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Kirby Bartlett
B.S. in Marine Science, California State University, Monterey Bay
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Spatial characterization of corals in Puerto Rico
NOAA internship 2
Office: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Salmon recolonization of the Cedar River: Multivariate models
Maria Cogliando
B.S. in Environmental Engineering, City College of the City University of New York
NOAA internship 1
Office: The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Assessing wetland vulnerability in the Choptank River complex of Chesapeake Bay
NOAA internship 2
Office: Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Assessing ecological health and resilience in restoring Padanaram salt marsh
Robert Abitbol
B.S. in Environmental Engineering, City College of the City University of New York
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ice Center, NOAA Satellites
Project: An evaluation of NOAA's blended ice concentrations
Valentina Rappa
B.S. in Environmental Engineering, City College of the City University of New York
NOAA internship 1
Office: The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Finding harmful algae with high resolution satellite
NOAA internship 2
Office: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Develop bathymetric habitat data and products derived from World View-2 satellite imagery for coral reef ecosystems in the Pacific Islands
Class of 2015
2015-2017 EPP/MSI undergraduate scholar profiles
Jala Morrow
B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Jackson State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Analysis of frequency and impacts of storm events and service assessments to inform the National Weather Service Operations and Workforce Analysis
NOAA internship 2
Office: Weather Forecast Office, National Weather Service
Project: Mid-south tornado environment project
Jim Freed
B.S. in Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Deep-sea coral image catalog: Northeast Pacific
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Life history and ecosystem interactions of the ribbonfish, Trachipterus altivelis, in the California Current
Katrina Rosemond
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: An intercomparison of predicted sea ice concentration from Global Ocean Forecast System and arctic cap 'Nowcast/Forecast system' project report
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: Research aircraft electrical load analysis
Kenya Bynes
B.S. in Marine Environmental Science, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Models for U.S. fish stock assessment
NOAA internship 2
Office: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Weather, climate, and biological influences on ocean productivity
Lawrence Vulis
B.S. in Environmental Engineering, City College of the City University of New York
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Enhancing snow depth estimation using regional elevation relationships
NOAA internship 2
Office: Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: Analysis of the NOAA hydrometeorological testbed soil moisture datasets
Michaella McFarland
B.S. in Marine Environmental Science, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: An analysis of marine mammal self-reports and observer reports from 1996-2014
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Genetic identification of larval rockfish
Mikayla Jones
B.S. in Marine Science and Biology, University of Hawai'i, Hilo
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Break the grip of the rip: Assessing NOAA's capacity to message risk from beach hazards
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Laboratory assessment of cetacean thyroid hormones in blubber tissue with respect to demographic status
Milton Martinez-Torres
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Interactive multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) refinement utilizing Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-D) dataset
NOAA internship 2
Office: MacDill Air Force Base, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: Research aircraft radar component verification
Ramsey Fisher
B.S. in Marine Biology, Florida International University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: A comparative study of mortality by major fishing methods used in the exempted fishing permit program for various shark species and incidental sea turtle interactions
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Distribution and environmental preferences of angel sharks in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Samuel Oge
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, City College of the City University of New York
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Design and fabrication of a simple sensor for unmanned aircraft
NOAA internship 2
Office: Earth System Research Laboratories, NOAA Research
Project: Spectroscopic measurements of atmospheric trace gases and aerosols
Zainab Ali
B.S. in Atmospheric Science, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Sticky questions and endless debates: Integrating social and behavioral science into meteorological research and practices
NOAA internship 2
Office: Weather Forecast Office (Boulder), National Weather Service
Project: Quantitative precipitation forecast (QPF) verification on the Colorado front range
Class of 2014
Autumn Chong
B.S. in Marine Biology and Conservation, University of Hawai'i, Hilo
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Biographic assessments to promote healthy oceans in Hawai'i, Southeast Florida, and U.S. Caribbean Islands
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Sizes of fish consumed by ice seals
Chanelle Stigger
B.S. in Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Characterizing dust storms in the continental southwest
NOAA internship 2
Office: Aviation Weather Center, National Weather Service
Project: Investigation of high-resolution model of cloud ceiling and visibility
Joshua Bailey
B.S. in Computer Science, Mississippi Valley State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Developing a web-based interface to evaluate downscaled Global Forecast System (GFS) products
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Mobile scientific data entry application development
Justin Shaifer
B.S. in Marine Environmental Science, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Using content analysis to explore communication of coastal resilience indicators
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Environmental factors affecting early life-stages of estuarine fishes
Nishan Pressley
B.S. in Wildlife Biology, Norfolk State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: A plankton and ecosystems status report for the U.S. large marine ecosystems
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Environmental health and toxicology in marine mammals
Olivia Poon
B.S. in Environmental Engineering, City College of the City University of New York
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Development of phenological climate indicators to support mitigation and adaptation decisions
NOAA internship 2
Office: San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR), Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service
Project: Using the NERR system wide-monitoring program (swmp) dataset to understand factors that influence carbon stocks and fluxes in coastal marshes
Ricky Dixon
B.S. in Mathematics and Education, Mississippi Valley State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Research
Project: The impacts of seasonal flooding on the Mississippi delta and future adaptation management planning.
