SEVENTH EDUCATION AND SCIENCE FORUM
“Developing a Premier Future STEM Workforce to
Support Environmental Sustainability”
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
With
MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center
Princess Anne, MD 21853
October 26 –29, 2014
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PRE-FORUM, SUNDAY - October 26, 2014
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Registration (Outside of the multipurpose room in the Student
Services Center (SSC))
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
SW1: Networking and Professional Etiquette (SSC Ballroom)
Dr. Dionne Hoskins, NOAA LMRCSC, NOAA NMFS/SSU; Dr. Deidre
Gibson, NOAA LMRCSC, Hampton University
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Network Social Interaction (Henson Center Ballroom)
DAY 1, MONDAY -October 27, 2014
7:30 AM — 5:00 PM
Registration (SSC)
7:45 AM — 8:45 AM
Continental Breakfast (SSC Ballroom)
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Exhibitors (SSC)
9:00 AM —10:45 AM
PLENARY SESSION I
Conference Opening (SSC Theater)
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
Presiding: Dr. Paulinus Chigbu, Director, NOAA LMRCSC
Dr. Patrick Liverpool, Interim Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs, UMES
9:10 AM – 9:25 AM
Welcome: Dr. Juliette B. Bell, President UMES
9:25 AM – 10:40 AM
Guest Speakers
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA Administrator
Representative Andrew P. Harris (R-MD1)
Dr. Joann Boughman, Senior Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs,
University System of Maryland
10:45 AM —11:00 AM
BREAK (SSC Ballroom)
11:10 AM —12:30 PM
PLENARY SESSION II
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Harnessing Environmental Intelligence: How CSCs Meet the
Needs of Stakeholders (SSC Theater)
Presiding: Dr. Bradley Stevens, Distinguished Scientist, NOAA
LMRCSC
Speakers: Dr. Richard (Rick) Spinrad, NOAA Chief Scientist
Dr. William B. Rossow, Distinguished Professor, NOAA
CREST
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM
Transition to Luncheon
12:45 PM — 2:00 PM
Lunch (SSC Ballroom)
1:10 PM – 1:15 PM
Opening Remarks: Dr. Moses Kairo, Dean, School of Agricultural
and Natural Sciences
1:15 PM – 1:25 PM
Presiding: Louisa Koch, NOAA Director of Education
Introduction: Louisa Koch, NOAA Director of Education
1:25 PM – 1:45 PM
Guest Speaker: Dr. Richard Merrick, Chief Science Advisor for
NOAA Fisheries
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Closing Remarks: Louisa Koch, NOAA Director of Education
2:15 PM— 5:00 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION & CONCURRENT SESSIONS
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Future Professional Workforce: EPP CSCs Meeting Future
Professional Workforce needs
Panel Discussion 1: EPP Student Cooperative Science Center
Post-Doctorates and Students (Ella Fitzgerald Center)
Presiding: Dr. Marlene Kaplan, NOAA Education Deputy Director
Speakers:
NOAA ECSC: Dr. Daniel Osborne, Postdoctoral Fellow, FAMU
LaTrisha Allen, Ph.D. candidate, FAMU
NOAA LMRCSC: Dr. William Gardner, Postdoctoral Fellow, UMES
LaTreese Denson, M.S. student, OSU,
NOAA CREST: Andrea Gomez, M.S. student, CUNY
Jose Pillich, Ph.D. candidate, CUNY
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NOAA NCAS: Dr. Ebony Roper, Postdoctoral Fellow, Howard
University
Myrna Santiago, Ph.D. candidate, UPRM
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
BREAK (Henson Center)
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Concurrent Student Sessions (CSS) (Henson Center Ballrooms)
CSS1: There’s An App For That: Scholarships, Graduate Programs,
and Post-Docs – Dr. LaToya Myles, Session Chair, NOAA OAR;
Sandra Sarvis, NOAA Hollings Program; Dr. Daniel Osborne, NOAA
ECSC, FAMU; Emily Tewes, 2014 Knauss Policy Fellow
CSS2: Making the Transition from Student to Professional–
Dr. April Croxton, Session Chair, NOAA NEFSC; Dr. Thomas Bigford,
American Fisheries Society; Dr. Nikola Garber, NOAA Sea Grant;
Dr. Joel Llopiz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; and Dr.
Kersey Sturdivant, Duke University
CSS3: Last One Standing: Learn How to Build Exceptional and
Professional Documents (CV/Resume) to Attract your Employer
Dr. Larry Alade, Session Chair, NOAA NEFSC; Dr. Ebony Roper,
NOAA NCAS, Howard Univ.; Dr. Ayeisha Brinson, NOAA NMFS; Dr.
