URI EPSCoR Research Fellow, British Virgin Islands. Working on development of transplant techniques in the conservation of endangered corals (Student: Sandra Giovannini).

URI EPSCoR Research Fellow, British Virgin Islands. Working on bridled goby behavior and development of transplant techniques for the conservation of endangered corals. (Student: Lindsay Harmon). See feature article on CELS News website.

URI Coastal Fellow, Crustacean Disease Survey, East Farm. (Student: Nate Coolidge)

URI Coastal Fellow, Narragansett Bayscape Project. (Student: Elizabeth Hansel)

URI Coastal Fellow, Lesser Antilles (Caribbean). Research diver collecting ecological data in different Caribbean marine reserves. (Student: Kelly Pennoyer). See feature article on CELS News website.

URI Coastal Fellow - macroalgal bloom development and formation in estuarine habitats in Narragansett Bay (Student: Emily Field)

URI Coastal Fellow - algal epiphyte/herbivore interactions on rocky shores in Narragansett Bay (Student: Casey [Catherine] Donahue)

URI Coastal Fellow - functional morphology of feeding in sharks (Student: Ashley Stoehr)

Blinks Fellow, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington - Research on the biology and ecology of an invasive clam species in Puget Sound. (Student: Renee DiPippo)

Research Assistant, HIMB (Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology) . Population genetics of the California halibut, Paralichthys californicus (Student: Laura Chartier). See feature article on CELS News website.

Research Assistant, Guana Is., British Virgin Islands. Working on bridled goby reproductive behavior and Student, Shoals Marine Laboratory (Appledore Island, Maine) week-long class in forensic science for marine biologists (Student: Rebecca Karis)

Research Assistant, Guana Is., British Virgin Islands. Working on monitoriing responses of coral reefs to bleaching and yacht damage (Student: Monique LaFrance)

Research Assistant, HIMB (Hawaii Institue of Marine Biology) . Population genetics of the California halibut, Paralichthys californicus throughout its known range. (Student: Laura Chartier). See feature article on CELS News website.

Student at the Shoals Marine Lab - Took course in "Forensics for Marine Biologists" (Student: Tara Donovan)

Collector, Marine Resources Department, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. Collecting marine organisms for MBL research scientists. (Student: David Bailey).

Educational Presenter, Disney's Animal Kingdom. Educating children about conservation and introducing them to invertebrate animals (Student: Jillian Hesse).

Marine Naturalist, RI Department of Environmental Management. Providing natural history information to visitors at a local RI beach. (Student: Erika Giblin)

Research Intern, Diver's Alert Network (DAN), Santa Cruz, CA. Conducting SCUBA diving and medical research. (Student: Mitchell Doctor). See feature article on CELS News website.

Volunteer, Apex Predator Initiave and Cooperative Shark Tagging Program, NMFS/NOAA, Narragansett. (Student: Corey Eddy)

Field Researcher, Study of epiphytc macroalgae in East Harbor Lagoon Truro, MA. Cope Cod National Seashore. (Student: Patrick J. Lyons). See feature article on CELS News website.

Volunteer, Mystic Aquarium and Lifeguard at a special needs camp for kids (Student: Kasi Kelly)

Diver, Mystic Aquarium, then off to James Cook University (Australia) for Study Abroad in Fall 2007. (Student: Jessica Morris)

Education Assistant, Office of Marine Programs, URI Graduate School of Oceanography. Working with Metcalfe Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting and the Armada Project. (Student: Sara MacSorley). See feature article on CELS News website

Youth Educator, Biomes, North Kingstown. Animal maintenance and interpretation for visitors, and Student, Shoals Marine Lab. (Student: Christina D'Agostino)

Intern, Mystic Aquarium CT. Honors thesis research on optimal conditions for rearing food organisms for aquarium animals (Student: Jessie Sanders) See feature article on CELS News website.

Volunteer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Assisting with research on gelatinous zooplankton (Student: Carla Scocchi).

Researcher, Upstate Freshwater Institute, Syracuse, NY. Working on the boats and collecting samples to test for water quality. (Student: Amy Kolb). See feature article on CELS News website.

Volunteer, Mystic Aquarium. Working with seals and sea lions (Student: Julie Furmanski). See feature article on CELS News website

Visitor Information Service Officer, Glacier Bay National Park, Glacier Bay, Alaska. Park patrol and whale research. (Student: Breena Apgar-Kurtz)

Intern, Wild Life Outreach and Care, Homosassa Springs Wild Life State Park, Fl. (Student: Kim Arbonies)

Volunteer, Mystic Aquarium. Working with the sea lions. (Student: Alexandra Mevs)

Education Assistant, Save the Bay Exploration Center, Newport, RI.