Class of 2013
Ahsin Shabbir
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, City University of New York, City College
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) Aquatrak system temperature analysis
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: Hurricane research aircraft instrumentation
Chante' Vines
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Morgan State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: NOAA Mussel Watch program/Great Lakes petroleum hydrocarbons (PAH) assessment
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Evaluating commonly used reanalysis soil products
Derrick Jones
B.S. in Mathematics, Mississippi Valley State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Interactive multi-sensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) version three snow depth cross
NOAA internship 2
Office: NWS Forecast Office Jackson
Project: Flood extent simulation project
Jamila Tull
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Occurrence of parasitic worms and disease in oysters and mussels of the U.S. coastal waters: Two decades of mussel watch monitoring
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service
Project: Video of sanctuary benthic invertebrates
Kelly Nunez
B.S. in Theoretical Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, National Weather Service
Project: Simulation of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) asymmetry in climate models
NOAA internship 2
Office: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: An extreme event in the eyewall of Hurricane Felix
Kevin Brodie
B.S. in Computer Science, Norfolk State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service
Project: Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Geology interpreted from gravity data
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service Training Center, National Weather Service
Project: Distance learning developer
Kevin McCarty
B.S. in Marine Biology, Barry University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Habitat Conservation, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Restoring and sustaining habitat for fisheries, marine life, and coastal communities by evaluating data that are essential for selecting habitat focus areas
NOAA internship 2
Office: West Coast Regional Office, National Weather Service
Project: Application of habitat equivalency analysis for Section 7 mitigation to ESA-listed Salmon
Laurence Walsh
B.S. in Environmental Science, University of Hawai'i, Hilo
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service
Project: The 15-minute dilemma; the impact of sampling frequency on tidal datum estimations
NOAA internship 2
Office: Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Pollock spatial distribution analysis and Aleutian Islands bottom trawl survey
Pedro Matos-Llavona
B.S. in Meteorology and Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Hydrologic Development, National Weather Service
Project: Analysis of climate change effects and exceedance probabilities of extreme precipitation events in Puerto Rico
NOAA internship 2
Office: The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, National Ocean Service
Project: West Florida shelf ocean observing program: Engaging students in instrument deployment, data collection, and analysis
Symone Gyles
B.S. in Marine Science, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Science and Technology, NOAA Fisheries
Project: An analysis of killer whale (Orcinus orca) and Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) occurrence and distribution patterns near Monterey Bay, California, using multiple data sets
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Estimating reproductive output in cetaceans using aerial photographs
Tiffany Barber
B.S. in Marine Science, California State University, Monterey Bay
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Science and Technology, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Comprehensive review and analysis of mammal-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca) predation events (An update of Jefferson et al. 1990 review) and their role in shaping the marine ecosystem
NOAA internship 2
Office: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Ocean acidification research - modeling and statistics
Class of 2012
Alexandria Lacy
B.S. in Mathematics, Mississippi Valley State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Optimizing satellite-based marine debris detection
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA Satellites
Project: Viirs nighttime lights
Amber Mcrae
B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Howard University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Improving historical tsunami data quality
NOAA internship 2
Office: The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Ocean Service
Project: Development, test, and evaluation of NOAA's next generation sea level and ocean current measurement systems
Ana Torres
B.S. in Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Climatological assessment of meteorological parameters
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Severe storms warning strategies
Briana Jones
B.S. in Marine and Aquatic Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Taking the green sea turtle journey
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Indicators of stress in blue crab: Linking land use patterns to ecosystem health in the Chesapeake Bay
Brittany Carmon
B.S. in Marine Science, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Development of a life history database for NOAA Fisheries
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Characterization and trends analysis of fishing gear and other materials associated with the capture of entanglement of protected species in the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Atlantic
Camille Gaynus
B.S. in Environmental Science, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Human interactions with oceans and coasts report
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Systematics Laboratory (Smithsonian Institution), NOAA Fisheries
Project: Exploring the processes controlling coral reef biodiversity in the coral triangle and how that biodiversity is impacted by anthropogenic stress
Jessica Lozada
B.S. in Biology, Tennessee State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Using a social media tool for harmful algal bloom (HAB) communications
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Bioactive compound isolation, purification and molecular structural characterization from marine micro-organisms involved in environmental and/or human health issues - Part 3
Sasan Dilbehbahani
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Ocean surface currents data visualization
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Climatic Data Center, NOAA Satellites
Project: A web-based near real-time monitoring system for ocean surface winds
Shareena Cannonier
B.S. in Chemistry, Lincoln University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Assessing the benefits of the U.S. hypoxia and harmful algal bloom programs
NOAA internship 2
Office: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Ocean acidification research – carbon chemistry for experiments
Vernicia Winford
B.S. in Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Life matrix of the leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Sea turtle stock identification
Yannick Williams