Beverly Pike, American Fisheries Society
6:00 PM — 8:00 PM
SW2: Writing Successful Proposals (SSC Ballroom)
Dr. Marian Westley, Session Chair, NOAA OCS; Dr. Dionne
Hoskins, NOAA LMRCSC, NOAA NMFS/SSU; Marisa Litz, NOAA
LMRCSC and NOAA EPP GRTSP Scholar; Dr. Andrea Johnson, NSF;
Dr. Beth Turner, NOAA NOS
DAY 2, TUESDAY- October 28, 2014
7:30 AM — 5:00 PM
Registration (SSC)
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Exhibitors (SSC)
7:45 AM — 9:15 AM
Continental Breakfast (SSC Ballroom)
Panel Discussion 2: EPP Student/CSC Alumni Panel discussion
Dr. Shakila Merchant, Morann Dagan, Carlos Lopez, Andrea
Gomez, Session Chairs, NOAA CREST; Dr. Jonathan Muñoz
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Barreto, UPR; Dr. Joel Llopiz, WHOI; Dr. Michael Hicks, NOAA
NWS; Dr. LaToya Myles, NOAA OAR ARL
9:30 AM —12:30 PM
CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS (Henson Center Ballroom & the
Ella Fitzgerald Center)
Lead Organizer: Dr. Margaret Sexton, NOAA LMRCSC, UMES
CTS1: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation (Henson Center Ballroom
1112)
Presiding: Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi, Director, NOAA CREST
CTS2: Weather‐Ready Nation (Henson Center Ballroom 1116)
Presiding: Dr. Vernon Morris, Director, NOAA NCAS
CTS3: Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies (Henson
Center Ballroom 1118)
Presiding: Dr. Michael Abazinge, Director, NOAA ECSC
CTS4: Healthy Oceans (Ella Fitzgerald Auditorium)
Presiding: Dr. Brad Stevens, NOAA LMRCSC
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
BREAK (Henson Center)
12:45 PM —2:00 PM
Luncheon and Focus Group Discussions (SSC Ballroom)
Dr. Maurice Crawford, Session Chair, Deputy Director, NOAA
LMRCSC
FG1: Question & Answer Session with NOAA Personnel
Dr. Ayeisha Brinson, NOAA NMFS; Dr. DaNa Carlis, NOAA NWS;
Catalina Martinez, NOAA OER
FG2: Preparing for Careers in the Private Sector
Dr. Leona Charles, Northrop Grumman; Jeff Shull, Science Systems
and Application Inc.
2:15 PM — 4:30 PM
CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS (Henson Center Ballrooms &
the Ella Fitzgerald Center)
CTS5: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation (Henson Center Ballroom
1112)
Presiding: Dr. Roy Armstrong, NOAA CREST-UPRM
CTS6: Weather‐Ready Nation (Henson Center Ballroom 1116)
Presiding: Dr. Thomas Gill, NOAA NCAS-UTEP
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CTS7: Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies (Henson
Center Ballroom 1118)
Presiding: Dr. Charles Jagoe, Distinguished Scientist, NOAA ECSC
CTS8: Healthy Oceans (Ella Fitzgerald Auditorium)
Presiding: Dr. Jessica Miller, Project Director, NOAA LMRCSC-OSU
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
BREAK (Henson Center)
4:45 PM —7:00 PM
Poster Viewing (William P Hytche Athletic Center)
Presiding: Dr. Margaret Sexton NOAA LMRCSC and Chantell
Haskins
4:45 PM – 8:00 PM
Exhibits and Networking (William P. Hytche Athletic Center)
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Dinner (William P. Hytche Athletic Center)
DAY 3, WEDNESDAY - October 29, 2014
7:45 AM — 8:45 AM
Continental Breakfast (SSC Ballroom)
9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS (non-students)
9:00 AM – 10:10 AM
CTS9: Strategies for Enhancing Student Internship and Research
Experiences at NOAA Labs (SSC Theater)
Dr. Audrey Trotman, Session Chair, NOAA EPP
10:20 AM – 11:30 AM
CTS10: Effective Mentoring of Students (SSC Theater)
Dr. Deidre Gibson, Session Chair, NOAA LMRCSC, Hampton
University; Krystal Pree, Ph.D. candidate NOAA ECSC, FAMU; Dr.
Lonnie Gonsalves, NOAA NCCOS
9:00 AM —11:30 AM
CONCURRENT STUDENT SESSIONS: Tips for Securing a Job
(Henson Center Ballrooms and the Ella Fitzgerald Center)
9:00 AM – 10:10 AM &
10:20 AM – 11:30 AM
9:00 AM – 10:10 AM &
10:20 AM – 11:30 AM
CSS5a: Successful Interviewing Skills (Henson Center Ballroom 1112)
Dr. Jolvan Morris, Session Chair, NOAA LMRCSC, SSU; Tiffany
Baskerville NOAA ECSC, FAMU; Kelli Seaberry, NOAA WFMO
CSS5b: How to Begin your Professional Job Search (Henson Center
Ballroom 1116)
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Dr. Vernon Morris, Session Chair, Director, NOAA NCAS; Christine
Carpino, Acting Director, NOAA Workforce Management Office;
Dr. Anthony Cochran, Physicist, Engility Corporation;
Cornelius Grady, Director of Business Development, Global
Networkers; Dr. Scott Rudlosky, Physical Scientist, NOAA NESDIS
9:00 AM – 10:10 AM &
10:20 AM – 11:30 AM
CSS5c: How to Successfully Secure a Private Sector Job
(Henson Center Ballroom 1118)
Dr. Shakila Merchant, Session Chair, NOAA CREST Dr. Leona
Charles, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (CREST Alumna);
Murty Divakarla, IMSG; Mitch Goldberg, JPSS Program Scientist,
NOAA NESDIS JPSSO
9:00 AM – 10:10 AM &
10:20 AM – 11:30 AM
CSS5d: How to Initiate and Build Collaborative Relationships
(Ella Fitzgerald Auditorium)
Dr. Jessica Miller, Session Chair, NOAA LMRCSC, OSU; Dr. Lonnie
Gonsalves, NOAA NCCOS, Mayra Lopez, NOAA ECSC, TAMUCC;
Dr. Philip Hoffman, NOAA OAR CI; Kelli Seaberry, NOAA WFMO
11:30 AM – 11:55 AM
