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Andre Ascura

Andre graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor’s in Marine Science. He works as a lab researcher under the Munroe Lab, focused on studying the impacts of offshore wind development on

Molly Honecker

Molly Honecker, a RIOS intern in 2023 from Duke University, studied surfclam physiological and behavioral responses to ocean acidification.

Michelle Bulnes Castillo

Michelle, a RIOS intern in the lab in 2023, studied ecosystem services provided by oyster farms. Specifically, she used underwater videos to examine how fouling and gear alters habitat provisioning.

Brynne Wisner

Brynne Wisner, a RIOS intern in 2022 from Michigan State, studied the population demographics of surfclams from the southern edge of their range. Her research found that the clams from

Sarah Borsetti

I am interested in understanding marine population dynamics and ecological interactions among fished stocks. My research has focused on providing comprehensive science to inform fisheries management. My graduate research documented

Becca Horwitz

Becca, originally from Brooklyn, graduated from Carleton College with a degree in environmental studies and geology. She is interested in studying how abiotic and biotic coastal systems interact in the

Janine Barr

Janine joined the Munroe Lab as a graduate student in 2019 where I studied the water quality benefits farmed and wild oysters provide in the mid-Atlantic and how climate change

Hannah Burke

Hannah Burke joined the Munroe Lab as a seasonal technician in 2020. After leaving the lab in 2021, Hannah went on tour with the Broadway musical Waitress.

Arianna Horgan

Arianna Horgan recently graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor’s in Biological Sciences and a minor in Public Health. While her future studies will focus on medicine, she remains passionate

Michael Acquafredda

Michael Acquafredda is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory where he is studying the feasibility and sustainability of multitrophic