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Alumni of the URI Marine Biology Program

 

Here is what we currently know about the post-graduation career paths of our alumni.

Classes of 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000

Classes of 1999, 1998, Prior to 1998

If you would like to modify or add information to this database, send an e-mail to: urimbio@etal.uri.edu

Class of 2007

Breena Apgar-Kurtz

Visitor Information Service Officer, Glacier Bay National Park

Charles Bangley (Jan)

 

Danielle Duquette

EPA, Narragansett (research on predator

Ericka Giblin

Naturalist, RI Dept. Environ. Management

Matt Griffin

 

Stephanie Guertin

Ph.D. student, URI (w/ Dr. Kass-Simon)

Yvette Haughney

 

Jillian Hesse

Naturalist/Interpreter, Disney World, Florida

Cara Hotchkin

Ph.D. student, Penn State University (Marine Mammal Bioacoustics)

Robbie Hudson

Working for Save the Bay

Amanda Karch

 

Billy Linehan

Fisheries observer, NMFS, Alaska

Patrick Lyons

Ph.D. student, SUNY Stony Brook (Marine Ecology)

Melissa Parr

Teaching Assistant, Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences; will then work in San Salvadore as a Divemaster

Amie Parris

 

Alexia Pool

Peace Corps Volunteer, South Pacific

James Provencher

 

Gregory Renzulli

 

Linnae Rondeau

Working with RI DEM doing macroalgae helicopter surveys in Narragansett Bay

Christa Salvatore (Jan)

 

Kathryn Vogel

Ph.D. student, University of Maine

Heather Wolfer

Fisheries Observre, Northeast Fisheries Observer Program, based in Cape May, NJ

Class of 2006

Erin Baxter

 

Leanne Birden

Ph.D. student at URI (w/ Dr. Seibel)

Kristin Colavito

 

Erin Connors

 

Susan Henry

 

Matthew Holt

 

Samantha Kelly

Intern,Training Seals for US Navy in San Diego

Colleen O’Neill

 

Adrianna Ortiz

Marine Research

Lindsey Pollard

 

Megan Priede

Mystic Aquarium; URI tick lab

Heather Shannon

Graduate student, URI/GSO

Heather Smith

 

Nora Sturgeon

Graduate student, College of Charleston

Tara Syc

 

Daniel Syriala

Graduate student, GSO

Jennifer Tidswell

 

Alexandra Wilcox

 

Marianna Zahra

Working with sharks, Sea World, Florida

 

 

Class of 2005

 

Ashley Abcunas

Naturalist, Seacoast Science Center, NH

Amy Botti

 

Melissa Chalek

 

Amanda Chesler

? Hatchery technician, VIMS

Andrew DiMatteo

MS Environmental Management, Duke University

Kevin Earp

 

Anne Farahi

 

Rebecca Ferrazza

 

Jennifer Hamilton

 

Trevor Higgins

 

David Hudson

Ph.D. student, U. Connecticut

Tracy Jamula

 

Kane LaRoche

 

Heather Leba

MS student, University of Hawaii (fish/ Dr. Cassie Cole)

Mandy Monroe

 

Michael Partica

 

Jennifer Picard

 

Frances Ann Raymond

 

Benjamin Rutt

 

Tina Sharp

 

Emily Shumchenia

Ph.D. student, GSO

Allison Stueben

Medical Technician (certification program)

 

 

Class of 2004

 

Rachel Anderson

Environmental testing/education

Darcie Blanding

Mystic Aquarium?, graduate student, URI

Andrea Bonosoro

? Substitute teacher, Long Island

David Carlson

 

Michael Concodello

 

Desiree Corideo

 

Devon Drewes

 

Amanda Henry

 

Gabriel Hiller

 

George Kamajian

Medical Student, Penn. Coll. Osteopathic Med.

Michelle Kraczkowski

Graduate student, Wesleyan University

Jenna Krug

MS student, Cal. State Univ., Northridge (Marine ecology)

Karlee Markovich

Marine biologist educator/aquarist

Kevin Neves

Graduate student, Delaware State University

Abbey Novia

MS student in Biology Education, UC Berkeley

Christen Pick

Microbiologist

Vincent Politano

? Graduate student, University of Florida

Ralph Riccio

 

Kate Ryan

 

Jason Theuman

Educator, Buttonwood Park Zoo

Jennifer Thibodeau

 

Steve Versace

 

Jessica Wellington

Tufts University, Cummings School of Vet. Med.