BREAK (Henson Center and SSC)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Awards Presentation: Announcement of Oral and Poster
Presentations Winners (Ella Fitzgerald Auditorium)
Presiding: Dr. Maurice Crawford, NOAA LMRCSC
Dr. Audrey Trotman, NOAA EPP CSC Program Manager
Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes, Dean, School of Graduate Studies,
UMES
1:15 PM — 2:00 PM
Boxed Lunch (Henson Center)
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PRESENTATIONS and POSTERS by TECHNICAL SESSIONS
CTS1: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation
Chair: Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi (Director, NOAA CREST)
Presentation
Time
CTS1.01
9:30 AM
CTS1.02
9:45 AM
CTS1.03
10:00 AM
CTS1.04
10:15 AM
CTS1.05
10:30 AM
CTS1.06
10:45 AM
Break
11:00 AM
CTS1.07
11:15 AM
CTS1.08
11:30 AM
CTS1.09
11:45 AM
CTS1.10
12:00 PM
CTS1.11
12:15 PM
Henson Center Ballroom 1
Presenter
Title
Spatial distribution of rainfall extreme
Ali Hamidi
fields using weather radar data
First record of the genus Apolochus
Hoover & Bousfield, 2001 (Crustacea:
Andres G. MoralesAmphipoda: Amphilochidae) in
Nunez
Maryland Coastal Bays, Mid-Atlantic
region, USA
Using UAVSAR to create land cover
Stivaly Paulino
classifications for the Papaya Samiria
and the Everglades
The NASA's measures GOZCARDS
John Anderson
project H2O data set and comparisons
with SWOOSH
Horizontal vs. vertical patterns of gene
Xaymara Serrano
flow in the Caribbean brooding coral
Porites asteriods
Examining the chemical and biological
Valerie Keene
characteristics of aerosols
Refreshments provided in Henson Center
Using lidar to examine extinction
Steven Buckner
coefficients and Raman scattering
Hyper-spectral retrievals from the
Infrared Atmospheric Sounding
Christopher Spells
Interferometer (IASI) during the NOAA
Aerosol and Ocean Science
Expeditions (AEROSE)
Aerosol-cloud interaction using multiple
ground based remote sensing
Zaw Han
instruments and satellite comparison in
urban region
Clouds of extratropical cyclones: impact
James Polly
on cyclone strength and climate
The relevancy to providing
interdisciplinary research in Water,
Karretta Venable
Climate, and Health (WCH) disciplines
for underprivileged communities in
Ethiopia
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CTS2: Weather-Ready Nation
Chair: Dr. Vernon Morris (Director, NCAS)
Presentation
Time
CTS2.01
9:30 AM
CTS2.02
9:45 AM
CTS2.03
10:00 AM
CTS2.04
10:15 AM
CTS2.05
10:30 AM
CTS2.06
Break
10:45 AM
11:00 AM
CTS2.07
11:15 AM
CTS2.08
11:30 AM
CTS2.09
11:45 AM
CTS2.10
12:00 PM
CTS2.11
12:15 PM
Henson Center Ballroom 2
Presenter
Title
Crossing the predictability
desert: prospects for improving
Jennifer Kennedy
extended-range weather
prediction
Global historical trends in
extreme precipitation in
Behzad Asadieh
observations and climate
models
Retrieval of river ice parameters
for ice jam prediction with
Simon Kraatz
MODIS on the lower
Susquehanna
2011 tornado outbreaks:
Shadya Sanders
comparing fatality demographics
in the United States
Sargassum: ugly invader or
Michael Rittenhouse
coppice mound creator?
Morann Dagan
IR lidar for aerosol detection
Refreshments provided in Henson Center
Determining dominant air-mass
Mariana Güereque
type during AEROSE-V in the
tropical Atlantic Ocean
A comparison of air quality
model simulations with
William Stockwell
observations of tropospheric
ozone mixing ratios for the Paso
del Norte Region, Texas
Atmospheric aerosol impacts on
Mayra Oyola
sea surface temperatures and
medium range forecast
Characterizing the evolution and
intrusion of ozone in the
John Sullivan
troposphere using a
transportable ozone lidar
Dust deposition and biota
Jose A. Rivas Jr.
dispersal by wind storms in the
Chihuahuan Desert
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CTS3: Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies
Chair: Dr. Michael Abazinge (Director, NOAA ECSC)
Presentation
Time
CTS3.01
9:30 AM
CTS3.02
9:45 AM
CTS3.03
10:00 AM
CTS3.04
10:15 AM
CTS3.05
10:30 AM
CTS3.06
10:45 AM
Break
11:00 AM
CTS3.07
11:15 AM
CTS3.08
11:30 AM
CTS3.09
11:45 AM
CTS3.10
12:00 PM
CTS3.11
12:15 PM
Henson Center Ballroom 3
Presenter
Title
Evaluating the effectiveness of
activated Green infrastructure in
Patrick Connally
reducing wastewater discharge to
coastal waters
Potential use of the ivory barnacle
(Balanus eburneus) as a monitoring tool
Crystal Martinez
of ecosystem recovery in Texas
southmost estuaries
The socioeconomic importance of
Austin Flinn
fishing in Port Salerno, Florida
Nekton abundance and diversity
Matthew Stone
relative to water quality in Blackbird
Creek, Delaware
A quantitative study of the
socioeconomic factors affecting entryTao Gong
stay-exit behavior of bluecrab watermen
in Maryland
Evaluation of biological and physical
Tiffany Ward
parameters of natural and restored
oyster reefs in Georgia
Refreshments provided in Henson Center
Drivers of mesozooplankton dynamics
Efeturi Oghenekaro
in the Maryland Coastal Lagoons
Restoring Crassostrea virginica: a
review of restoration effort and
Brittany Blomberg
environmental accounting methods for
quantifying success.