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Morgan State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Geodetic receiver differential code biases (DCB) estimation for ionospheric modeling
NOAA internship 2
Office: Space Weather Prediction Center, National Weather Service
Project: Automated identification of space weather events
Class of 2011
Alexandra Ramos
B.S. in Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Science and Technology, National Weather Service
Project: Correlating errors in hurricane forecasts to improve probabilistic storm surge (psurge)
NOAA internship 2
Office: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: Climate and Atlantic hurricanes
Jasmine Richardson
B.S. in Environmental Science, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
NOAA internship 1
Office: Information Services Management Office, Office of the Chief Information Officer
Project: Desktop virtualization
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service
Project: Best practices for using pesticides and herbicides to limit negative impact on the Altamaha River Watershed
Jermaine Dory
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Norfolk State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service
Project: Configuration and quality control for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers used by NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey to define the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS)
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Pathfinder sea surface temperature (SST) ocean climate data record
John Bell
B.S. in Computer Science, Mississippi Valley State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA Satellites
Project: Earth on the Go: A mobile website for data visualization
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Social media system - Part 1
Kaila Stubbs
B.S. in Environmental Science, Tuskegee University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Ocean and Coastal Resources Management, National Ocean Service
Project: Ecosystem services of coastal and estuarine land conservation program properties
Kandace Kea
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Howard University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Hydrologic Development, National Weather Service
Project: Sensitivity of engineering design to uncertainties in NOAA Atlas 14 precipitation frequency estimates and related design storms
NOAA internship 2
Office: Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Project: Advancing the state-of-the-art in Great Lakes hydrological modeling for supporting regional water resources management
Kendra Thompson
B.S. in Computer Science, Mississippi Valley State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Analyze, Forecast, and Support Office, National Weather Service
Project: Analysis of survey results by geographic sector and ZIP code
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service
Project: Water Quality Protection Program (WQPP) monitoring and data analysis internship
Kevin Freeman
B.S. in Computer Science, South Carolina State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NOAA Satellites
Project: National Ice Center computer-based training update
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service Training Center, National Weather Service
Project: Distance learning developer
Nneamaka Ezekwe
B.S. in Biology, Tougaloo College
NOAA internship 1
Office: Seafood Inspection, NOAA Fisheries
Project: A consumer comparison of various shrimp samples
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Analysis of derived products
Stefan Boskovic
B.S. in Atmospheric Science, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Hydrologic Development, National Weather Service
Project: Effects of potential climate change on precipitation frequency estimates in Oklahoma
Tasha Adams
B.S. in Optical Engineering, Norfolk State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Pathfinder sea surface temperature products (The hottest spot in the ocean)
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Improving the prediction of geomagnetic storms with WSA-Enlil
Class of 2010
Billy Ill Hill
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Evaluation of mammalian strategies among large social predators hunting large prey - a comparative study using well-studied social carnivores as examples
Cy'Anna Scott
B.S. in Marine and Aquatic Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Understanding the human dimensions of research and resource management in the Chesapeake Bay: A social, demographic, and economic profile
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Stable isotope ratios and trophic relationships in Alaskan marine waters
Jerald Watley
B.S. in Physics, Texas Southern University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: National fish habitat action plan: Coastal Caribbean assessment
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Remote sensing of atmospheric boundary-layer aerosols
LaEsha Barnes
B.S. in Computer Science, Mississippi Valley State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Latitudinal scale corrections for spherical displays
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: The Weather Research and Forecasting (Wrf) model sensitivity testing
Malcolm Blow
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites and NOAA Research
Project: Employing autonomous technologies in Earth observations
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: NASA Global Hawk
Martin Blow
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Utilizing advanced technologies in oceanic and atmospheric observations
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: Developing autonomous systems for Earth observations
Michael Smith
B.S. in Physics, Texas Southern University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Marine debris: Putting everything at risk
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Radiation safety
Molly Borsom
B.S. in Marine and Aquatic Science, Maui Community College
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Marine debris: Trashing our ocean
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Hawai'i wetland monitoring project
Symone Johnson
B.S. in Marine and Aquatic Sciences, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Implementing the Endangered Species Act
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Investigation of the physiological consequences of infection by the dinoflagellate parasite (Hematodinium sp) in blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus)
Zayani Sims
B.S. in Environmental Science Studies, Spelman College
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Assessment of contaminants in subsistence shellfish in Resurrection Bay, Alaska
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Comparison of epifaunal diversity from throw trap and other gear
Class of 2009
Amber Smith
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Tuskegee University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NOAA Satellites
Project: Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) network enhancement to improve operations
Angelica Betancourt-Negron
B.S. in Physics, University of Puerto Rico
NOAA internship 1
Office: Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: Global climatology of the stable planetary boundary layer (PBL)
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Experience Weather Forecast Office (WFO) operations/winter weather study
Courtney Jones
