Elizabeth W. North Ph.D.

Location:

Horn Point Laboratory

Research Topics:

Coastal and Estuarine Processes , Fisheries , Modeling and Analysis

Research Interests:

Biological-physical interactions: circulation and particle trajectory modeling, fish larvae and zooplankton ecology, fisheries population variability, estuarine and coastal physical oceanography.

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

Students:

2016 - Kiera Givens, University of Virginia

2015 - Robert Scharping, Kansas State University Manhattan

2011 - Kayla Hinson, University of Texas El Paso

2007 - Kiera Jarvis, Westminister College

2006 - Katharine Smith, Princeton University

2005 - Ginger Jahn, Hawaii Pacific

Student Publications:

Scharping, R.J.*, L. Plough, D.W. Merritt, and E.W. North. 2019. Low-salinity tolerance of early-stage oyster larvae from a mesohaline estuary . Marine Ecology Progress Series: 613, 97-106, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12905 .
Smith, K. A.*, E. W. North, F. Shi, S. Chen, R. R. Hood, E. W. Koch, and R. I. E. Newell. 2009. Modeling the effects of oyster reefs and breakwaters of seagrass growth . Estuaries and Coasts 32:748-757 .

Student Presentations:

Givens, K.*, E. North, L. Sanford, K. Kahover, L. Harris, and P. Wiberg. 2017. Observing and detecting Crassostrea virginica filtration in Harris Creek, MD . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii .
Keohane, I.*, R. Gawde, J. Tay, E. North, and R. Hood. 2017. Variation in oyster influenced water quality simulations in response to different filtration rate functions . ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii .
Scharping, R.*, E. North and L. Plough. 2016. Salinity tolerance of early-stage oyster larvae in the Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay, USA . Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana .
Hinson, K. I.*, C. Thompson, and E. North. 2012. Testing a new technology for bivalve larvae identification . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah .
Jahn, G. L.*, and E. North. 2006. Investigation of the relationship between the North Atlantic centers of action and freshwater flow in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays . ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii .

RECENT REU FELLOWS

Alison Aceves
University: California State University, Monterey Bay
Class Year: 2015
Update: Received Masters from Auburn University and is a Fish Health Biologist at Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Lauren Rodriguez
University: Michigan State University
Class Year: 2019
Update: Graduate Research Assistant at the Bailey Lab, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Jonathan Leathers
University: University of Maryland College park
Class Year: 2021
Update: Stream restoration specialist with Century Engineering
Natasha De La Cruz
University: Florida State University
Class Year: 2019
Update: Legislative Advocacy Intern at Riverkeeper
Victoria Moreno
University: University of Richmond
Class Year: 2018
Update: Completed her masters at Oregon State; COMPASS Science Communication fellow in 2021; Sea Grant Knauss fellow in 2022
Robert Scharping
University: Kansas State University Manhattan
Class Year: 2015
Update: Published his REU research in Marine Ecology Progress Series in 2019.
Calvin Chu
University: City University of New York
Class Year: 2015
Update: Energy modeler at Bright Power, Inc.
Kiera Givens
University: University of Virginia
Class Year: 2016
Update: Manager of Program Operations at Ocean Conservancy
Shirley Ma
University: Emory University
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presenting at ASLO 2019
Carl Pollard
University: Juniata College
Class Year: 2016
Update: Geologist at SaLUT-TLB
Lillian Henderson
University: University of Rochester
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presented at AGU 2018
Curtis Szewczyk
University: Chatham College
Class Year: 2018
Update: Beginning grad school at University of South Carolina (2020)
Max Spehlmann
University: Lake Forest College
Class Year: 2016
Update: Hydrologic Technician at Department of Interior
Ben Lane
University: St. Olaf College
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presented at ASLO 2019
Elizabeth Grzyb
University: American University
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presented at Council for Undergraduate Research Symposium 2018
Norberto Latorre Arzola
University: Universidad del Turabo
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presented at ASLO 2019
Brooke Iacone
University: Rowan University (NJ)
Class Year: 2017
Update: GIS analyst at Cross County Connection
Ella Kaplan
University: University of Minnesota
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presenting at ASLO 2019

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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