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Richard Kane

Lab Technician

Richard Kane graduated Monmouth University with an undergraduate degree in Marine Biology and Environmental Policy in 2023, followed by a Geographic Information Systems graduate certificate in 2024. He worked as


Rachel Davitt

Lab Technician

Rachel is a graduate of University of Delaware who joined the lab in 2023 as a seasonal technician. She contributed to a variety of projects in the field and lab,


Michelle Bulnes Castillo

Undergraduate Student

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.


Charlotte Bramich

Lab Technician, Graduate Student

Charlotte is a Rutgers Marine Science graduate who first worked with us as an undergraduate, then joined as a summer technician in 2023. Her interests in marine science led her


Laura Versaggi

Lab Technician

Laura is a Stockton graduate who joined the lab group is 2023 as a seasonal technician. She contributes to a variety of projects and on multiple tasks, including animal husbandry,


Meghan Nadzam

Lab Technician

Meghan Nadzam graduated with a BSc from Wittenberg University. In the spring of 2023 she joined the lab as seasonal field worker. She is interested in aquaculture, fisheries, and marine


Laura Steeves

Postdoctoral Researcher

Laura Steeves joined the Munroe lab as a postdoctoral researcher in summer 2022. She explored the combined effects of warming water temperature and ocean acidification on the physiology of the


Becca Horwitz

Lab Technician

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


Brynne Wisner

Undergraduate Student

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


Janine Barr

Graduate Student

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