B.S. in Chemistry, Savannah State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in U.S. coastal water and Great Lakes
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Chemical contamination of tidal creek ecosystems in relation to coastal development
DeBie Dunn
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Comparing absolute salinities calculated with a silicate climatology versus observed silicate
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Seasonal patterns of fin whale song in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Western Atlantic
Jamaris Moore
B.S. in Mathematics, Mississippi Valley State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service
Project: Validation of current predictions from a numerical ocean model
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Analysis of Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU) Center Weather Advisories (CWA) performance metric
Lorielle Jackson
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Habitat Conservation, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Determining the potential environmental impacts of offshore renewable energy development
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Effects of emerging contaminants on bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncantus) cells
Patrina Bly
B.S. in Mathematics, Elizabeth City State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Application of G.I.S. and remote sensing in identifying contributions to polybrominated diphenyl ethers
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: G.I.S. inventory of fisheries data for the Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Rosimar Rios-Berrios
B.S. in Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Improving the skill of National Weather Service's Extratropical Total Water Level Forecast System
NOAA internship 2
Office: Hurricane Research Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: Evaluating the skill of high resolution hurricane prediction model
Sarah Newton
B.S. in Physics, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Land-based sources of pollution
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Marine environmental metabolomics
Wilsharo Scott
B.S. in Computer Science, Fisk University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Research and Application, NOAA Satellites
Project: Validating satellite sea surface temperature measurements
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: G.I.S. enabled fisheries application development using java and struts
Class of 2008
Amari Jones
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Hydrologic Development, National Weather Service
Project: Investigation of flood simulation from dam failures using River Analysis System (HEC-RAS)
Aziza Marchant
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Savannah State University
NOAA internship 1
Project: Simulation of Snow-17 at SNOTEL in Sierra Nevada, CA
NOAA internship 2
Office: Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: Establishing a relationship between aspirating and non-aspirating temperature sensors in support of U.S. Climate Reference Network (CRN)
Bobby Scott
B.S. in Chemistry, Texas Southern University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service
Project: Evaluation of PCB levels in the Hudson River
Breanna Williams
B.S. in Aviation Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center
Project: NextGen: The Orlando collaborative thunderstorm TRACON forecast
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, National Weather Service
Project: Observations in a consistent virtual database
Candace Rodgers
B.S. in Fisheries Biology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
NOAA internship 1
Office: The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, National Ocean Service
Project: Regional association harmful algal bloom efforts
NOAA internship 2
Office: Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Abundance and distribution of fish eggs and larvae in the Bering Sea
Christopher Ware
B.S. in Physics, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Ocean of Hydrologic Development, National Weather Service
Project: Verification of hydrologic ensemble forecasts within the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center
NOAA internship 2
Office: Earth System Research Laboratories, NOAA Research
Project: Development of a gas-chromatography apparatus to measure the thermal decomposition of peroxyacetic nitric anhydride (PAN)
Courtney McGeachy
B.S. in Biology, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Benthic analysis of Buck Island Reef National Monument: Coral vs. algae
NOAA internship 2
Office: Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Taking back wetlands
Jonathan Jeffries
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: Engineers in the NOAA fleet
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Marine environmental metabolomics: two case studies
Judith Sarkodee-Addo
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Sex ratio as a function of size in Crassostrea virginica
Kamau Mbalia
B.S. in Environmental Science, Central State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NOAA Satellites
Project: Critical infrastructure protection: Ensuring the availability of weather products
NOAA internship 2
Office: Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: Environmental stressors on Saginaw Bay
Lizeidy Nieves-Vera
B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Summit to sea characterization of La Parguera, Puerto Rico: Describing land-based sources of pollution in a coral reef ecosystem
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Flood forecast mapping during a dam break event using HEC-GeoRAS and HEC-RAS
Markeata Lee
B.S. in Chemistry, Central State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: Fleet operations management system/document control system development
NOAA internship 2
Office: Earth System Research Laboratories, NOAA Research
Rogerick Magee
B.S. in Biology, Alcorn State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Tropic guilds in Western Atlantic fish
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Otolith microchemistry of the family Cichlidae from the Rio Negro, Brazil
Ronderio Hunt
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Alcorn State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: The revised NOAA ships performance ratings
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: Intermediate maintenance management program
Samuel Ubanyionwu
B.S. in Chemistry, Texas Southern University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: Analysis of dust transport from Northern Africa using the HYSPLIT model
NOAA internship 2
Office: Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: An evaluation of atmospheric compounds
Sherrita Commey
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Chemical contamination assessment of the Hudson Raritan Estuary as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center: Analysis of trace elements
Class of 2007
Aniesha Alford
B.S. in Computer Science, Fayetteville State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Adding a ZIP code interface to a web service
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Incorporating real-time climate reference station data into the observing system monitoring center
Antonio Magdaleno
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Bakersfield College
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Translating numbers to performance