Animal Care Intern, Lobster Facility, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA. (Student: Cherisa Friedlander)

RI EPSCoR Fellow, Effects of macroalgal epiphytes on the Narragansett Bay ecosystem, Advisor: Dr. Carol Thornber (Casey Donahue)

RI EPSCoR Fellow, Ecological genetics of acorn barnacles, Advisor: Dr. David Rand, Brown University. (Megan O’Brien)

RI EPSCoR Fellow, Spatial variation in marine invertebrate reproduction throughout New England (Laura Chartier). 

URI Coastal Fellow, Habitat analysis in Narragansett Bay with Dr. John King at GSO, and Costa Rica Expedition - Sustainable development in coffee growing regions. (Nicholas Larghi)

URI Coastal Fellow, Breeding and mapping disease resistance to juvenile oyster disease, Advisor: Marta Gomez-Chiarri (Elizabeth Hansel)

URI Coastal Fellow, Coral reef surveys in the Caribbean with special attention to coral transplantation sites, Advisor: Dr. Graham Forrester (Rebecca Karis)

URI Coastal Fellow, Feeding and metabolism in sharks and skates. Advisor: Dr. Cheryl Wilga (Ashley Stoehr)

URI Coastal Fellow, Macroalgal-herbivore interactions in invasive marine species, Advisor: Dr. Carol Thornber (Emily Blair)

Research Assistant, Costa Rica Expedition, URI NRS Department (Rebekah Duhamel)

Research Assistant, Dr. Darryl Keith, GSO (Renee DiPippo)

Research Assistant, Graduate School of Oceanography, with Dr. Rynearson (Melissa Mercier)

Research Assistant, Naval Underwater Warfare Center, Newport, RI. (Kendalyn Eldredge)

Research Technician, Environmental Protection Agency (Emily Greenhalgh)

Researcher, Graduate School of Oceanography, Mapping and monitoring the habitats of RI's coastal waters (Monique LaFrance)

Researcher, NMFS Apex Predator Program, NOAA Cooperative Shark Tagging Program (Corey Eddy)

Technical Assistant, McLaughlin Research Corporation/Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Danielle Jones)

Technical Assistant, Naval Undersea Warfare Center. Sonar effects on beaked whales. (Annamaria Izzi)

Animal Care Intern, Jenkinson’s Aquarium, Point Pleasant, NJ. (Kaitlin Stryker)

Aquarist Assistant, Atlantis Marine World in Long Island, NY (Allison Seifter)

Aquarist Assistant, Atlantis Marine World, Long Island, NY. (Amanda Pratt)

Aquarium Volunteer, Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT. (Emily Vincent)

Aquarium Volunteer, Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT. (Julie Furmanski)

Assistant Manager, Education Department, Save the Bay Exploration Center, Newport, RI (Cherisa Friedlander)

Associate Production Coordinator, for the film “Haze” with David Burkman (Stacey Weinstock)

Caterer, (Emily Becker)

College Experience Intern, Sea World, Orlando, FL. (Jillian Ziman)

Deckhand and Teaching Assistant, SSV Corwith Cramer, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA (Carla Scocchi)

Deckhand, Lobster House, Cape May, NJ (Nick Iannacone)

Diver/Collector, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. then Teaching Assistant, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences for the Fall 2008 semester. (David Bailey)

Education Coordinator Intern, Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve  (Jocelyn Pelser)

Education Intern, Discovery Cove, Sea World (Susanna Izzo)

Education Specialist/Aquarist, Biomes Marine Biology Center (Christina D'Agostino)

Environmental Educator, Program Coordinator, Animal Care, Cameron Park Zoo.  (Alexandra Widmer)

Intern, Adventure Aquarium, Camden, NJ. (Melissa Gebert)

Intern, Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford, MA (Heather Cyr)

Intern, Fishes and Special Exhibit Intern, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL (Matthew Miller)

Intern, Maritime Center, Norwalk, CT. (Meghan McGowan)

Intern, Millipore Corporation, working with the Executive Director of the Legal  Department (Lynn Ficarra)

Intern, Narragansett Bay Estuary Program (Chelsea Burau)

Intern, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Environmental Division, Newport, RI. Continue research on Impact of Ocean Acidification on Octopus in Bermuda (Rachel Wigton)

