EPP/MSI and Hollings scholar blog: 2023 intern posts

Scholar blog posts by 2023 interns

Gaining professional connections and lab skills: An internship on the impact of 'forever chemicals' on grass shrimp

November 21, 2023

Makayla stands at a lab bench, looking down at a lab tray that looks to contain shallow water. She holds a transfer pipette in one gloved hand and a sampling vial in the other. She wears protective goggles and an apron.

The case of the missing females: Channeling Nancy Drew during my summer internship

November 17, 2023

Kate smiles, standing at a muddy table on a dock. She uses gloved hands to grab oysters and her full-length waders are covered in mud from the task.

Researching life in the deep scattering layer: A poster from my Hollings internship

November 17, 2023

A digitally illustrated poster that shows a water column represented as visually noisy acoustic data. On top of the water, a NOAA vessel rests in the water. The deep scattering layer is drawn about a third of the way down the water column. Towards the bottom of the poster, the backscattering response implies sea floor bathymetry that varies in depth. An ROV located in the deep scattering layer is connected by a wire to the NOAA vessel. Gelatinous marine organisms are drawn in the ROV's line of sight.

Communication and community: My internship contributing to a new wave of ocean acidification education

November 17, 2023

Isaac stands next to an ocean acidification display in an empty room. He holds his hand over his eyes and shrugs the other hand as if looking around in confusion.

Illustrating internship research findings of trash use by birds

November 17, 2023

One person's trash is another bird's building material

Eleanor poses with a smile as she uses her hands to gently part a section of a large shrubby plant.

Photo essay: Reflecting on interviews with oyster farmers during my internship

November 17, 2023

Grace and the oyster farmer stand on a dock with boats docked on either side. Grace looks at the oyster grower, who is speaking and gesturing towards his boat.

The adventurer: Visualizing my journey as a scientist and Hollings intern through animation

November 17, 2023

TreVaughn smiles, sitting on an aluminum fishing boat loaded with field equipment. He's dressed for aquatic fieldwork in cold weather.

A day in the life: My internship at a remote Alaskan research station

November 17, 2023

Emma Rudy sits on a smooth weathered log that is lying in shallow water and smiles, looking up at the sky. The water flows into a mountainous Alaskan landscape behind her.

An internship analyzing low or depleted oxygen in U.S. coastal waters

November 17, 2023

Roxanne sits in a cubicle, facing the camera and smiling. There are two monitors and an open laptop on her desk displaying documents and data.

Food for thought: Learning from an internship project on diets of harvested Alaskan fish

November 16, 2023

Seraina smiling at the enclosed helm of a boat. She is dressed for fieldwork in cold weather and wears a personal floatation device.

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