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: Aircraft radiometer upgrade on the hurricane hunters
Ashley Rouser
B.S. in Biology and Mathematics, Jackson State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Science and Technology, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Overnight field trip’s impact on students' interest in marine science and the National Ocean Science Bowls
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Trends in permit ownership in the NOAA Fisheries Northeast region, 1997-2007
Brittany White
B.S. in Marine Science, University of San Diego
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Two national projects to track habitat conservation success
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Tracking small-scale movement patterns of juvenile brown shrimp and white shrimp in marsh nursery habitats
Cassidy Lum
B.S. in Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Manoa
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Project: National Marine Sanctuaries in the media: Kids and effective communication for environmental education
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Protecting the Hawaiian monk seal
Eric Bunting
B.S. in Engineering and Mathematics, Bethune-Cookman College
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Report's (TAMDAR) effects on the accuracy of the ceiling and visibility in Terminal Forecasts (TAFs)
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: Ikhana project and designing a middle console for pilots
Eual Phillips
B.S. in Chemistry, Grambling State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Exploring the environmental impacts and in-flight photo-oxidation of balloons used in NOAA operations and activities
Gregory Oliver
B.S. in Marine Science, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Using G.I.S. for offshore aquaculture site selection off the California coast
NOAA internship 2
Office: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Growth of Pacific threadfin (Polydactylus sexfilis) on diets substituting stabilized salmon co-product meal for conventional fish meal and fish oil
Jamal West
B.S. in Meteorology, Jackson State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Research pertaining to the economic value of weather information
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: An investigation into the possible degradation of G.P.S. dropsonde data in a super-cooled environment
Karl Grant
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Measurement of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), butylins, polychlorinated biphenyls in mussels collected in the mid-1940s
Kelvin Raiford
B.S. in Geography, North Carolina Central University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: A biogeographic assessment off North/Central California: A G.I.S. analysis of marine mammal sightings
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: The use of G.I.S. and remote sensing to support coastal management in Hawai'i
LaToya Chandler
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Linking fisheries observers programs around the world
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Goliath grouper population
Vanessa Malone
B.S. in Chemistry, University of the Virgin Islands
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Constraining ocean acidification in the Caribbean
NOAA internship 2
Office: Earth System Research Laboratories, NOAA Research
Project: The separation of gas components using gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and electron capture detection
William Mathis
B.S. in Physics, Grambling State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Developing computer programs to analyze satellite data for incorporation into data visualization
Zakiya Hoyett
B.S. in Chemistry, Norfolk State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: New energy and new relationships
NOAA internship 2
Office: Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: The ups and downs of ammonia: A study of ammonia flux in the eastern U.S.
Class of 2006
Brandon Dennis
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Goddard Space Flight Center, NOAA Satellites
Project: Real-time telemetry
NOAA internship 2
Project: Meteorological Operational satellite (MetOp) anomaly support
Brittany Long
B.S. in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Using digital technology to collect data aboard NOAA Fisheries research cruises
Carlos Reyes-DeJongh
B.S. in Mathematics, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Determining the calibration error of the GLOBE hand-held sun photometer and developing a better and more effective student data collection technique for expanded low-cost geographical aerosol satellite validation.
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Global Programs, NOAA Research
Project: Aerosol optical depth: validation procedures involving satellites, ground-based and handheld sun photometers and describing sub-grid variability
Christopher Luckett
B.S. in Meteorology, Jackson State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Storm events database modernization
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Hurricane Center, National Weather Service
Project: Reanalysis of the 1945 Homestead hurricane
Ciara Brown
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Hampton University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Data collection and interpretation
Cyd Ruidiaz
B.S. in Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Inventory and gap analysis on monitoring at Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
NOAA internship 2
Office: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, National Ocean Service
Project: Geology of Kachemak Bay
Eric O'Rear
B.S. in Mathematics, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Developing the mean aerial precipitation for the Río Grande de Añasco and Río Culebrina basins of Puerto Rico in one-hour time steps
Gregory Woodall
B.S. in Physics, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Evaluating of the calibration and simulation of Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) in forecasting runoff for fast-responding basins
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Air quality data compression evaluation
Jessica Wise
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Manatees: A possible indicator species for human illness produced by brevetoxins
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Stable isotope analysis of Lutjanus otoliths and their relation to salinity levels in the Florida Bay
Kathy Sieber
B.S. in Marine Science, University of Hawai'i, Hilo
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Comparison of October 2000 and October 2004 United States imports of marine ornamental fish from the Pacific Islands and Australia
NOAA internship 2
Office: Fisheries Ecology Division, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Assessment of paternity in rockfish of the genus Sebastes
Kristen Young
B.S. in Mathematics, Clark Atlanta University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: User-friendly data delivery format
LaToya Clay
B.S. in Mathematics, Clark Atlanta University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Merging the National Weather Service change management processes with the Telecommunications Operating Center Remedy Change Management system
Takiwi Milton
B.S. in Mathematics, Paine College
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish ...