Ground penetrating radar survey of
Dominique Marshall
Edenton Green for early structural
remains
Application of generalized additive
Withdrawn: Rolando
models (GAMs) to assess threshold
Santos
responses of nektonic populations to
seagrass seascape spatial properties
Development of novel microsatellite
markers putatively linked to
reproductive hormones for the
Chante Davis
differentiation of closely related runs of
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha) in Siletz River, OR
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CTS4: Healthy Oceans
Chair: Dr. Bradley Stevens (Distinguished Scientist, NOAA LMRCSC)
Presentation
Time
CTS4.01
9:30 AM
CTS4.02
9:45 AM
CTS4.03
10:00 AM
CTS4.04
10:15 AM
CTS4.05
10:30 AM
CTS4.06
10:45 AM
Break
11:00 AM
CTS4.07
11:15 AM
CTS4.08
11:30 AM
CTS4.09
11:45 AM
CTS4.10
12:00 PM
CTS4.11
12:15 PM
Ella Fitzgerald Auditorium
Presenter
Title
First stage in a collaborative effort to
María Angélica Cardona- develop a forecasting product that
Maldonado
integrates both temperature and light
stress
Re-creating the lionfish invasion by
simulation to test initial invasion
Dominique Lazarre
scenarios and evaluate
metapopulation connectedness
Turtle seagrass (Thallasia testudinum)
Monica Delgado
decomposition and nitrogen dynamics
in a subtropical estuarine system
Characterizing the stomach
Ammar Hanif
microbiome of two menhaden species
using metabarcoding
Tales of landings and legacies:
Dionne Hoskins
African Americans in Georgia’s
coastal fisheries
Towards an understanding of the
André Price
early life history of river herring
Refreshments provided in Henson Center
The variability of virus lethal to blue
Shanai Brown
crabs (Callinectes sapidus)
Life history and ecology of mysids in
Ejiroghene Mayor
the Coastal Bays of Maryland
Methods for reconstructing sea turtle
Matthew Ramirez
life history
Sexual maturity of the deep-sea red
Stephanie Martínezcrab (Chaceon quinquedens) in the
Rivera
Mid-Atlantic Bight
Nivette M Perez-Perez
Effects of diet and temperature on the
development of larval stages of the
red deepsea crab (Chaceon
quinquedens) in laboratory conditions
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CTS5: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation
Chair: Dr. Roy Armstrong (NOAA CREST-UPRM)
Henson Center Ballroom 1
Presenter
Title
Hourly size distribution of aerosol
Elsa Castilloe
mass concentration over the tropical
Atlantic Ocean
Development and validation of remote
sensing-based surface inundation
Katherine Jensen
products for vector-borne disease risk
in East Africa
Investigating supraglacial lake
Erik Orantes
drainage using seismic activity
The thermodynamic impact of the
Adrian Flores
Saharan dust over the tropical North
Atlantic during AEROSE-III
Refreshments provided in Henson Center
Presentation
Time
CTS5.01
2:15 PM
CTS5.02
2:30 PM
CTS5.03
2:45 PM
CTS5.04
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
CTS5.05
3:30 PM
Randall Abate
CTS5.06
3:45 PM
Churchill Okonkwo
CTS5.07
4:00 PM
Matthew Gibbons
CTS5.08
4:15 PM
Jose Pillich
Atmospheric trust litigation: new hope
for climate justice?
Slow recovery of Lake Chad level as
early warning signal for abrupt climate
change
Investigating the impacts of dust on
deep convective clouds using WRFspectral bin microphysics
Green infrastructure planning in New
York City
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CTS6: Weather-Ready Nation
Chair: Dr. Thomas Gill (NCAS-UTEP)
Presentation
Time
CTS6.01
2:15 PM
CTS6.02
2:30 PM
CTS6.03
2:45 PM
CTS6.04
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
CTS6.05
3:30 PM
CTS6.06
3:45 PM
CTS6.07
4:00 PM
CTS6.08
4:15 PM
Henson Center Ballroom 2
Presenter
Title
Meteorological influences on regional
Megan K. Payne
particle growth events in Beltsville, MD
during July 2011
Hurricane force winds in extratropical
cyclones: a trajectory analysis of the
Benjamin Albright
wind maximum in the vicinity of the
bent-back front
A proposed method to identify urban
Cassie Stearns
areas utilizing meteorological station
network temperature data
Assessment of upper atmospheric
aerosol plume with satellite
Chowdhury Nazmi
observations and model in the
Northeast USA: implication for remote
sensing of air quality.
Refreshments provided in Henson Center
Physicochemical evolution of Saharan
Karimar Ledesmamineral dust aerosol during the
Maldonado
transport over the North Atlantic Ocean
Aerosols modeling in Puerto Rico during
Jose Tirado
the summer of 2009
Observed behavior of surface-level
Ebony Roper
ozone during Saharan dust outbreaks
over the tropical Atlantic Ocean
Improving terrain and land use
representation in modeling the playa
Daniela Spade
breeze using the weather research and
forecast model
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CTS7: Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies
Chair: Dr. Charles Jagoe (Distinguished Scientist, NOAA ECSC)
Presentation
Time
CTS7.01
2:15 PM
CTS7.02
2:30 PM
CTS7.03
2:45 PM
CTS7.04
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
CTS7.05
3:30 PM
CTS7.06
3:45 PM
CTS7.07
4:00 PM
CTS7.08
4:15 PM
Henson Center Ballroom 3
Presenter
Kristen Lycett
Title
Disease ecology and fisheries
management of the blue crab and its
parasite Hematodinium perezi in the
Maryland and Virginia Coastal Bays
Characterizing dissolved organic matter
from Northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries
Phytoplankton dynamics in Maryland
Ozuem Oseji
Coastal Bays as revealed by pigment
biomarkers
Statistical analysis of salinity responses to
"Duke" Duc Le
river inflow in oyster bed
Refreshments provided in Henson Center
A Cooperative Science Center cross
center collaboration: Environmental &
Jennifer Cherrier
economic assessments of activated green
infrastructure for managing runoff
Using social valuation to identify and
manage the ecosystem services in the
Mayra Lopez
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine
Research Reserve, Texas
Oil rig decommissioning in the Gulf of
Elena Kobrinski
Mexico: policy, socio-economic, and
environmental issues
Evaluating nutrients and mercury in
Amy Edwards
drained wetlands using watershed
modeling and sediment core geochemistry
Daniel Osborne
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CTS8: Healthy Oceans
Chair: Dr. Jessica Miller (Project Director, NOAA LMRCSC-OSU)
Presentation
Time
Ella Fitzgerald Auditorium
Presenter
Title
CTS8.01
2:15 PM
Melinda Martinez
Short-term wetland sediment accretion rates
on Mustang Island, TX
CTS8.02
2:30 PM
Rebekah E.
