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

Max Spehlmann
University: Lake Forest College
Class Year: 2016
Update: Hydrologic Technician at Department of Interior
Elizabeth Grzyb
University: American University
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presented at Council for Undergraduate Research Symposium 2018
Alison Aceves
University: California State University, Monterey Bay
Class Year: 2015
Update: MS student at Auburn University
Julia Hopkins
University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Class Year: 2011
Update: Postdoctoral researcher at Delft University of Technology
Carl Pollard
University: Juniata College
Class Year: 2016
Update: Geologist at SaLUT-TLB
Norberto Latorre Arzola
University: Universidad del Turabo
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presented at ASLO 2019
Ella Kaplan
University: University of Minnesota
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presenting at ASLO 2019
Barrett Wessel
University: University of Maryland, College Park
Class Year: 2014
Update: PhD student at University of Maryland
Kiera Givens
University: University of Virginia
Class Year: 2016
Update: Manager of Program Operations at Ocean Conservancy
Caroline Tapscott
University: Transylvania University
Class Year: 2012
Update: Environmental scientist at Amer Foster Wheeler
Robert Scharping
University: Kansas State University Manhattan
Class Year: 2015
Update: Published his REU research in Marine Ecology Progress Series in 2019.
Isabel Sánchez-Viruet
University: Universidad Metropolitana
Class Year: 2014
Update: Graduate Student at Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Ben Lane
University: St. Olaf College
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presented at ASLO 2019
Lillian Henderson
University: University of Rochester
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presented at AGU 2018
Cristina Villalobos
University: California State University Monterey Bay
Class Year: 2013
Update: Environmental Educator at Nature's Classroom
Shirley Ma
University: Emory University
Class Year: 2018
Update: Presenting at ASLO 2019
Jade Bowins
University: Sacred Heart University
Class Year: 2013
Update: Environmental Scientist at AECOM
Brooke Iacone
University: Rowan University (NJ)
Class Year: 2017
Update: GIS analyst at Cross County Connection
Lisa McBride
University: New Mexico Highlands University
Class Year: 2013
Update: Environmental Health Technician, Albuquerque
Curtis Szewczyk
University: Chatham College
Class Year: 2018
Update: Beginning grad school at University of South Carolina (2020)
James Fiorendino
University: Rutgers University
Class Year: 2014
Update: PhD student at Texas A&M University
Calvin Chu
University: City University of New York
Class Year: 2015
Update: Energy modeler at Bright Power, Inc.

REU NEWS

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.
Like us on Facebook!