Leah Hopson
My interests in physical oceanography stemmed from my passion to study continuously changing phenomena in nature, such as tropical cyclones! This urge to study weather events began around the time…
Joseph Gradone
Having grown up in central New Jersey (yes, it exists!), it took me moving to landlocked Colorado to discover my interest in oceanography. My initial interest in oceanography was sparked…
Ryan Glaubke
I was born and raised along the southern shores of Virginia Beach, where my proximity to the coast quickly instilled a love for the ocean. In these early years, caring…
Jackie Veatch
While my brothers played with our Nintendo Game Boy, I was tinkering around with my dad’s graphing calculator looking for patterns in how I added and multiplied numbers together… and…
Hailey Riechelson
My interest is science began with a great high school biology teacher and I found my way to marine science a few years later. For my undergrad, I completed joint…
Lauren Cook
My interest in the marine world stemmed from a childhood in the Tidewater region of Virginia and family trips to neighboring North Carolinian beaches. There was nothing more thrilling to…
Theodore Thompson
As a young Bahamian, I was always within walking distance to the beach. However, my interest in marine science did not begin until I moved to the outer Island of…
Janine Barr
My name is Janine Barr and I am a second year graduate student pursuing a Master’s in Oceanography with Dr. Daphne Munroe as my advisor. I am based at the…
Jonathan Sherman
Growing up in Israel, I spent many weekends in the Mediterranean Sea where my love of the ocean begun. It was always clear to me that I would pursue a…
Sarah Murphy
My interest in oceanography developed out of my general appreciation for nature and environmentalism. I grew up in Rockland County, NY and enjoyed hiking along the Hudson River and northern…