Rodriguez
Mesophotic coral assemblages of relict reefs
off the south Texas coast
The effects of spatial assumptions and data
availability on stock assessment results in
the presence of a changing environment: A
simulation study
CTS8.03
2:45 PM
LaTreese Denson
CTS8.04
3:00 PM
Laura AlmodóvarAcevedo
Break
3:15 PM
CTS8.05
3:30 PM
Habitat suitability model for black sea bass
(Centropristis striata) in the Chesapeake
Bay
Refreshments provided in Henson Center
Matthew Nuttall
Identification of environmental and
ecological drivers that influence the
dynamics of Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia
patronus) within the Gulf of Mexico
Benthic habitat mapping and bio-optical
characterization for La Parguera Marine
Reserve using passive and active remote
sensing data
CTS8.06
3:45 PM
William Hernandez
CTS8.07
4:00 PM
Mariah Dennis
Analysis of hydrothermal vent communities'
succession after an eruption on the Eastern
Pacific Rise (EPR)
Larry Alade
An approach to incorporating measures of
scientific uncertainty in an index-based
stock assessment for management advice:
a case study for two species of hakes in the
Northwest Atlantic
CTS8.08
4:15 PM
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Poster Session: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
Poster
Number
Presenter
Title
P001
Paul Montagna
Impacts of droughts and low flows on health
and productivity in three Texas lagoons
P002
Siwei Li
P003
Emily Saunders
P004
Sium Gebremariam
P005
Alexis Floyd
P006
Withdrawn: Nima Ehsani
A reservoir operation scheme based on
neural networks to simulate flow alteration
by dams in large scale hydrological models
P007
Moved to CTS1: Xaymara
Serrano
Horizontal vs. vertical patterns of gene flow
in the Caribbean brooding coral Porites
astreoides
Long-term observation of aerosol cloud
relationships in the Mid-Atlantic region
The effect of climate change on ozone air
pollution
Regional wind speed comparison of climate
models, ERA-Interim reanalysis and
observations
Impact of ENSO on ozone concentration
across Mississippi
P008
Carlos Luis Perez Diaz
Near−surface air temperature and snow skin
temperature comparison from CREST-SAFE
station data with MODIS land surface
temperature data
P009
Larry Page, Jr.
Ready, set, gone! Global climate change can
drive three Florida species to extinction, but
the law can save them
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Poster Session: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
P010
Amy Judkins
Taking it to the bank: how Florida’s
contribution to the intrusion of salt water into
the Everglades constitutes a “taking” of the
tribal lands of the Miccosukee Tribe: can the
“taking” be compensated through “blue
carbon” banking?
P011
Maryam Karimi
Impact of environmental factors in variation
of temperature in respect to Urban Heat
Island, Manhattan, New York
P012
Olamide Olawoyin
Effects of nitrogen addition on greenhouse
gas emissions in a salt marsh in MA
P013
Jason Caldwell
P014
Eric May
P015
Kohinoor Mahi
The spatial manifestation of floods in the
Northeast USA
P016
Ricardo Sakai
Planetary boundary layer and air quality
study at Howard University Beltsville
Campus
P017
Brittany Hailey
Statistical analysis of watershed data for
USACE climate-vulnerability assessment
Application of cavity-ring down spectroscopy
to quantify NH3 fluxes from fertilizer
application in the mid-west U.S.
An examination of the autochthonous
sources of urea in watersheds
P018
Robert Loughman
Gauss-Seidel Limb Scattering (GSLS)
radiative transfer model development in
support of the Ozone Mapping and Profiler
Suite (OMPS) Limb Profiler Mission
P019
Mosissa Fayissa
Cu(II) complex as a sensor for nitric oxide
(NO) using fluorescence spectroscopy
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Poster Session: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
Relationship between aquatic diversity and
salt marsh grasses in Blackbird Creek,
Delaware
P020
Katharine Ommanney
P021
Rosette Gonzalez
P022
Equisha Glenn
Detection of regional sea surface
temperature warming in the Caribbean and
surrounding region
P023
Hillary Dean
Utilization of a fine-scale telemetry array to
examine Gulf sturgeon behavior and
movement patterns in Choctawhatchee Bay,
Florida
P024
John O'Donnell
Using three decades of Landsat TM data to
examine Georgia coastal salt marsh
vegetation
P025
Anthony K. Cochran
Potential negative human health effects of
Isocyanic Acid (HNCO), a product of
combustion
P026
Julio I. Vidal Salcedo
Analyzing changes in the intensity and
frequency of flash floods in the municipality
of Fajardo
P027
Andrew Kluge
Investigating the population density of the
fresh water mussel (Elliptio complanata) in
the Brandywine Creek
P028
Stacy Smith
The effect of ocean acidification on estuarine
and marine larval fish otolith growth
Yasmin Detres
Contribution of Northern Africa geographical
dust sources to dust episodes reaching the
Island of Puerto Rico during the summer of
2011
P029
Valley fever studies in the Paso del Norte
Region
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Poster Session: Weather-Ready Nation
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
Poster
Number
Presenter
P030
Scott D. Rudlosky
The 2014 CICS-MD Institute of Research
and Collaboration for Undergraduate
Students (CIRCUS)
P031
Ricardito Vargas
Synoptic patterns associated with northeast
and southeast ice storms
P032
David Melecio Vazquez
New York heat wave 2013 Urban Boundary
Layer Static Stability Catalog
P033
Fernanda Ramos-Garces
Identifying Soufrière Hills volcanic ash
particles and Saharan dust using Aerosol
Robotic Network (AERONET) sun
photometer, satellite imagery and trajectory
models
P034
Rosa Fitzgerald
Title
The application of theoretical physical
models in atmospheric research
Mobile surface-based weather observations
across spatial scales: A component of
“Coordinated Mesoscale Measurements in
Mississippi” (CM3)
P035
Loren White
P036
Jaylond Harvey & Loren
White
P037
David New
P038
Jessica Izumi
Sources of aerosol organic carbon and
elemental carbon in Colorado during
DISCOVER-AQ
P039
Jared Johnson
Chemical and physical properties of fine
particulate matter in Colorado during
DISCOVER-AQ
NCAS CAREERS Weather Camps at
