Annais Muschett-Bonilla is a Ph.D. candidate in the Biological Sciences: Ecology and Evolution Department at Florida State University. Annais was awarded a Guy Harvey Fellowship in 2024. Spending hours in the lab, and aboard research vessels, a common question I
Every summer, Florida Sea Grant awards funding to students as they work under a University of Florida adviser. Meet the amazing eleven students that comprise Florida Sea Grant’s cohort of 2024 Summer Research Interns. Amber Leonard Amber Leonard is a
John Hlavin is a PhD student in the Shark Research and Conservation Program of the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. John was awarded the FSG/Guy Harvey Fellowship in 2024. With Discovery’s Shark Week and
Sofia Cordoba is a Bachelor’s student in the Biology department at the University of Central Florida. Cordoba was selected as the first Florida Sea Grant Community Engaged Intern (CEI) for the 2024 year. Sea Grant’s CEI program aims to broaden
Zeke Tuszynski is a master’s student in the Biological Sciences Department at Florida Atlantic University. Zeke was awarded a Guy Harvey Scholarship in 2023. Since humans first began living near the ocean, sharks have left a potent impression on our
Alexandra Bijak is a Coastal and Ocean Graduate Fellow and a Ph.D. candidate in the Soil, Water, and Ecosystems Department at the University of Florida. Anytime you go to the doctor, you’re usually asked about past conditions, surgeries, and vaccinations
Mary Reed, an undergraduate student at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, was awarded the Chuck Skoch Scholarship in 2022. As a life-long boater and coastal dweller, I was ecstatic to find out my school
Molly Allen is a 2023 Florida Sea Grant Coastal & Marine Sciences Research Intern. She is a University of Florida student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in sustainability studies and economics with a minor in international development & humanitarian assistance. Florida’s coastal
Lexie Sturm is a 2023 Knauss Fellow, currently working at the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. Takeaway: Coral reef researchers and managers from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Florida met together in San Juan, Puerto Rico for the 2023
Owen Silvera is a Florida Sea Grant Coastal and Ocean Fellow and a Master’s student in the Marine Science and Oceanography Department at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (FAU). Mason Thackston is a Graduate Research Assistant at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute,
Clark Morgan is a Ph.D. Student and photojournalist at Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort. Pierce, Florida. He is a recipient of both a Guy Harvey and a Florida Outdoor Writers Association scholarship. In the age of
Jack Dales is a Master’s student in the Biology and Marine Science Department at Jacksonville University. Dales was awarded a Guy Harvey Scholarship in 2022. Lemon sharks have taken me to the Bahamas, the Florida Keys and along the eastern
“People are Policy”: A Socio-Ecological Approach for Florida Red Tides
Eutrophication is one of the greatest socio-ecological threats to sustainable fisheries and lifestyles within the coastal community. Red tides occur annually, prompting federal, state, and local government agencies such as NOAA, CDC, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and
Roberto Ferrer represented Florida Sea Grant at the Tallahassee Internship Program and currently serves as FSG’s Government Relations Liaison. My involvement with the Florida Sea Grant (FSG) began during my internship with the House of Representatives. During the 2022 Florida
Kalie Januszkiewicz was a 2022 Florida Sea Grant Intern and now serves as a Laboratory Technician in the Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Department at the University of Florida. I grew up in northeast Florida just 20 minutes from the beach,