Jeremy Wright

Ph.D. student, U. Michigan (catfish)

 

 

Class of 2003

 

Christopher Bannon

working in NRS/URI

Rebecca Owens Bannon

working in NRS/URI

Christie Blackwelder

 

Michelle Bromley

Volunteer, Mystic Aq; Educator, New England Aquarium

Nathan Cartier

 

Scott Cunningham

 

Jill Dematas

? Dolphin Trainer, Marineland, FLA

Jocelyne Dolce

Ph.D. student, URI (w/ Dr. Cheryl Wilga)

Stacy Doner

? ENSR Marine and Coastal Center

Allison Fong

Graduate student, U. Hawaii, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology

Amy (Kowalski) Greene

MPA student, Suffolk University

Lucia Herald

 

Maureen Kelly

 

Andrew Levine

 

Colin Lickwar

 

Alyssa (Cole) Mages

Surgical Vet Assistant

Leonard Maiuri III

Water quality, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Stefanie Masse

? Branford High School teacher

Scott McGinley

First mate, schooners/tugboats

Michael Phillips

 

Monique Perron

Harvard graduate student; working at EPA Narragansett

Sarah Pierce

 

Tiffany Risch

Science Teacher, Coventry High School

Amy Schneider

Grad student in Public Health, Suffolk University

Jacqueline Shapo

NOAA, Coastal Management Fellow

Laura Smith

 

Tiffany Wallahora

 

Hillary Welch Vargas

Engineer, Raytheon

 

 

Class of 2002

 

Joseph Aiello

 

Amber Bifolck

Masters student in Washington, DC

Erin Bodnar

 

Brendan Bray

NOAA, Silver Spring MD

Melissa Cassidy

 

Stephanie Forschner

 

Abigail (Knee) Fusaro

PhD student, MIT/WHOI - Biological Oceanography

Larissa Gillon

MS in Bio Sci at URI (w/ Dr. Cobb)

Rebecca Graves

Connecticut Dep't. Environmental Protection

Jennifer Haag

 

Katherine Kerr

 

Elizabeth Kordowski

Executive Director, RI Lobstermen's Association

Kelly Kreis

 

Jennifer Lally

 

Elizabeth Little

 

Kara Mahoney

Senior Program Educator, New England Aquarium and Right Whale EWS Aerial Observer

Jennifer Messineo

Division of Fish and Wildlife, St. Thomas Virgin Islands

Randall Meyer

Self-employed, research

Mary-Elizabeth Miller

Graduate student

Melissa Novak

 

Jarrod Olbres

 

Melissa Patrician

Research Assistant, WHOI

Christopher Renzi

 

Lesley (Fillow?) Rossi

Division of Fish and Wildlife, St. Thomas Virgin Islands

Emily Sibley

 

Jillian Smith

 

Michael Smith

 

Jennifer Tilton

 

Kathleen Wall

 

Daniel Wieczorek

? Physical Science Technician, James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory, NOAA

Susan Wilson

 

Sharlene Woodman

 

 

 

Class of 2001

 

Christina Altimari

Environmental Scientist, ESS Group, Inc.

Karah Armstrong

 

Marina Ayrapetov

Research Associate, Rhode Island Hospital

Shanna Brazee

? Regional Manager, Phil’s Restaurants

Jason Bresnick

 

Melissa Bugg

Staff, Chesapeake Research Consortium ?

Melissa Casper

 

Laura DeStefaniz

 

Michelle (Henly) Fye

Production Scientist II, Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., Banking?

Brian Gervelis

Contractor, NOAA NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Sampling Branch

 

 

Andrea Kecskes

Program Coordinator, GSO Office of Marine Programs; ? GSO grad student

Stephanie Kenyon

 

Matthew Koehler

Ingenious Labs (biotech)

Hannah Liuzzo

 

Christina Miner

 

Rebecca Mitchell

 

Christopher Mueller

GSO graduate student, Applied Science Associates

Jill Olson

 

Michelle Orecchio

 

Jessica Powell

MS at URI

Kelly Rock

 

Jenifer Schadlick

Master of Arts Program in the Humanities, U. Chicago

Leslie Smith

 

Paul Sokoloff

? MS student, UNH

Michelle Thomson

Adjunct faculty, Roger Williams University

 

 

Class of 2000

 

Elizabeth Bacon

High school teacher (Marine biology), York, ME

Brandi Bornt

Ducks Unlimited; Anitoch NE graduate

Michelle Burnett

RI DEM Marine Fisheries

Joseph Cohen

 

Catherine Colgan

Marine science educator

Pieter deHart

Asst. Professor, Mt. Ida College (Mass.)

Shawn Henderson

 

Kerry Mahoney

Wastewater management specialist, South Kingstown RI

David Medici

Graduate student in Louisiana; Gulf & South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation, Inc.

Christopher Ollerhead

 

Suzanne Randazzo

Research Laboratory Specialist, U. Michigan

Jessica Rumpf

 

Jennifer Skelly

MA education; teaching

Charlene Snyder

Medicine; dermatology

Geoffrey Sowan

zebra mussel research

Ryan Tainsh

MS student, URI (w/ Dr. Killingbeck)

 

 

Class of 1999

 

Kathryn Doyle

High school teacher

Jennifer DeAlteris

Graduate student, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences

Allison Greaves

 

Raina Huebner

 

Shannon Kane

Senior Aquarist, Busch Gardens, Orlando

Kathryn McRedmond

 

Sally Morehead

Research Scientist, Mission-Aransas NERR, U. Texas Marine Science Institute

Laura Stanish

 

 

 

Class of 1998

 

Laura Williams

Wildlife Section Supervisor, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Division of Fish and Wildlife

 

 

Prior to 1998

 

James Barbosa

Pharmacological research

Wayne Souza

Professor, UC Berkeley (Ecology)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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