Jackson State University: program
development and personal case study
A unified model of the planetary boundary
layer and shallow cumulus convection
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Poster Session: Weather-Ready Nation
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
Modeling New York City impacts on Long
Island weather
P040
Luis Ortiz
P041
Denna Geppi
#Hurricane Sandy: An analysis of Instagram
photos using the CAUSE Model to determine
Risk Communication Practices
P042
Tiana C. Jones
Development of a strategic plan for fostering
better relationships with Native American
Tribes for environmental conservation
P043
Daniel Wesloh
Comparison of rap forecast wind data with
lidar measurements in the Maryland wind
energy area
P044
Michael Hill
A comparison of SAGE II v6.2 and v7.0
Ozone Data
P045
Remata Reddy
Impacts of Saharan dust transport over
Atlantic on particulate matter, ozone and
health Effects
P046
Ruben Delgado
CREST Lidar network observations for air
quality and wind energy research
P047
Daniel Yeager
Saharan dust particulate characterization
and source region verification
20
Poster Session: Resilient Coastal Communities and
Economies
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
Poster
Number
Presenter
Title
The effect of interactions between the
bacterial community structure and
Hematodinium perezi in the Chincoteague
Bay on the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus
P048
Sabrina Klick
P049
Loren Vasquez
Big storms, big debt, and Biggert-Waters
P050
Farrah Daham
Measurements of offshore wind resource
over Maryland for strategic planning and
development of offshore wind energy
projects
P051
Kevin Williams, II
Groundwater contamination in the
Mississinewa watershed: Remediation and
outreach
P052
Turquoise Perlote
Bioaccumulation of heavy metal and
metalloid in Crassostrea virginica in the Gulf
of Mexico
P053
Foudan Salem
Hyperspectral remote sensing for monitoring
turbidity and nutrients dynamics in the
Blackbird Creek, Delaware
P054
Elizabeth Del Rosario
Algal growth associated with Virginia wildrye
(Elymus virginicus) and South Dakota rye
(Secale cereal) root exudates.
P055
Mariamar Gutierrez Ramirez
Using plasma metabolites in Trans-Gulf
migratory birds to assess the ecological
function of a Florida Gulf Coast barrier island
William Gardner
Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls
in the muscle of striped bass (Morone
saxatilis) from the US mid-Atlantic coast,
near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina: effects
of lengths with relevance to the fish
consumption advisories
P056
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Poster Session: Resilient Coastal Communities and
Economies
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
P057
Ibrahim Farah
Physicochemical, microbiological, and
source-tracking parameters of water quality
in the Grand Bay NERR in Mississippi
P058
Alan Kneidel
The influence of coastal weather patterns on
the use of a Florida barrier island by TransGulf migrants
P059
Jennifer Cherrier
Multidisciplinary techniques in marine
science policy: An ECSC center wide model
for training the next generation of ocean
scientists
P060
Justin Shaifer
Using content analysis to explore
communication of coastal resilience
indicators
P061
Karlisa Callwood
P062
Withdrawn: Maria Rodriguez
Connectivity, condos, and catch: Analyzing
the State of the Bahamian Spiny lobster
fishery
Monitoring Dermo in eastern oyster
Crassostrea virginica populations throughout
Mission-Aransas Estuary in South Texas
Fundulus as a phylogenetic model for
ecological risk assessments: increasing
ecological relevance and reducing
uncertainty
P063
Mark A. Dugo
P064
Daryl Sibble
Estimating atmospheric NH3 exchange in the
Midwestern U.S. using SURFATM-NH3
P065
Brian Carroll
The Lidar Uncertainty Measurement
Experiment (LUMEX) and Dual Doppler
Lidar
P066
Tedra Booker
The use of biomarkers to assess intersex
characteristics of white perch (Morone
Americana) due to exposure to endocrine
disruptors in six tributaries of the
Chesapeake Bay watershed
P067
Moved to CTS3: Tao Gong
A qualitative study of the socioeconomic
factors affecting entry-stay-exit behavior of
the blue crab watermen in Maryland
22
Poster Session: Resilient Coastal Communities and
Economies
P068
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
Vitellogenin (Vtg) in male striped killifish
(Fundulus majalis) and mummichog
(Fundulus heteroclitius): biomarker for
Rehab Elfadul
exposure to Contaminant of Emerging
Concerns (CECs) in Maryland Coastal Bays
(MCBs)
P069
Rowan Bado
P070
Symone Johnson
Effects of urban stormwater runoff and
mitigation with 'green' infrastructure
Using a recreational angler survey to build a
conservation plan for sand tigers (Carcharias
taurus) in Delaware Bay
P071
Withdrawn: Lisa Wickliffe
Development of an interactive educational
website for commonly-used residential
pesticides in Southeastern US coastal
counties
P072
Aicha Toure
Ghana IUU fishing practices poison coastal
waters, economy with carbide, DDT
P073
Kendra Wood
The use of vitellogenin as a biomarker in
white perch (Morone americana)
P074
Taylor Kline
Generation of double-transgenic
zebrafish:
a PCR screening approach to
identify homozygotes
P075
Smit Vasquez Caballero
Modeling spatial-temporal fishing effort of
the West Coast Salmon Fishery
P076
Keya Jackson
A qualitative and quantitative approach to
assessing the impact of black gill on
commercial shrimp trawlers in Georgia
23
Poster Session: Healthy Oceans
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
Poster
Number
Presenter
Title
P077
Renita Bostic
A study of the sea-surface temperature
induced recruitment patterns for striped bass
in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem
P078
Jacqueline McComb
P079
Detbra Rosales
P080
Luz Lumb
Carbon and the biogeochemical cycling of
heavy metals and trace elements in the
Grand Bay
Molecular techniques in detecting harmful
dinoflagellates in the Maryland Coastal Bays
Identifying key habitat conservation needs
for the endangered whooping crane (Grus
americana) along the central Texas coast
P081
Andrea Gomez
Evaluating the effects of temperature stress
on the fluorescence and reflectance