NOAA internship 2
Office: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Spatial distribution of Atlantic herring
Yolanda Ramos-Colon
B.S. in Marine Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Characterization of disease levels in Bonaire Island
Zachary Whitfield
B.S. in Physics and Chemistry, Tuskegee University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office
Project: NOAA Mussel Watch: Biennial report
NOAA internship 2
Office: Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: New detection method of sulfur hexafluoride and hydrogen gas
Class of 2005
2005 EPP/MSI undergraduate scholars. Front (left to right): Branson Williams, Lauren Wyatt, Markeitta Benjamin, Shelia Milton, Kiera-Nicole Lee, Tyronza Thompson, Samuel Sturdivant, Sorialis Pimental, Toni-Ann Hylton. Middle (left to right): Ashley Heard, Rejane Frederick, Precious Lewis, Krizia Negron-Hernandez, Justin Martin, Vincent Long. Back (left to right): Marques Bivins, Michael Hicks, Sinclair White, Marcus Rountree, J'shuntme McCollough, Reginald Black. (NOAA)
Ashley Heard
B.S. in Marine Science and Art, University of Hawai'i, Hilo
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Effects of sonar on marine mammals
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Apex predator investigation cooperative shark tagging program
Brandi Brehon
B.S. in Mathematics, Elizabeth City State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Analysis of statistical methods used in environmental science research
Branson Williams
B.S. in Environmental Science, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: Chesapeake Bay Office, National Ocean Service
Project: Estimation of relative abundance of economically and ecologically important juvenile bluefish and blue crabs in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Understanding localized movements and habitat associations of summer flounder in Chesapeake Bay using passive acoustic arrays
Courtney Jackson
B.S. in Computer Engineering, Bethune-Cookman College
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: SAS development
Cre'Shannan Thompson
B.S. in Mathematics, Clark Atlanta University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service
Project: Data structures with java
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Building a file transfer protocol (FTP) monitor module
Jenelle Rogers
B.S. in Information Systems, Columbia Union College
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: The value of printed outreach material as research tools
J'shuntme McCollough
B.S. in Engineering and Physics, Morgan State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service
Project: Verification of model forecasts
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Meteorological and oceanographic conditions on the coast of Fort Lauderdale
Justin Martin
B.S. in Computer Engineering, Columbia Union College
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Science and Technology, National Marine Fisheries
Project: Analysis through optics and IDL
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Underwater stereo imagery
Kiera-Nicole Lee
B.S. in Chemistry, South Carolina State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA Satellites
Project: The seasonal cycle of dissolved inorganic nutrients and oxygen in the surface waters in Hawai'i
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Monitoring chlorophyll-a in phytoplankton and biomass of zooplankton
Krizia Negron-Hernandez
B.S. in Environmental Science, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
NOAA internship 1
Office: Weather and Air Quality, NOAA Research
Project: Distribution of surface winds in hurricanes
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Accuracy of United States tropical cyclone landfall and intensity forecast in the Atlantic Basin (2004 - 2005)
Lauren Wyatt
B.S. in Marine Science, University of Miami
NOAA internship 1
Office: Chesapeake Bay Office, National Ocean Service
Project: Measuring the amount of nutrients, pesticides, and the growth and reproductive parameters of grass shrimp
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Probiotics place in aquaculture
Marcus Atkinson
B.S. in Mathematics, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Transcribing weather broadcast dictionary
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Relationships between extended range forecast skill and agreement/disagreement between two forecast models
Marcus Rountree
B.S. in Environmental Science, North Carolina Central University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Scientific Support, NOAA Research
Project: Examination of local impacts of atmospheric mercury emissions
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Leed recommendations for the Pope’s Peak air monitoring site
Markeitta Benjamin
B.S. in Meteorology, Jackson State University, Mississippi
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Center for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service
Project: Evaluation radar products from Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) simulations
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Characterization of hydrometeorological factors for the Tar River Basin of North Carolina
Marques Bivins
B.S. in Business Administration and Management, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Grants Office
Project: Reengineering grants closeout processes
Michael Hicks
B.S. in Mathematics, Paine College
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences and Howard University
Project: Numerical solutions of two-dimensional LaPlace's equation using finite elements
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Research
Project: El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influence on the carbon cycle
Precious Lewis
B.S. in Biology, Tennessee State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Hydrologic Development, National Weather Service
Project: Clustering stations for precipitation frequency analysis for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
NOAA internship 2
Office: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory NOAA Fisheries
Project: The role of tropical cyclones in global and U.S. annual rainfall
Reginald Black
B.S. in Marine Biology, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: Chesapeake Bay Office, National Ocean Service
Project: Sonar scanning of oyster reefs and the effects of ghost crab pots
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: A different view of side scan sonar: Habitat characterization
Rejane Frederick
B.S. in Biochemical Research, Juniata College
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service
Project: Elevating the value and significance of maritime heritage resources in the states through the Coastal Zone Management Program
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Are changes in summertime aerosol properties at Barrow correlated with sea ice breakup?
