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Present Graduate Students
Danielle Silver Masters in Marine Science – mentor
Monica Catanach Masters in Marine Science – mentor
Michael Eceheverria Ph.D. Marine Biology – committee member
Amy Barbera Masters in Chemistry – committee member
Nicholas Fowler Masters in Marine Science – committee member
Anette Engesmo Ph.D. Marine Biology, Univ. Oslo, committee member
Former STUDENTS Present Activities
Debora Cedeño Maldonado (Ph.D.) Univ. Puerto Rico
Michelle Gomperts (Saboun) MS Brunswick Community College, Instructor
Melissa Clouse MS Old Dominion University, VA (Research Associate)
Tyler, Cyronak, MS Univ. Southern Cross, Australia (Ph.D)
Danelle Lekan, MS Univ. Wellington, NZ (Ph.D.)
Avery Tatters, MS Univ. Southern California (Ph.D.)
Reger, Robert MS NIH Bethesda, MD
Leigh Zimmermann, MS Knauss Fellow and NOPP - Program Coordinator
Joann Kelly MS PPD Richmond VA, Research Scientist
Erika Swartz, MS U. Texas at Austin (Ph.D.)
Michelle Stewart, MS U. Maryland (Research Associate)
William C. Holland, MS NOAA Laboratory, Beaufort, NC
Thesis Advisor, Smayda, Theodore URI, Graduate School of Oceanography
Brief History of International Experience - Activities in chronological order:
1977 – Cruise Leader, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Led 25
scientific crew to the Campeche Banks, Mexico including two Mexican nationals/students.
Involved arrangements for Mexicans to participate on a US ship in Mexican waters.
1979-1980 – Fulbright Hays Fellow to the Zoological Station, Naples Italy. This Marine Biological
Station founded in 1873 has been continuously operating through the initial opening. I worked with
an ecology group studying the Gulf of Naples and the blooms there. While there, I interacted in
scientific projects, gave seminars, instructed staff and co scientist. I was fluent in Italian and
attended two national scientific meetings in mainland Italy and Sardinia.
1979 – While as a Fulbright Hays fellow I was invited to give research seminars to the scientist at
the Laboratoire de Endoume, in Marsielles, France.
1982-1986 I became a resident scientist in charge of the marine botany laboratory at the Zoological
Station in Naples, Italy. I led a staff of 10 people (Italian nationals) and a variety of visiting
scientist from various countries. Prof. Fritz Kapraun was one of the visitors while in Naples. As
was the custom at Stazione, visitors from all over Europe and Asia came for short or protracted
research visits. One of these was Prof. Alfredo Soler B. from Panama (Dean of the Limnology and
Oceanographic Laboratory) in Panama. Prof. Soler stayed for 3 years.
1983 – I attended the prestigious International Course on Identification of Marine Phytoplankton
(APC3) Oslo, Norway. I was one of 20 participants in this three week training course and was
given the opportunity to teach specialized techniques with phytoplankton species. (APC3)
1985 – As head of the Marine Botany Laboratory at the Zoological Station, Naples, I was able to
arrange to relocate the International Course from Oslo to Naples. As principal organizer, I was in
charge of logistics for the international attendees as well as faculty, procurement of funds, interface
with the staff at Zoological Station. We had 22 participants from 14 different countries for the 3
week workshop/course. (APC 4)
1986 – Returned to US at the Florida Research Institute and participated in EPA Gulf of Mexico
program which again interacted with Mexican scientist from Vera Cruz.
