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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Solving the Mystery of the Susquehanna Schmutz
Shayna Keller •
When conducting science experiments, new mysteries tend to appear, and we now have a new mystery on our hands. Read more...
Experimentando la metamorfosis de estudiante a científico profesional
Mairim M. Villafañe-Vicente •
¡Hola lectores! Soy Mairim M. Villafañe-Vicente de Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Soy parte de SEAS Islands Alliance (SEAS), un programa dirigido a estudiantes que se enfocan en geociencias financiado por Maryland Sea Grant (MDSG) y National Science Foundation (NSF) que incluye las islas de Puerto Rico, Guam e Islas Vírgenes de EE. UU. Read more...
Things Will Go Wrong, and That’s Okay! Adaptation Is Key
Leone Yisrael •
There is not much in life that works perfectly the first time around, so it’s safe to assume that my PhD work will not go perfectly either. It is still incredibly hard to move past these mistakes sometimes, especially when I feel like I am making no progress in my projects. Read more...
The Many Sides of Being a Modeler
Allison Dreiss •
One thing I learned this summer is modeling has its struggles and frustrations. Yet, once you get through these struggles, the rewards are worth it. Read more...
Sometimes, the best part of being a scientist is saying: “I don’t know”
Leone Yisrael •
When I was seven years old, I believed certain people could always answer my questions about the world: scientists and my mom. Sadly, I think many children (and also adults) think this way because schools teach science in terms of fact, when that isn’t necessarily the way scientific research works. Read more...