Intern, Town of Nantucket, MA, Marine & Coastal Resources Department (Evan Lindsay)

Intern, Upstate Freshwater Institute, Syracuse, NY (Amy Kolb)

Lab Technician, URI Watershed Watch Program. (Megan Shearer)

Lifeguard, Corey Beach, Blue Point, NY (Christie Wilson)

Manager, Zeek's Creek Bait and Tackle, Jamestown, RI (Kevin Smith)

Outreach Assistant, RI EPSCoR (Sara MacSorley)

Paraprofessional (Assistant teacher), Boston Public Schools. (Joanna Borr)

Pool Manager, Century Pool Management, MA (Jackie Niles)

Resident Counselor, Musiker Discovery Programs for pre-college HS students (Lauren Killea)

Sales Associate, Waitress, Restoration Hardware, Colonial Farms. (Brittany McGee)

Seasonal Resource Assistant, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Old Lyme,CT. (Jessica Morris)

Shellfish Hatchery Assistant, The Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group (Elizabeth Mellon)

Student, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Summer course (Noelle Tubbs)

Student, Shoals Marine Laboratory, Course: Anatomy and Function of Marine Vertebrates. (Rossie Ennis)

Study Abroad, James Cook University, Australia. (Nikki Heidt)

Study Abroad, Australia/New Zealand, until mid-July, (Alia Chisty)

Teacher, surf lessons and waitress (Jennifer McGovern)

URI Lifeguard and Volunteer, Roger Williams Park Zoo, (Jennifer Dautrich)

Volunteer, Mystic Aquarium (Jessie Sanders)

Volunteer, Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT with whale enrichment team and as a diver (Kasi Kelly)

Warehouse worker, Science Kit. (Meaghan Ramsey)

URI Coastal Fellow - Developing methods for the restoration of endangered Caribbean corals (w/ Dr. Forrester) (Ananda Fraser)

URI Coastal Fellow - Eelgrass and scallop restoration (w/ Save the Bay) (Stephanie Gildea) - "working at Save the Bay with the habitat restoration department. Our main focus is harvesting eelgrass from healthy donor sites and transplanting it to other places in Narragansett bay. We also have been working to restore the scallop population and salt marsh monitoring/restoration. It's a lot of fun, but also hard work (a lot of physical labor as well as working and scuba diving in less than perfect weather conditions)."

URI Coastal Fellow - Invasive species early detection, rapid response and outreach (w/ RI Natural History Survey) (Ryan Kleinert)

URI Coastal Fellow - Ontogeny of foraging behavior in spiny dogfish (w/ Dr. Wilga) (Amy Maynard)

URI Coastal Fellow - The role of the mitochondrion in parasitic infection (w/ Dr. Lane) (Megan O'Brien)

URI Coastal Fellow - Ontogeny of foraging behavior in spiny dogfish (w/ Dr. Wilga) (Ashley Stoehr)

URI Coastal Fellow - Examining the impact of invertebrate herbivores on macroalgal blooms in Greenwich Bay, RI (w/ Dr. Thornber) (Emily Vincent)

URI Coastal Fellow - RI Watershed Watch - I will be analyzing water samples collected from watersheds around RI for dissolved oxygen, pH, and chlorophyll (to determine algae levels) to understand the general health of the water bodies in RI. (w/ Dr. Green) (Amanda Ziegler)

URI Coastal Fellow, GSO with Leslie Smith (Candace Oviatt's Lab). Water column metabolism, running samples, field work, etc. AND Coastal Fellow working with Leanna Heffner (Scott Nixon's Lab) - Classifying Narragansett Bay salt marshes (Ashley Bertrand)

NSF- REU Intern, Rutgers University, Marine Science Field Station, Tuckerton, NJ. I will design and complete an independent research project on summer flounder bycatch mortality or the use of AUV for tracking fish species. (Callie Crawford)

NSF- REU Intern, UMass- Boston, Deep sea Biology project (w/ Dr. Ron Etter). (Lynn Ficcara)

NSF- REU Intern, Shark Behavior and Conservation Summer Program; Volunteer Mystic Aquarium, Penguin Husbandry; Bartender, Mews Tavern (Victoria Gomez)

Data Analyst, Naval Underwater Warfare College (NUWC) Processing acoustical data to monitor the vocal patterns of beaked whales. (Annamaria Izzi)

