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Carys Mitchelmore, Ph.D.

Location:

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Research Topics:

Contaminants

Research Interests:

Investigating molecular, biochemical and cellular responses of aquatic organisms to inorganic and organic pollutants. Determining species-specificity; biochemical pathways and toxic effects.

Visit http://www.umces.edu/carys-mitchelmore for more about their expertise, education, and contact information.

Students:

2018 - Justin Guider, University of Delaware

2017 - Danci (Johnston) Dollins, Oklahoma State University Stillwater

2014 - Sydney (Novak) Binette, Franciscan University

2013 - Zachary Watkins, Mcdaniel College

2011 - Brett Schuchardt, Elon University

2010 - Jennifer Middleton, Fisk University

2009 - Marion Maine, University of Maine Orono

2007 - Jennie M. Yuda, Lycoming College

2006 - Audrey McDonald, Colorado State University

2006 - Sylmar Santos-Corujo, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao

2005 - Jacqueline Walters, State University of New York at Geneseo

2003 - Alexander Bogler, State University of New York

Student Presentations:

Middleton, J.*, and A. Pyrtle. 2011. Determination of percent moisture, organic matter and carbonate at Emerson Point, Tampa Bay . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico .
Mitchelmore, C. L., D. M. Yost, and J. M. Yuda*. 2008. DMSP & DMSP lyase levels in the coral algal symbionts, Symbiodinium sp. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida .
Santos-Corujo, S.*. 2007. A comparison of microbial pathogen bioaccumulation in Crassotrea virginica and Crassostrea ariakensis. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico .
McDonald, A.*. 2006. Acute and sub-lethal effects of chemically and physically dispersed oil on the soft coral . Undergraduate Research Symposium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado .
Walters, J.*, and C. Mitchelmore. 2006. Assessing the acute and sublethal effects of oil and dispersed oil sensitive Cnidarian-algal symbiosis . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii .

RECENT REU FELLOWS

Valeria Guevara
University: Florida International University
Class Year: 2024
Shannon Yang
University: University of Georgia Athens
Class Year: 2015
Nathan Cole-Dai
University: Gustavus Adolphus College
Class Year: 2024
Abigail Gross
University: Pitzer College
Class Year: 2024
Steven Weyrauch
University: Eckerd College
Class Year: 2024
Tyrell Cooper
University: The College of Wooster
Class Year: 2024
Vivek Veluvali
University: Haverford College
Class Year: 2024
Ivy Hicks
University: Whitman College
Class Year: 2024
Evan Merk
University: Washington College
Class Year: 2024
Iman Deanparvar
University: Panola College
Class Year: 2024
Liz Collazo
University: University of Puerto Rico Humacao
Class Year: 2024
Emma Langsford
University: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Class Year: 2024
Cristopher Fan
University: University of Connecticut
Class Year: 2024
Sarah Gasko
University: University of Michigan
Class Year: 2024

REU NEWS

Eight students will be presenting the summer work at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in March 2022!
2019 REUs presented at the CERF Conference in Mobile, AL
Olivia Saliger won a student presentation awards for talk at the 2019 Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Meeting. Her REU mentor was Judy O'Neil.
Congratulations to 2015 REU Alison Aceves for being selected as an honorable mention in the 2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program competition.
In February 2016, seven REUs from the 2015 cohort presented their research findings at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Congratulations to 2015 REU Hope Ianiri on receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2016)!
Jeanette Davis, Ph.D. (REU '06) published a children's book, Science is Everywhere.
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