{"id":454,"date":"2022-09-11T18:42:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T18:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/david-bushek\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:15:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:15:36","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/david-bushek\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Current<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Talia Barry, Ph.D.<\/b> Trophic interactions and their impacts on restoration, enhancement and colonization of living shorelines<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kristie Semanchik, M.S. <\/strong>Assessing Living Shoreline Nature-based Solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Past<\/h2>\n<h5><strong>Doctoral<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Heidi Yeh, Ph.D<\/b>. (2023) Oyster microbiome dynamics<\/li>\n<li><b>Amanda Wenczel, Ph.D<\/b>. (2018) Filter feeder impacts in estuarine ecosystems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Masters<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Leah Scott, M.S<\/b>. (2026) Oyster disease ecology: long-term changes affiliated with shifts in temperature, salinity and precipitation<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Elizabeth Bouchard, M.S<\/b>. (2023) Horseshoe crab egg distributions in relation to intertidal oyster aquaculture<\/li>\n<li><b>Jenny Paterno, M.S<\/b>. (2015) Assessment of fish utilization on an oyster restoration area in the Delaware Bay<\/li>\n<li><b>Emily Scarpa, M.S<\/b>. (2015) Cilliate Xenomas in <i>Crassostrea virginica<\/i>\u00a0from Great Bay, New Hampshire<\/li>\n<li><b>Joshua Moody, M.S<\/b>. (2012) The relationship of the ribbed mussel, <em>Geukensia demissa,\u00a0<\/em>to shoreline erosion in Delaware Bay<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Diamond, M.S.<\/strong> (2012) Do scavengers influence dermo disease (Perkinsus marinus) transmission?\u00a0 Experiments in oyster parasite trophic interactions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Green-Beach, M.S.<\/strong> (2011) <span class=\"s10\">Dermo disease <\/span><span class=\"s10\">on M<\/span><span class=\"s10\">artha\u2019<\/span><span class=\"s10\">s V<\/span><span class=\"s10\">ineyard:\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s10\">I<\/span><span class=\"s10\">nfections of <\/span><em><span class=\"s11\">P<\/span><span class=\"s11\">erkinsus marinus <\/span><\/em><span class=\"s10\">and its influence on population structure, assessed by microsatellite markers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jaclyn Taylor, M.S.<\/strong> (2008) Evaluation of the ecological value of constructed intertidal oyster reefs and aquaculture structures in Delaware Bay: Habitat utilization by motile macrofauna<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sean Boyd, M.S.<\/strong> (2008) An ecological assessment of the non-indigenous isopod, <i>Synidotea laticauda<\/i>, in Delaware Bay<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rebecca Ellin, M.S.<\/strong> (2000) Planktonic abundance and dispersal of the oyster parasite <em>Perkinsus marinus<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Undergraduate<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jennifer Hunt, NSF REU RIOS Intern<\/strong> (UTPB 2026) Effects of predator cues on oyster larval development and settlement<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mariano &#8220;Rocco&#8221; Edralin, NSF REU RIOS Intern<\/strong> (St. Mary&#8217;s College of CA 2025) Trophic interactions induced by predator cues<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Destiny Rosales, SEBS Science Communication Intern <\/b>(Sp 2025) Creating a DARPA Reefense website to communicate project accomplishments<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amanda Lemasters, Independent Study <\/strong>(2024) Histological assessment of changes in oyster reproduction over the past decade<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kristie Semanchik, NSF REU RIOS Intern (<\/strong>Bucknell 2024) Oyster recruitment to artificial reefs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Madison Aquilar, SPIN Intern<\/strong> (2024) Developing Low Carbon Concrete<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Nina Coli, <strong>NSF REU <\/strong>RIOS Intern<\/b> (Univ South Carolina 2023) Oyster microbiome dynamics<\/li>\n<li><b>Catherine Carrion, <strong>NSF REU <\/strong>RIOS Intern<\/b> (Virginia Tech 2022) Beach Characteristics, Horseshoe Crab (<i>Limulus polyphemus<\/i>) Eggs, &amp; Oyster Farms<\/li>\n<li><b>Simon L&#8217;Heveder, <strong>NSF REU <\/strong>RIOS Intern<\/b> (Univ of Edinburgh 2022) Sediment Composition and Infauna<\/li>\n<li><b>Emma Huntzinger, GH Cook Senior Thesis<\/b> (2022) Oyster recruitment to a novel cement<\/li>\n<li><b>Grace Jackson, <strong>NSF REU <\/strong>RIOS Intern<\/b> (Univ of Dayton 2021) Creating fevers in oysters to control dermo disease<\/li>\n<li><b>Rachel Eggleston, <strong>NSF REU <\/strong>RIOS Intern<\/b> (Illinois State 2019) Long-term shifts in timing of oyster reproduction in Delaware Bay<\/li>\n<li><b>Casey Jones, <strong>NSF REU <\/strong>RIOS Intern<\/b> (Rutgers 2018) Sea level rise impacts on horseshoe crabs and red knots<\/li>\n<li><b>Mike DiLorenzo, <\/b><strong>Summer Intern<\/strong> (2017) Shellfish hatchery phytoplankton cultivation<\/li>\n<li><b>Bree Cerione, <\/b><strong>Summer Intern<\/strong> (2016) Living shoreline nekton use and oyster monitoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Talia Barry, Ph.D. Trophic interactions and their impacts on restoration, enhancement and colonization of living shorelines Kristie Semanchik, M.S. 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