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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

My interest in ocean science first developed in high school, when I attended a summer session at the Island School on Cape Eleuthera, the Bahamas. There, I lived on a…