Internship Program
NCBS interns gain valuable, real-world, and hands-on experience. This empowers student interns to advance their academic goals and secure meaningful and rewarding professional opportunities.
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2022 Interns
Name Supervisor Host Department Project Title Walker Marechal Mike Allen and Caleb Purtlebaugh NCBS & FWC Fisheries-Independent Monitoring and Assessment Using Stratified-Random Sampling Aliyah Formont Timothy Jones, Trisha Green, and Kate Suchanee BBSAP Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve – Coastal Monitoring Internship Grace Hejmanowski Dr. Mark Clark and Travis Thomas SWS & NCBS Sturgeon and Terrapin Ecology in the Suwannee River Megan Sanford Marc C. Minno and Stephanie Armstrong SRWMD Water Quality Monitoring and Data Collection in the Suwannee River Water Management District Kyle Williams Dr. Charlie Martin NCBS Estuarine Ecology Jessie Moses Savanna Barry NCBS Marine and Coastal Science Communication Aadil Rahman Joyce Kleen and Monica Scroggin FWS & CRNWR Managing public use/communications and outreach for the Three Sisters Springs Unit of Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge Chloe Schwab Dr. Mark Clark SWS Operation Spatfall: Investigating strategies for the restoration of oyster habitat along Florida’s Nature Coast Kaitlyn Tucker Dr. Laura Reynolds SWS Seagrass Ecology -
2021 Interns
Name Supervisor Host Department Project Title Kassidy King Dr. Carrie Adams UF/IFAS Hort Loss of Cabbage Palms in Coastal Forests Chloe Spengler Dr. Laura Reynolds UF/IFAS SWS Seagrass Ecology Grace Hejmanowski Dr. Mark Clark UF/IFAS SWS Oyster Substrate to Improve Water Quality Emilee Stump Dr. Julie Meyer UF/IFAS SWS Bacteria associated with seagrass roosts/lucinid clams Chloe Arbogast Dr. Marcus Lashley UF/IFAS WEC Communicating Conservation Meredith Anderson Dr. Jill Bourque USGS Mangrove Restoration Katie Everett Dr. Charlie Martin UF/IFAS NCBS Snook Expansion Samantha Mormile Joyce Kleen and Monica Scroggin FWS & CRNWR Managing public use/communications and outreach at Three Sisters Springs Nicolle Montero Andrew Gude LSNWR LSNWR Summer Forestry Assistant Ashlyn Posey Dr. Meg Lamont USGS Sturgeon and Terrapin Ecology Erik Van Dyke Caleb Purtlebaugh FWC FWC Fisheries Independent Monitoring – Marine Research Lisa DeFilips Tim Jones DEP Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve - Coastal Monitoring Internship Annabel Schreiber Dr. AJ Reisinger UF/IFAS SWS Biogeochemical dynamics of stormwater ponds Alexender Janelle Darlene Velez SRWMD Water Quality in Suwannee River Basin -
2019 Interns
Name Supervisor Host Department Project Title Anthony Messina Dr. Charlie Martin UF/IFAS NCBS Estuarine Ecology William Ware Tim Jones and Jamie Letendre DEP Seagrass Monitoring & Assessment - Big Bend Seagrass Aquatic Preserve Juliana Navarro Darlene Velez SRWMD Water Quality and Springs Monitoring Eric Bovee Dr. Mike Allen and Samara Nehemiah UF/IFAS NCBS Spotted Seatrout Age and Growth Camila Leon Robert McCleery UF/IFAS WEC Finding the Cedar Key Salt March Vole Sarah Tevlin Stephanie Verhulst and Carrie Adams UF/IFAS Horticulture Sea-level rise mediated Phragmites australis invasion in Juncus roemerianus dominated saltmarsh of the Gulf of Mexico, FL Shea Husband Caleb Purtlebaugh and Taj Knapp FWC Fisheries Independent Monitoring - Marine Research Samantha Hoskins Peter Frederick UF/IFAS WEC Oyster Research Jasmine Schwadron Dr. Charlie Martin UF/IFAS NCBS Estuarine Ecology Caroline Barnett Peter Frederick and Leslie Sturmer UF/IFAS Shellfish Shellfish Restoration and Extension Alexandra Reyes-Ramos Joyce Kleen USFWS Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge Manatee Monitoring Connor Milton Joyce Kleen USFWS Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge Manatee Monitoring -
2018 Interns
Name Supervisor Host Department Project Title Samara Nehemiah Dr. Mike Allen and Steve Geiger UF/IFAS NCBS Bay Scallop Population and Recreational Fishery Monitoring Emma Jablonski Dr. Mike Allen UF/IFAS NCBS Nature Coast Biological Station Intern Rebecca Rash Joyce Kleen USFWS CRNWR Manatee Monitoring Margaret Long Joyce Kleen USFWS CRNWR Manatee Monitoring Vita Repina Dr. Mark Clark UF/IFAS SWS Investigating Strategies, Benefits and Stakeholder Preference of “Living Shorelines” to Stabilize and Ecologically Enhance the Coastline around Daughtry Bayou Cher Nicolson Josh Patterson and Dr. Savanna Barry UF/IFAS NCBS Centipede Bay Oyster and Marsh Habitat Enhancement Project Sawyer Downey Dr. Charlie Martin UF/IFAS NCBS Estuarine Ecology Brian Whalen Dr. Mike Allen and Andrew Gude UF/IFAS NCBS Improving Recreational Fishing Catch and Release Methods Tyler Fogt Caleb Purtlebaugh, Johnny Polasik, & Taj Knapp FWC Fisheries Independent Monitoring - Marine Research Amy Oxton Steve Geiger & Jennifer Granneman FWC Bay Scallop Population and Recreational Fishery Monitoring Victoria Steinnecker Mark Hinz & Tom Mirti SRWMD Water Quality and Springs Monitoring Anna Swigris Tim Jones and Jamie Lentendre DEP Seagrass Monitoring and Assessment-Big Bend Seagrass Aquatic Preserve