signatures of coral using point-specific
hyperspectral remote sensing
P082
Shareena Cannonier
The effects of activated carbon on seawater
carbon chemistry and copepod larvae
John Schalles
The mangroves are coming? The
mangroves are coming! Mapping,
monitoring, and freeze recovery of Avicennia
germinans in Texas
Marissa Dotson
Probabilistic prediction of wetland response
to sea level rise in the Galveston Bay, Texas
area via a Bayesian network
Symone Gyles
Can near-term pregnant gray whales
(Eschrichtius robsutus) be distinguished
from other southbound gray whales in
vertical aerial photographs based on shape?
Hector Malagon
Recruitment, growth and loss rates of youngof-the-year summer flounder (Paralichthys
dentatus) in the Maryland Coastal Bays
(MCBs)
P083
P084
P085
P086
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Poster Session: Healthy Oceans
P087
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
Evaluation of high salinity relaying as a postharvest-processing method to reduce the
Sara Elmahdi
abundance of Vibrio bacteria in Chesapeake
Bay oysters (Crassostrea virginica)
P088
Myrna J. Santiago
Hurricane forcing of phytoplankton biomass
in the Sargasso Sea: New insights from
2000-2010 Hurricane Season
P089
Mario Marquez
Recovery of ecosystem function as indicated
by litter decay in estuaries linked to Lower
Laguna Madre, Texas
Erica Dasi
Regulation of gene expression in the toxic
dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae: Using a
yeast eIF4E knockout strain to assess the
function of dinoflagellate eIF4Es
P091
Marisa Litz
Effect of dietary fatty acids on juvenile
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha) growth, lipid composition, and
swimming performance
P092
Alexis Sturm
Oocyte development in white perch (Morone
americana)
P093
Claudia Tamez
Gauging wetland restoration status based on
polychaete metrics
P094
Larry Redd Jr
Effects of temperature and feed type on
gastric evacuation of aquacultured pompano
(Trachinotus carolinus)
P095
Cara Schweitzer
P096
Wilmelie Cruz-Marrero
P090
P097
Shadaesha Green
Disturbance of marine benthic ecosystems
by commercial trap fishing
Habitat characterization of Maryland offshore
wind power sites
Understanding the reproductive
endocrinology of the red deepsea crab,
Chaceon quinquedens: identification of
reproductive regulators and vitellogenin
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Poster Session: Healthy Oceans
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
P098
P099
Isaiah Adams
Tiffany Baskerville
Lettuce development under nutrient regimes
with kelp, fish emulsion and synthetic
fertilizers
Assessing the impact of the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill on indigenous bacterial
communities: a biogeochemical and
molecular approach
Integrated inland culture of white shrimp and
Gracilaria species for food and bioenergy
production
P100
Xavier Henry
P101
Nianhong Chen
P102
Wyntin Goodman
Kinetic study of exoenzymatic alkaline
phosphatase activity in the Maryland Coastal
Bays
P103
Rachel Thornton
Urea's impact on Gracilaria growth in the
Delmarva Coastal Bays
P104
Mason King
Evaluation of urea production from dissolved
nitrogen in saturated soils
LaTrisha Allen
Biomarkers of PAH exposure in livers and
bile of red snapper from Northern Gulf of
Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
P106
Kenya Bynes
Environmental factors affecting the
abundance and distribution of juvenile spot
(Leiostomus xanthurus) in Maryland Coastal
Bays
P107
Cloee Grainger
Density-dependent growth and mortality of
juvenile spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) in
Maryland Coastal Bays
P108
Jamila Tull
Special underwater places: video of benthic
organisms and SImoN Photo Library
P105
Evaluation of groundwater discharge to the
Maryland Coastal Bays using dissolved
barium
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Poster Session: Healthy Oceans
P109
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
Seasonal variability in the composition and
Jessica A. Miller
biochemistry of the copepod community
within the Northern California Current
P110
Efosa Igbinigun
Novel surface modification of
polyethersulfone membrane:
characterizations and anti-fouling properties
P111
Matthew Maxwell
Determination of vitellogenin in white perch
as a biomarker of exposure to estrogenic
compounds
P112
Portia Caldwell
Coral Health Biomarker Studies- A
Multidisciplinary Laboratory Investigations
With Cultured Corals
P113
Endia Casley
Coral health biomarker studies –
multidisciplinary laboratory investigations
with coral (Montipora capitata) larvae
P114
Lori A. Lester
Effects of sea level rise on barrier island
habitat availability for neotropical migrant
songbirds
P115
Christopher Brown
P116
Baruch Volkis
P117
Chelsea Richardson
P118
Dev Gurung
P119
P120
Ginna Arevalo
Lindsey Hughes
NOAA’s Operational Ecological Forecasting
roadmap
Probing polymeric blends with natural
extracts from sponge, algae, berries and
herbs for antifouling protection against
barnacles and other fouling factors
Determination of Contaminants of Emerging
Concern (CECs) in Maryland Coastal Bays
Evaluation of sorption/desorption of
phosphorus in sediments of the Maryland
Coastal Bays
Is illegal fishing in Colombia a global
business? a case study for the
implementation of an observers program in
U.S. Free Trade Agreements
Elevated levels of urea nitrogen exist in
coastal waters: a study of sources and
causes
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Poster Session: Healthy Oceans
4:45-7:00 PM
William P. Hytche Athletic Center
Chemically defended Hawaiian sea slug
reveals abundance of bacteria associated
with algal grazing and mucus secretion
P121
Jeanette Davis
P122
Veronica Pereira
Salinity tolerance of Chrysaora
quinquecirrha ephyrae
P123
Chardonay Elliott
Stable isotope signatures suggest different
feeding strategies for Atlantic and Gulf
menhaden
P124
Blessing Edje
Downstream movement of urea in Manokin
watershed
P125
Nichelle Smith
The dietary significance of phytoplankton:
lipid and fatty acids in the lower trophic
levels
P126
Kevin Coles
Production of mummichogs (Fundulus
heteroclitus) using biofloc technology
P127
Withdrawn: Dorothy A.
