Graduate Students
Barbara Spiecker
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Heather Fulton-Bennett
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Silke Bachhuber
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Sara Hamilton
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Zechariah Meunier
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Maya Feezell
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Kaitlyn TonraI am an incoming PhD student in the Lubchenco Menge Lab with a broad interest in all things marine, but especially kelp, coralline algae, and species interactions under stressful conditions like ocean acidification. For my PhD I'm interested in using a combination of field surveys, field and mesocosm experiments, and molecular biology tools to explore ecological relationships and to better understand the role of microscopic life history stages in the environment. I graduated from Oberlin College in 2019 but spent a good part of my undergraduate career at UW's Friday Harbor Laboratories and the USC Wrigley Institute on Catalina Island studying seaweed and marine ecology. Before coming to OSU, I worked on the ecology and reproductive biology of Caribbean octocorals and their relationship with algal crusts in the US Virgin Islands with the Lasker Lab at the University at Buffalo. My hobbies include baking bagels, generally being outdoors, and SCUBA diving at every possible opportunity (I'm AAUS certified and willing to dive anywhere with anyone who needs a buddy!).
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