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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Moving to Frostburg: A new chapter in Western Maryland
Grace O'Hara •
The next logical step for me after obtaining my bachelor’s degree was graduate school, the pinnacle of my education. I hope graduate school will allow me to further specialize within the broad field of environmental science and refine technical laboratory skills. Read more...
Changing Careers to the Marine Sciences
Michael Kalinowski •
Master's student Michael Kalinowski talks about his experience and shares advice on switching careers to the marine sciences. Read more...
Is There an Intro to Grad School Class I Can Take?
Carly Maas •
The Friday before classes start holds a mixture of excitement, nerves, and anticipation. Each year on that day, the geology department holds its graduate orientation, an all-day event where first-year to fifth-year students come together to learn not only about policies, but also about each other. Read more...
The Cure for Plant Blindness: Expanding horizons in graduate school
Carly Maas •
“Are you suffering from plant blindness?” my teacher, Professor Andrew Baldwin, asked the class.
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How DNA in the Water Helps Us Track River Herring
Chelsea Fowler •
A lot of plants, animals, and other critters call the Chesapeake Bay watershed home–maybe even you! Some organisms spend their entire lives in the Bay while others travel in and out of the Bay at different points in their life cycles. The river herring are the latter, travelers. Read more...
