Chesapeake Quarterly Volume 13 Number 4: A Good Start to Their Careers


A Good Start to Their Careers MARYLAND SEA GRANT'S REU STUDENTS have gone on to contribute to the field of marine science, following diverse career paths both nationally and on the Chesapeake Bay. Here are some of the program's talented alumni from over the years. CYNTHIA SUCHMAN (Class of '89) Undergraduate at: Amherst College, Massachusetts; REU advisor/institution: Denise Breitburg, Academy of Natural Sciences Research Center Where is she now: Suchman served as assistant director for Virginia Sea Grant from 2004 to 2007. She is a program director in the division of Ocean Sciences within the Geosciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation. CARLOS LOZANO (Class of '05) Undergraduate at: University of Texas at San Antonio; REU advisor/institution: Edward Houde, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Where is he now: Lozano received his master's degree from the University of Maryland's Marine Estuarine Environmental Science program. He is now a faculty research assistant in Houde's lab where he studies, among other things, the early lives of fish in the Bay. JEANETTE DAVIS (Class of '06) Undergraduate at: Hampton University, Virginia; REU advisor/institution: Judy O'Neil, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Where is she now: Jeanette Davis is completing her Ph.D. from the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (UMCES), in Baltimore, where she studies the bacterial communities associated with tropical sea slugs. In February 2015, Davis will begin a Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, serving as a sea turtle science coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.		Contents Teaching Marine Science on the Bay December 2014 vol. 13, no. 4 The Bay as Teaching Tool Bringing the Bay into the Classroom A Slice of Raspberry Pi Marine Environmental Education Resources Living the Life of a Marine Scientist A Good Start to Their Careers Maryland Sea Grant Welcomes New Watershed Specialist For More Information Marine Environmental Education Resources Do you want to help young learners explore the Chesapeake Bay and other marine environments? It can be tricky to know where to start, so we’ve put together this list of selected Bay and marine education resources that can be found online. CQ Archive Come High Water: Sea Level Rise and Chesapeake Bay Could Farmers Help Lower Costs for Bay Cleanup? Digging into the Bay's Ancient Past An Island Rises . . . Again A Diverse Bay Watershed The Ups and Downs of Bay Stripers Is the Bay Recovery Looking Up? A Model Cleanup for the Bay Tracking the Blue Crab Comeback Acid Test for the Great Shellfish Bay? more ... Maryland Sea Grant 5825 University Research Court Suite 1350 College Park, MD 20740 Stay Connected Support Maryland Sea Grant