Intern, Animal Care, Jenkinson's Aquarium (NJ) - "Animal care interns will be required to work with and care for the various animals in the aquarium. Maintenance, husbandry and care for many of the resident animals is expected. Helping prepare the food for the animals and helping the aquarists with water changes and water quality is required" (Kerianne Taylor)

Intern, Animal Husbandry, Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA - I will be caring for a variety of animals (from Aplysia to zebrafish) and gain valuable knowledge of animal husbandry, water quality monitoring and management of various culture systems. I will also be doing independent research projects aimed at improving animal culture and care. (Melissa Genazzio)

Intern, Great Pond Foundation, Martha's Vineyard - I will be participating in a project to bring back the oyster population the Great Pond in Martha's Vineyard. I will be doing constant water quality testing and other projects. (Dave Vendettuoli)

Intern, Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Commission, Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, salt ponds on MV. I will be assisting in the oyster restoration program that focuses on the saltwater ponds of Martha's Vineyard. (Betsy Cohen).

Intern, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ? will be doing public education in the area of invasive species. (Nicole Milette)

Lab Technician, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Narragansett - I will be taking care of Fundulus in the lab, and also conducting toxicology experiments. (Allison Seifter)

Laboratory Technician, Florida State University, Coastal & Marine Laboratory - I will be cultivating stands of Spartina in a greenhouse for future experiments on genetic diversity, as well as surveying local seagrass beds in order to get several different projects off the ground. (Emily Field, who will start her Ph.D. work at Florida State in the Fall.)

Marine Animal Discovery Center Team Member, National Marine Life Center, Buzzards Bay, MA - I will be educating the public about marine animals of cape cod and of general information about the ocean. (Jacqueline Niles).

Marine Scientist, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport, RI- I will be working on reviewing, researching, and composing documents for the navy in accordance with federal and state rules and regulations to make sure they are in compliance during naval training and testing. (Kendalyn Eldredge)

"Last summer I started as an intern at NUWC in the Environmental Division, which I found out about through the job offers/newsletters you send out. I have enjoyed my time here, hence why I have decided to continue my career here upon graduation. The internship was a very rewarding experience, as you get to meet with many other marine scientists who are able to give great insight and guidance for future careers within the navy as well as graduate schools. It is a great working environment and has been an awesome experience over the past year. There are many opportunities here to climb the ladder quickly, which in this economy is especially helpful. I would recommend the internship to any marine bio major, because even though it is not field work it has helped me with my studies this past year and has opened my eyes to a whole other aspect of marine biology."

Naturalist, Dolphin Tours, Juneau, AK - I will be a naturalist for a whale watching company. I'll be informing the tourists about the wildlife and landscapes that they'll be seeing on their trip. Emily?s been in Alaska this semester doing Study Abroad. (Emily Frederick)

Research Assistant, Department of Natural Resources Science (w/ Dr. Graham Forrester). Designing and carrying out experiments in the Caribbean to find efficient and economic coral transplantation techniques as well as performing experiments testing the effect of coral transplantation on coral spat recruitment. Also applying for Teaching Assistant jobs at Sea Camp in Florida and CIEE Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation program in Bonaire. (Rebecca Karis)

Research Technician, Bio-control lab, URI Greenhouses. Working on projects dealing with purple loosestrife control and lily-leaf beetle control (Nicholas Larghi)

Volunteer, Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA I was a volunteer there in the past (Kristina Camarena)

Water Quality Lab Technician, URI Watershed Watch Program continuation of the Coastal Fellowship I received for Summer 2007. I will be analyzing volunteer-submitted water samples from over 250 RI water sites for chlorophyll, pH, nutrients,bacteria, etc. (Megan Shearer)

Youth Sailing Instructor, Yacht Club of Stone Harbor (NJ) - I will be teaching kids ages 8-14 how to sail and race various boats and will be organizing weekend races and sailing adventures. (Nick Iannacone)

Volunteer, Watch Hill Conservancy - I will be helping with horseshoe crab surveys and tagging. I will also be taking summer classes. (Alia Chisty)

Watercraft Inspection Internship, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - I will be increasing awareness by informing boaters about invasive species and how to remove these species from their watercraft(Nicole Millette)

Intern, RI Department of Health Beach Monitoring Program. Will conduct surveys at all licensed beaches daily and during special studies while also assisting with the Beach Program database (Nicole Leporacci)

Volunteer, Watch Hill Conservancy - I will be helping with horseshoe crab surveys and tagging. I will also be taking summer classes. (Alia Chisty)