DFO MS Thesis Defense
"Quantifying connectivity in Buzzards Bay with application to the study of recruitment variability in the bay scallop Argopecten irradians"
| Candidate | Chang Liu |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Geoff Cowles |
| Date & Time | 10:00 am, Monday, October 7, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST I, Room 204 706 S Rodney French Blvd New Bedford, MA 02744 |
DEOS MS Thesis Defense
"A continuous-flow IRMS method for high precision determination of dissolved gas ratios and isotopic composition"
| Candidate | Chawalit Charoenpong |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Mark Altabet |
| Date & Time | 9:00 am, Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST I, Room 204 706 S Rodney French Blvd New Bedford, MA 02744 |
DFO PhD Dissertation Defense
"The effect of biological and enivonmental factors on Elasmobranch magnetoreception and its application for conservation in beach nets and fishing gears"
| Candidate | Craig O'Connell |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Pingguo He |
| Date & Time | 2:00 pm, Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST I, Room 204 200 Mill Road Fairhaven, MA 02744 |
DFO PhD Dissertation Defense
"An incentive-based, collaborative approach to maximize yield by avoiding yellowtail flounder bycatch in the US sea scallop fishery"
| Candidate | Cate O'Keefe |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Kevin Stokesbury |
| Date & Time | 1:00 pm, Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST II, Room 158 200 Mill Road Fairhaven, MA 02719 |
DEOS PhD Proposal Defense
"Diatom flux and deposition in the Gulf of Maine: Indicators of seasonal to decadal environmental and production variability"
| Candidate | Elissa Ward |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Cynthia Pilskaln |
| Date & Time | 1:00 pm, Monday, August 19, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST I, Room 204 706 S Rodney French Blvd New Bedford, MA 02744 |
DFO PhD Dissertation Defense
"Modeling the interannual variability in larval retention and survival of haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, on Georges Bank"
| Candidate | Jason Boucher |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Changsheng Chen |
| Date & Time | 10:00 am, Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST I, Room 204 706 S Rodney French Blvd New Bedford, MA 02744 |
DFO PhD Dissertation Defense
"River herring and American shad at-sea distribution and bycatch in the U.S. Atlantic mid-water trawl fisheries"
| Candidate | N. David Bethoney |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Kevin Stokesbury |
| Date & Time | 2:00 pm, Friday, August 2, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Rd Fairhaven, MA 02719 |
DEOS Master's Thesis Defense
"Macroalgal Composition and Accumulation in New England Estuaries"
| Candidate | Kaitlyn Campbell Shaw |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Brian Howes |
| Date & Time | 1:00 pm, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST I, Room 204 706 S Rodney French Blvd New Bedford, MA 02744 |
DFO Master's Thesis Defense
"The Atlantic Sea Scallop (Placopecten Magellanicus) Reproductive Cycle in Closed Areas I and II on Georges Bank"
| Candidate | Katherine Thompson |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Kevin Stokesbury |
| Date & Time | 3:00 pm, Monday, April 29, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road Fairhaven, MA 02719 |
DFO Master's Thesis Defense
"Feeding Ecology of the Smooth Dogfish, Mustelus Canis, in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts"
| Candidate | Derek Perry |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Greg Skomal/Diego Bernal |
| Date & Time | 10:00 am, Monday, April 29, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road Fairhaven, MA 02719 |
DEOS PhD Dissertation Defense
"Nitrogen Attenuation in Coastal Watersheds: The Effect of Surface Water Ecosystems in Reducing Nitrogen during Transport from Watershed Sources to Estuarine Receiving Waters"
| Candidate | Roland Samimy |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Brian Howes |
| Date & Time | 1:00 pm, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST I, Room 204 706 S Rodney French Blvd New Bedford, MA 02744 |
DFO PhD Proposal Presentation
"Spawning Behavior, Seasonal Movements, and Population Structure of Atlantic Cod Gadus Morhua in the Gulf of Maine"
| Candidate | Douglas Zemeckis |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Steve Cadrin |
| Date & Time | 2:00 pm, Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| Location | SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road Fairhaven, MA 02719 |
DFO PhD Dissertation Defense
"Aspects of the Fisheries Ecology of Juvenile Sand Tiger Sharks (Carcharias Taurus) in the Western North Atlantic"
| Candidate | Jeff Kneebone |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Diego Bernal |
| Date & Time | 9:30 am, Friday, December 7, 2012 |
| Location | SMAST II, Room 158 200 Mill Road Fairhaven, MA 02719 |
DFO Master's Thesis Defense
"Testing of Modified Otter Trawl Groundgear to Reduce the Catch of Juvenile American Plaice"
| Candidate | Sally A. Roman |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Steve Cadrin |
| Date & Time | 10:00 am, Monday, December 3, 2012 |
| Location | SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road Fairhaven, MA 02719 |
DEOS PhD Proposal Presentation
"Mixing, Spreading and Turbulence in the Merrimack River Plume"
| Candidate | Georgia Kakoulaki |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Daniel MacDonald |
| Date & Time | 9:00 am, Friday, November 9, 2012 |
| Location | SMAST II, Room 158 200 Mill Road Fairhaven, MA 02719 |
DFO PhD Proposal Presentation
"Trophic Interactions and PSP Toxin Transport in Marine Food Chains during Harmful Algal Blooms of Alexandrium Fundyense"
| Candidate | Christian M. Petitpas |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Jefferson T. Turner |
| Date & Time | 12:00 pm, Friday, November 9, 2012 |
| Location | SMAST I, Room 204 706 S. Rodney French Blvd New Bedford, MA 02744 |
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