Jackson
Sensor microarrays for nitrite detection
P128
Jolvan Morris
P129
Jennifer A. Gut
P130
Shanna Williamson
P131
David Marsan
P132
Shaneese Mackey
Identity, place, and traditional knowledge in
African-American fishing communities: a
case study from Harris Neck, Georgia (USA)
Characterization of the fish assemblages
near the mouth of the Savannah River,
Georgia
Long term trends in water quality in
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Adaptation of the cyanobacterium
Synechococcus to the estuarine
environment of the Chesapeake Bay
Comparison of extraction methods for
microbial extracellular polymeric secretions
in coastal Georgia sediments
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The NOAA EPP Forum Planning Executive Committee gratefully acknowledges the engaged, committed
support and outstanding efforts by many individuals and organizations that made the Seventh EPP
Education and Science Forum possible. We also wish to thank the host institution, the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore, members of the Committees (shown below) and all the participants. Special
thanks to our sponsors: NOAA Educational Partnership Program, the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET), and the NOAA
Chapter of Blacks in Government (BIG).
Technical Program Committee
Executive Committee
Margaret Sexton, Bradley Stevens, Andrea
Jacqueline Rousseau, Audrey Trotman and
Johnson, Amelia Potter (UMES) and Kristy
Meka Laster ( all NOAA), Paulinus Chigbu
Wallmo (NOAA)
(UMES), Michael Abazinge (FAMU), Reza
Khanbilvardi (CUNY), Vernon Morris (HU)
Facilities and Rooms Committee
Ali Ishaque, Eric May, Amelia Potter, and
Steering Committee
William Gardner (UMES)
Bradley Stevens, Paulinus Chigbu, Judy Rose
(UMES), Jacqueline Rousseau, Audrey Trotman
On-Site Logistics Committee
and Meka Laster, Renee Spivey (BOS Logistics),
Eric May, Maurice Crawford, Marvin Webb,
Shakila Merchant (CUNY) and Michael Abazinge
Hector Malagon, and Joe Pitula (UMES)
(FAMU)
Judging and Awards Committee
IT Support Committee
Margaret Sexton, Joseph Pitula, Ali Ishaque,
Phil Taylor and Amelia Potter (UMES)
Nianhong Chen, Tao Gong and Salina Parveen
(UMES)
Campus Security Committee
Paulinus Chigbu, Ali Ishaque, and Chief Ernest J.
Event Sponsorship
Leatherbury (UMES)
William Gardner, Paulinus Chigbu, Vernon
Morris (Howard Univ.), Michael Abazinge
Transportation Committee
(FAMU) and Reza Khanbilvardi (CUNY)
Judy Rose, Ida Tilghman and Jicola Sturgis
(UMES)
Student Outreach
Dionne Hoskins (NOAA/SSU), Deidre Gibson
Food Services Committee
(HU) and Jessica Miller (OSU), Meka Laster
Javid Braithwaite, Vernell Symonette, Ida
(NOAA), Jacqueline Rousseau (NOAA), Audrey
Tilghman and Judy Rose (UMES) and Renee
Trotman (NOAA EPP), Jolvan T. Morris (SSU),
Spivey (BOS Logistics)
Marian Westley (NOAA), LaToya Myles (NOAA),
Mayra Lopez (ECSC), Dominique Lazarre
Hotel Reservations Committee
(LMRCSC), Myra Oyola (NCAS), Tiffany
Ida Tilghman and Judy Rose (UMES)
Baskerville (ECSC), Claudia Tamez (ECSC), April
Croxton (NOAA), Larry Alade (NOAA), Lonnie
Gonsalves (NOAA), LaToya Myles (NOAA),
Communications Committee
Melanie Okoro (NOAA), Vernon Morris (HU),
Bill Robinson and Suzanne Street (UMES)
Andrea Gomez (CUNY), Moran Dagan (CUNY),
Carlos Perez (CUNY), DaNa Carlis (NOAA),
Forum Evaluation Committee
Michelle Hawkins (NOAA), Shakila Merchant
Patricia Goslee and Tao Gong (UMES)
(CUNY)
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