Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory
Past Students and Projects
2021
Amanda Bevans
Summer Intern*
Project: "A Half-Century of Crabs and Counting: New Analyses of the Chesapeake's Longest Scientific Blue Crab Survey" (with Amber Staples)
*Amanda re-joined the Ihde Lab in Fall 2021 as a graduate student
Watch Amanda and Amber present their summer research at the Summer Research Symposium here!
Amber Staples
Summer and Fall Intern
Project: "A Half-Century of Crabs and Counting: New Analyses of the Chesapeake's Longest Scientific Blue Crab Survey" (with Amanda Bevans)
Watch Amanda and Amber present their summer research at the Summer Internship Symposium here!
2020
Aliya Adams
RISE Scholar
Project: "Modeling PFAS Biomagnification in the Chesapeake Bay"
Watch Aliya's final presentation here and see her NIH-RISE poster here!
2019
Victoria Agboola
Summer Intern (Co-Advised with Richard Lacouture and Amber DeMarr)
Project: "Seeding of Oyster Larvae on Riprap in St. Leonard Creek" (with Caroline Troy)
Zophia Galván
Research Technician - Blue Crab Survey
Katherine Neilson
Summer Intern (Co-Advised with Richard Lacouture and Dr. Marie Bundy)
Project: "Zooplankton Population Dynamics in Saint Leonard Creek and Adjacent Patuxent River Summer 2019"
Caroline Troy
Summer Intern (Co-Advised with Richard Lacouture and Amber DeMarr)
Project: "Seeding of Oyster Larvae on Riprap in St. Leonard Creek" (with Victoria Agboola) & "Forage Species Data Collection & Public Involvement"
Watch Caroline present her resesearch to the American Fisheries Society here!
Kyle Wood
Summer Intern
Project: "Estimating the Area of Influence of a Baited Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Pot"
2018
Stanley Nwakamma
Summer Intern
Project: "Investigating the Feasibility of Improving the Efficiency of the PEARL Blue Crab Survey"
2017
Maya Oliver
Summer Intern (Co-advised with Dr. Scott Knoche)
Project: "Economic Impacts of Oyster Reef Restoration"