MIT Sea Grant Fellowships Spotlight

New MA Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellows Nicole Vandale and Sarah Guitart. Nicole is standing on a glacier, and Sarah is sitting in tall grass holding a seabird chick.

SUMMER 2022

Fellows Focus in on Microplastics and Seabirds | New Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship

MIT Sea Grant and Woods Hole Sea Grant are excited to jointly announce two fellows with the new Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship –Nicole Vandale, who will be starting at Northeastern University this fall, and Sarah Guitart, who will start at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Nicole plans to collect samples from the Boston Harbor estuary system to research environmental microplastics in coastal waters, an emerging priority area for Sea Grant.

Sarah Guitart plans to conduct field work in Buzzards Bay, collecting foraging data on the Common tern and the Roseate tern – an endangered species on both the Massachusetts and Federal lists – to better understand how seabirds are impacted by anthropogenic factors.

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Sarah Guitart wearing a hooded coat in the field taking notes as a seabird lands atop her head.

Pictured: Sarah Guitart takes notes in the field as a seabird lands on her head.

Top banner: Nicole Vandale (left) on a glacier, and Sarah (right) with a seabird.

Sea Grant Announces 2023 Knauss Marine Policy Finalists | Three Finalists Sponsored by MIT Sea Grant

NOAA and Sea Grant have announced 86 finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program.

The 2023 class includes three finalists sponsored by MIT Sea Grant – Claudia Mazur from Boston University, Lilian Elekwachi from the University of Massachusetts Boston, and Sophia Troeh from Northeastern University. Fellows will be matched with hosts in legislative and executive branches of government in the Washington, D.C. area for one year.

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The Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Headshots of three MIT Sea Grant-sponsored Knauss fellows: Claudia Mazur (Boston University), Lilian Elekwachi (UMass Boston), and Sophia Troeh (Northeastern University)

Pictured left: Claudia Mazur (Boston University) – "I am a student of the coast, a steward of our oceans and a leader dedicated to creating positive change."

Pictured center: Lilian Elekwachi (UMass Boston) – "I am passionately committed to the aquaculture industry, resiliently working toward sustainable development of the sector."

Pictured right: Sophia Troeh (Northeastern University) – "An interdisciplinary scientist focused on the intersection of science and outreach, driven to protect our oceans and all that rely on them for generations to come."

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NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program Awardees | Marine Resource Economics Fellow sponsored by MIT Sea Grant

Sea Grant and NOAA Fisheries announce the 2022 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship recipients – seven population and ecosystem dynamics fellows and one marine resource economics fellow. The fellowship program trains and supports the next generation of experts in fisheries management.

Karl Aspelund (PhD Student, Economics, MIT, pictured top left) will work with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center as a marine resource economics fellow sponsored by MIT Sea Grant.

A collage of eight NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellows' headshots.

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