Samuel Sturdivant
B.S. in Marine Biology, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, National Ocean Service
Project: Assessing and tracking resident male loggerheads (Caretta caretta) in and around Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Shelia Milton
B.S. in Mathematics, Paine College
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Systems Development, NOAA Satellites
Project: Tie point analysis of GOES operational satellites and trend plotting of POES high resolution infrared radiation sounder (HIRS) instrument
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Saving the life of an astronaut: Bringing solar energetic particle predictions for ≥100 Mega electron voltage events into the forecast center
Sinclair White
B.S. in Mathematics, Albany State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Marine and Aviation Office
Project: Assessment of the National Marine and Aviation Office (NMAO) scientific computer senor suite
NOAA internship 2
Office: Marine Operations Center, NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: An assessment of the Data Collection System (DCS) satellite transmitters integrated with SCS
Soralis Pimental
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Meteorology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Global positioning system receiver and intersatellite communication radio frequency (RF) design
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service
Project: Evaluation of Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) X-band radars
Timothy Jones
B.S. in Optical Engineering, Norfolk State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA Satellites
Project: Modifications of alternative dissemination methods (ADM) system
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA Satellites
Project: Analysis of NOAA-18 High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder degradation rates
Toni-Ann Hylton
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Marine toxins in pharmaceuticals
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Purification and identification of bacterial siderophores
Tyronza Lee
B.S. in Biology, Jackson State University, Mississippi
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: How to determine the health of a marine mammal
NOAA internship 2
Office: Pacific Region Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Developing sperm whale photo identification catalogues for the Eastern North Pacific
Tyronza Thompson
B.S. in Computer Science, Jackson State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service
Project: Discovering the San Agustín using ArcGIS mapping
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Building a file transfer protocol (FTP) monitor module
Vincent Long
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Ocean Service
Project: Upgrading tide stations
Class of 2004
Charles Doxley
B.S. in Mathematics, Albany State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Data acquisition systems
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Donald Coulter
B.S. in Computer Science, Bethune-Cookman College
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Daily Extensible Markup Language (XML) using National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD)
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Chief Financial Officer
Project: NOAA locator for wirelessly connected mobile device users
Ezzard Charles
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, South University, Baton Rouge
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: How the Virtual Private Network (VPN) was implemented to The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS)
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Science and Technology, National Weather Service
Project: Network Authentication and Authorization Service (NASS)
Georgette Holmes
B.S. in Meteorology, Jackson State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: A preliminary evaluation of an Objective Dvorak Technique
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Development of an integrated data product for Hawai'i climate
Jonathan Bradford
B.S. in Computer Science, Bowie State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Chesapeake Bay Office, NOAA Fisheries
Project: The Chesapeake Bay Office and how they serve the Chesapeake Bay neighborhood
NOAA internship 2
Office: Chesapeake Bay Office, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Image sharpening of remote sensed data
Joanelle Baptiste
B.S. in Mathematics, Elizabeth City State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: A comparison of continuation models for optimal transformation of gravimetric data
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service
Project: Analysis of Southern Louisiana subsidence model using geodetic control
Justin Stopa
B.S. in Mathematics, University of Hawai'i
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: Hawai'i synthetic aperture radar (SAR) demonstration and remotely sensed wind validation
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Evaluation of forecast wind quality in the Hawaiian Islands and its effect on wind wave model performance
Kirk Butler
B.S. in Biology, Morgan State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Chesapeake Bay Office, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Estimation of relative abundance of important juvenile finfish in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay
NOAA internship 2
Office: Chesapeake Bay Office, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Fibropapilloma viral infection in the Atlantic green sea turtle
Maria Richardson
B.S. in Environmental Science, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: Chesapeake Bay Office, NOAA Fisheries
Project: The influence of feeding on serum chemistry of striped bass (Morone saxatilis)
NOAA internship 2
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Evaluating the sublethal effects of endocrine disruptors on early life stages of winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
Matthew Brown
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: The use of satellite technologies in the National Marine Sanctuary program
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Melissa Martinez
B.S. in Biology, University of New Mexico
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Spatiotemporal relationships between commercial vessels and marine mammals: Implications for noise impacts
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Population modeling: How well we can monitor marine mammal populations
Pierre Xavier
B.S. in Computer Engineering, State University of New York, Stony Brook
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Analysis and interpolation of topographic and bathymetric light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data
NOAA internship 2
Office: Marine Physical Lab, Scripps Oceanographic Institute
Project: Controlling the power cycle of the fish aggregating device (FAD)
Rickey Carreker
B.S. in Computer Science, South Carolina State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: An introduction to Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP)
NOAA internship 2
Office: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resource Institute
Project: Conversion of measuring protocol from Pascal to C++
Shawn McCarroll
B.S. in Environmental Science, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: Chesapeake Bay Office, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Dissemination of weather observations using Extensible Markup Language (XML)
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Unified environmental observation XML schema development
Sherry Bethea
B.S. in Biology, Edward Waters College
NOAA internship 1
Office: Chesapeake Bay Office, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Restoration project in oyster hatchery
NOAA internship 2
Office: Galveston Laboratory, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Mortality and growth of neonatal loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta Caretta, held in captivity at the NOAA Fisheries Galveston Laboratory
Class of 2003
Ayanah George
B.S. in Engineering, Bethune-Cookman College
NOAA internship 1
Office: The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), National Ocean Service
Project: Support of the CO-OPS Physical Oceanographic Real-Time Systems (PORTS) program that provides real-time oceanographic and meteorological information to support safe and efficient marine transportation
NOAA internship 2
