Alexandra Atkinson

Alexandra Atkinson will be working with NOAA’s Habitat Conservation Department as a Habitat Focus Area Program Specialist. She will help NOAA coordinate and implement their Habitat Focus Area project, in which 10 sites across the country will be restored to create healthy, sustainable habitats for fish and wildlife.

Her past research has involved studying a variety of marine species, including mysids (small shrimps), Atlantic menhaden, and gray whales. Atkinson also worked to restore local wetlands in Illinois, her home state.

Atkinson completed a B.S. in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Rochester and an M.S. in fisheries science at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. While working on her master’s, she was president of the American Fisheries Society’s Tidewater Chapter student subunit.  Atkinson hopes that working with NOAA will allow her to gain an appreciation for the inner workings of NOAA. 

Blog Posts

See Alex's posts to Fellowship Experiences, Maryland Sea Grant's blog written by and about graduate fellows and their research:

"A Lesson in Effective Storytelling About Science"