Nina Santos is a Ph.D. student at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. For her dissertation, she is focused on small shrimp-like crustaceans called mysids – an understudied yet important part of many estuarine and coastal food webs.
Fellowship Experiences
A blog by and about students supported by Maryland Sea Grant
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Oysters Three Ways: A collection of simple, go-to recipes for all types of oyster eaters
Brendan Campbell •
Looking to try some delicious oyster recipes from home that anyone in the family would enjoy? Here’s a great starter series of simplified versions of classic oyster recipes to satisfy any type of oyster eater.
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My Scientific Crush: The Chesapeake Bay
Daniel Teodoro •
Truth be told, at the start of my PhD journey I did not expect to focus all of my research on the Chesapeake Bay. A combination of opportunity and pragmatism led me to let go of my initial study area in my home country of El Salvador and pursue a fellowship with Maryland Sea Grant. Read more...
The water cycle is not just about H20: How a grade-school standby could benefit from an update
Matthew Tyler Wilfong •
Most people remember learning about the water cycle in grade school: evaporation, transpiration, precipitation, and condensation. We may not all remember exactly how they fit into the cycle, but can draw some resemblance from memory. I am willing to bet you can come up with something fairly close if you tried to now.
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I stayed open to opportunity, and it led to me meeting a childhood hero
Melanie Jackson Osborn •
I couldn’t stop smiling when I saw my colleague’s question in an email. “Would you be available to staff a 24-hour Ocean Exploration STEM event with Admiral Gallaudet, Dr. Ballard, and Senator Moran next week?”
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