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Stony Brook University -
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Joseph D. Warren
Current Lab Members

Joy Smith
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Joy is a graduate student at SoMAS working in my lab. Her thesis work involved collecting material property measurements on live zooplankton in the Bering Sea.  While on the boat, she spent some time helping process and sort pollock.
Lauren Bohrer
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Lauren is a summer student in the REU program at Stony Brook University. She currently attends Coastal Carolina University. Her research project involves examining gas production by submerged aquatic vegetation. These data are important for developing acoustic models of the scattering from seagrasses, as well as biologically and ecologically important for the animals that live in, beneath, and amongst the seagrass meadows.
Team Dolphin 
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Several students are/have volunteering in my lab to analyze several months worth of recordings from a rescued dolphin that was rehabilitated at the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation. We are working with Rob DiGiovanni and others at the foundation to see if the dolphin's vocalizations varied with time, stimulus and other factors.  

There are lots of sounds to be listened to and analyzed so if you are interested in this project, please let me know.

Former Lab Members

Krissy Forman
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I am a Master’s student at Stony Brook University and am interested in using acoustics to look at different biological aspects of the ocean. I am conducting a data analysis of Antarctic zooplankton populations collected through acoustics and net samples. I also am collecting local invertebrates and measring their material properties to improve acoustic models of these animals.
Rachel Goodale
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Rachel and Emily were Team Ctenophore and worked on ctenophore  and other zooplankton abundances in the local bays of Long Island as part of a SCERP project. They measured feeding rates for ctenophores as well as how their abundance changed over the course of the summer. Rachel is continuing her studies at Stony Brook University, while Emily has moved on to the Univ. of Massachusetts (Go Red Sox !).
[Summer 2007]

I am also looking for students interested in continuing and expanding this research project.
Emily Olesin
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Libby Beckman
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I am a recent graduate of Harvey Mudd College and plan to continue on to graduate school in ecology in the near future. However, before pursuing further education, I am taking some time to explore different aspects of ecology, like acoustics, through direct research experience. This winter I am investigating the impact of biological and physical factors on the distribution of Antarctic Krill around Livingston Island, Antarctica. To do this, I identify krill patches from acoustic survey data and look for patterns in the distribution. [Fall 2006 - Spring 2007, Libby is currently in the Sierra Nevada Mountains conducting bird research.]
Joy Smith
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I'm a senior marine science major at Coastal Carolina University who has wanted to be a marine scientist since the age of five. Now I'm fulfilling that dream! I'm interested in using acoustics to understand water column ecology and how physical properties may influence the surrounding biology. The project I worked on in the lab during the summer of 2006 includes measuring the density of different zooplankton groups and the speed at which sound travels through their bodies. Both measurements will be used acoustically to more accurately estimate the population of zooplankton in a given area. [Summer 2006]

Joy's research has resulted in an upcoming publication in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ! Congratulations Joy.

Joy escaped for a year and worked for the Navy Oceanographic office, however her love of zooplankton was strong and she has returned to New work and is now a graduate student working in my lab.
Jordan Mertes
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I am begining my senior year in the physics program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and minoring in geology. During the summer of 2006, I worked in the field of Acoustic Oceanography here at Stony Brook Southampton. My work focuses on detecting the photosynthetically caused backscatter fluctuations within the water column caused by eelgrass and phytoplankton, and getting a real nice tan. In the future I plan to become a professor in some field of oceanography or geoscience. [Summer 2006]
Alexandre Nicolas
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A French student at the Lycee Louis le Grand, Paris , I have completed my first year in Higher Education,. I study Maths and Physics and I am due to take examinations to enter an Engineering School (“Grande Ecole”) at the end of next year. Beside my study, I am also interested in reading and doing sport.

During the summer of 2006, I was involved in a two-month long REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program. My research program deals with acoustics and its application to Marine Science. My first objective is to construct an array of transducers that can be immersed in seawater. Thereafter I shall run some experiments so as to determine the backscatter of some aquatic species under different angles of orientation and for various frequencies. The final aim of those experiments consists in being able to exploit field data thanks to the results they have provided us with. [Summer 2006]

Elissa Ford
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Elissa was a student at Southampton College who worked in the lab for the 2003 and 2004 summers. She used an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and a CTD to conduct bathymetric, hydrographic, and physical oceanographic data in the Long Island Southern Shore Estuary system as part of a project funded by NY Sea Grant.  In addition, she collected field measurements of the scattering from submerged aquatic vegetation and collected samples of eel grass.  Elissa and Stephanie were in charge of all field operations during summer 2004. [Summer and Academic Year 2003 - 2004]
Stephanie Grassia
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Stephanie was a student at Southampton College who worked in the lab for the 2004 summer. She used an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and a CTD to conduct bathymetric, hydrographic, and physical oceanographic data in the Long Island Southern Shore Estuary system as part of a project funded by NY Sea Grant.  In addition, she collected field measurements of the scattering from submerged aquatic vegetation and collected samples of eel grass.  Elissa and Stephanie were in charge of all field operations during summer 2004. [Summer and Academic Year 2004-5]




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