Office: Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative, National Ocean Service
Project: Installing sensors to test reportable visibility
Adrian Land
B.S. in Biology, Alcorn State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Develop project on the acquisition of antibiotic resistance by Escherichia coli (E. coli)
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service
Project: Comparison of E.coli antibiotic resistance patterns from potential sources of fecal contamination in a South Carolina watershed
Chaka Johnson
B.S. in Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering, Morehouse College
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Undersea Research Program, NOAA Research
Project: Removal of CO2 from undersea laboratories using selective membranes
NOAA internship 2
Office: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, NOAA Research
Project: Improving the horizontal array segment (HAS) skid
Durrell Jones
B.S. in Mathematics, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Fisheries
Project: Marine data collection
NOAA internship 2
Office: Wood's Hole Laboratory, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Consequences of spatial heterogeneity on fishery yield and population dynamics
Isha Renta
B.S. in Mathematics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: The thermodynamics of sea-ice
NOAA internship 2
Office: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: A flight through the summer: A study of wind analysis, landfall statistics, co-location of Airborne Expendable Bathythermograph (AXBT) and G.P.S sondes, and buoy database
Jamese Sims
B.S. in Meteorology, Jackson State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Weather Service
Project: Research on modifying a numerical model that locates the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic Ocean
NOAA internship 2
Office: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: The re-analysis of the 1926 Atlantic hurricane season
Marcus Chatman
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Morehouse College
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
NOAA internship 2
Office: Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative, National Ocean Service
Project: High frequency radar surface current mapper
See Yang
B.S. in Geomatics, California State University, Monterey Bay
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Using advanced remote sensing technologies
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Tidal wetlands elevation monitoring at Elkhorn Slough Reserves
Terrence Waller
B.S. in Biology, Albany State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Pfiesteria and its impact on human and marine health
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service
Project: The toxic environmental effects of the production of okadaic acid from cultures of Prorocentrum lima isolated from Hilo, Hawai'i
Thomas Searles
B.S. in Physics, Morehouse College
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Undersea Research Program, NOAA Research
Project: Underwater communications between scuba divers and research vessels
NOAA internship 2
Office: Galveston Laboratory, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Ecological modeling of coral reef ecosystems using Ecopath with Ecoism
Class of 2002
Alyssa Wilson
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Collected information on coral reefs, estuarine habitats, and coral reef restoration. Supported and assessed the programs and the educational activities of the inter-agency Coral Reef Task Force.
Angel Washington
B.S. in Biology, South Carolina State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Studied data on the loggerhead sea turtle and created a brochure for public information. In addition, a bibliographical database on tuna/dolphin research was created.
Brian Dolan
B.S. in Environmental Biology, Texas A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Project: Analyzed the performance evaluations of aircraft and ship operations and researched energy transportation as part of the Marine Transportation System with the Office of Coast Survey.
Eric Agnew
B.S. in Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Research
Project: Analyzed data and literature to explore the hypothesis that the water cycle has been the stabilizing factor in earth's climate.
Kristin Gross
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Composed fact sheets and web pages for public use on National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) topics.
Martin Yapur
B.S. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of the City University of New York
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Oceanic Research and Applications Division, NOAA Satellites
Project: Determined the average annual chlorophyll concentration of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario, utilizing computer applications and satellite imagery.
Maya Nunley
B.S. in Chemistry, Clark Atlanta University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA Research
Project: Tested the air quality in the parking decks of the NOAA Silver Spring campus and at poultry facilities to determine the amount of airborne ammonia.
Nadine Phillpotts
B.S. in Computer Science, Florida International University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Science and Technology, National Weather Service
Project: Created animation for National Digital Forecast Database Website
Class of 2001
Alphonso Craig
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M University
NOAA internship 1
Office: National Ocean Service
Project: Conditions of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
NOAA internship 2
Office: Rosenthiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Coral reef injury assessment methodology
Dawn Harris
B.S. in Architectural Engineering, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Office of Science and Technology, National Weather Service
Project: Restructuring the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) requirements database
NOAA internship 2
Office: Facility Acquisition and Management Division, Office of Finance and Administration
Project: Developing a numbering grid for NOAA satellite operations facility
Erica Alston
B.S. in Mathematics, Clark Atlanta University
NOAA internship 1
Project: Stock assessment course
NOAA internship 2
Office: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Depth and latitude patterns of common West Coast fish as observed in bottom trawl surveys
Evalena Ford
B.S. in Biology, Morgan State University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Center for Marine Biotechnology
Project: Method to detect methyl farnesoate in blue crabs
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Aquarium in Baltimore
Project: Create and restore tidal wetlands throughout Chesapeake Bay
Jonathan Smith
B.S. in Earth and Environmental Science, North Carolina A&T University
NOAA internship 1
Office: Climate Prediction Center, National Weather Service
Project: The impacts of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Arctic Oscillation on surface air temperature and its variability in the contiguous United States
NOAA internship 2
Office: Climate Prediction Center, National Weather Service
Project: Synoptic climatology of major winter storms in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the U.S. by Arctic Oscillation phase
Jorge Peche
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, City College of New York
NOAA internship 1
Office: NOAA Satellites
Project: NESDIS CoastWatch Program
NOAA internship 2
Office: Office of Research and Application, NOAA Satellites
Project: Transferring data using the Iridium satellite communication link from the Marine Optical Buoy to the land-based computers in Hawai'i
Kristina Dawsey
B.S. in Chemistry, Houston-Tillotson College
NOAA internship 1
Office: Habitat Conservation Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Living in an oyster
NOAA internship 2
Office: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service
Project: Red drum: A biochemical survey
Pennie Mays
B.S. in Environmental Science, Florida A&M
NOAA internship 1
Office: General Counsel, National Ocean Service
Project: To discharge or not to discharge?
NOAA internship 2
Office: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Project: Develop environmental assessment guides for the Southeast Fisheries Science Center
*Alumni that do not have two internships listed reflect incomplete data and does not mean that the alumnus did not complete two internships.