Thesis Proposals and Practicum Projects for MSMS

Date: August 24, 2017

Times: 01:30 PM - 04:30 PM

Location: Hawaii Loa Campus, Academic Center Room 101

Details:

MSMS-T students in the Master of Science in Marine Science Program will present their thesis proposals as a brief lecture with time allowed for questions after each presentation. MSMS-A non-thesis students will present their practicum projects in a poster session following oral presentations. All are invited to attend this public forum.

Oral Presentations

1:30 Introduction: MSMS Program Director, Dr. Keith Korsmeyer
1:35 Laura Marin Samper: Model simulation of sediment budgets and management strategies at the He'eia National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
1:50 Samantha Rucker: Community assessment in Maunalua Bay
2:05 Dariyus Kabraji: Comparing the patterns of gene expression during larval development of Tripneustes gratilla
2:20 Dave Miyamoto: Fitness of Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) affected by temperature change
2:35 Lauren Fraser: Sampling pelagic plastic using Bonin petrels (Pterodroma hypoleuca) as bioindicators of plastic pollution in the Northwestern Hawaiian islands
2:50 Kaylee Kautz: An in vitro analysis of PPAR , CYP4A, CAR, and CYP2B as potential biomarkers for perflourinated compound exposure in cetacean kidney cells
3:05 Scott Bingo: Analysis and Modeling of Hawai'i's Odontocete Strandings

Posters

Bell Lin: The potential of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal as protein and lipid source for aquaculture feeds
Abigail Golder: Detection of red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans) in the United States using environmental DNA results Carissa Cabrera: Hawaiian humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): threats to persistence and population estimates
Mackenzie Preble: Hawaiian humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hawaii: the breeding ground and anthropogenic threats
Haley Boyd: Marine mammal strandings in the main Hawaiian islands and human impact

MSMS Fall Welcome and Mixer to follow
Refreshements provided

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