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  • Sara Harmeyer
    7 November, 2023 by

    I joined the Venturelli lab in August of 2023. I am currently an undergraduate student studying zoology and wildlife conservation. While this is my first research experience, I have previous experience interning at the Indianapolis Zoo and working with marine mammals. I am passionate about marine life and interested in working with them and working […]

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  • Mackensie Shears
    7 November, 2023 by

    I joined the lab as an undergraduate student in the fall 2023. I was motivated to join due to my summer as an REU intern at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. I am pursuing a B.S. in General Biology with a focus on fisheries and a minor in Meteorology and Climatology. My research interests […]

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  • Rocco Boyd
    16 August, 2023 by

    I joined Venturelli lab Fall 2023 as a MSc student. I am a recent graduate of Old Dominion University where I majored in Marine Biology and minored in conservation and sustainability leadership. During the summer of 2023, I interned at Lynnhaven River NOW where I did research on how we can improve the resilience of […]

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  • Wade Schaeffer
    1 June, 2023 by

    I joined the lab as a MSc student in the summer of 2023.  Before joining the lab, I attended Iowa State University, receiving my Batchelor’s in fisheries and a minor in biology.  The last two summers, I have interned with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources as an Aquatic Invasive Species intern and a Hatchery […]

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  • Paton Willbanks
    16 May, 2023 by

    I joined the lab as a MSc student in summer 2023. Before joining the lab, I earned my BSc from Texas Tech University where I also did independent research in an eDNA lab. During the past three summers, I worked as a marine biologist for the Coastal Marine Education and Research Academy in Clearwater, FL […]

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  • Aaron Muehler
    20 April, 2023 by

    I joined the Venturelli lab as a PhD student in the Spring of 2023. Prior to joining, I received my B.S. from South Dakota State University, managed a private aquaculture research lab in Brookings, SD, and am currently finishing up my M.S. at Missouri State University. Broadly speaking, my research interests are centered around using […]

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  • Josef (Josh) Hrabowski
    23 September, 2022 by

    I joined the Lab in May 2022 as a PhD candidate. Before joining the lab, I led a project on local European Whitefish for a state research institute in norther Germany. I earned my M.Sc. in Marine Biology at the University of Rostock (Germany) and my B.Sc. in Marine Biology at Texas A&M at Galveston. […]

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  • Noah Dilley
    8 September, 2022 by

    I’m a fish fanatic. I’ve been around water from a young age and point to that as the reason I’m so passionate about fisheries. I’m and undergraduate in biology and am studying with a concentration in aquatic biology and fisheries. Venturelli’s lab is my first experience with lab work and I’m hopping it’s the first […]

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  • Jessica “Jit” Weir (PhD)
    1 September, 2021 by

    I am an environmental steward, fisheries professional, and music lover. My current research interests focus on utilizing big data to focus management and prevention efforts on the spread of nonindigenous aquatic species. I have been an active American Fisheries Society member since 2010.       Education: M.S., Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University (2018) B.S., […]

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  • Zachary McDonald (MSc)
    1 September, 2021 by

    Zack was lead on three research projects in the lab: Using from catch data from an angler app to infer climate-induced changes in the relative abundance of freshwater game fish in the contiguous United States, Comparing angler movement networks for the state of Minnesota based on two sources of data (vehicle inspection surveys and angler […]

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