Past Lab

Former Graduate Students

Jake Lawlor @Jake_Lawlor1

Jake Lawlor smiling, standing on a rocky beach, wearing a white lab coat, and holding a dead giant pacific octopus.

Education:

  • Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, Marine and Estuarine Science Program, M.S. in Biology, 2019
  • University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. B.S. Environmental Science, 2016

Thesis Title: “Modeling Effects of Climate Stress on Larval Growth and Behavior of Oysters in the Salish Sea”

Paper: Temperature and salinity, not acidification, predict near-future larval growth and larval habitat suitability of Olympia oysters in the Salish Sea. 

Current Position: Doctoral program, McGill University

Brooke A. McIntyre
Brooke McIntyre standing on the beach at Fidalgo Bay holding a head-sized Pacific oyster up while smiling.

Education:

  • Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. M.S. Environmental Science, 2018
  • Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, B.S. Biology & B.A Environmental Studies 2013

Thesis Title: Current speed affects the vertical distribution of Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida) in Fidalgo Bay, WA

Paper: Location Matters: Passive and Active Factors Affect the Vertical Distribution of Olympia Oyster (Ostrea lurida) Larvae.

Current Position: Biological Research Technician, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Oregon State University

Shannon Buckham

Shannon Buckham smiling and wearing sunglasses at the beach with shore and water in the background.

Education:

Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. B.S. Environmental Science, 2015

Thesis Title: Ocean acidification-induced swimming performance changes in Olympia oyster larvae

Current Position: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Department of Environmental Protection

Former Undergraduate Students

Laila Brubaker (REU 2018)

  • St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, B.A. Chemistry, expected June 2019
  • Research Title: The effects of light and ontogenesis on the vertical distribution of Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida) and clam larvae

Phia Yang (REU 2017)

  • University of Wisconson Madison, Madison, WI. B.S. Biology, expected 2020
  • Research Title: Behavioral effects of ocean acidification on Dendraster excentricusand Ostrea lurida.

Patria Aponte (REU 2017)

  • University of Puerto Rico, Rio Pedras Campus. B.S. Biology, expected 2018
  • Research Title: Effect of climate change on Dendraster excentricus larval feeding behavior and energy storage.
  • Lead Advisor: Dr. M. Brady Olson 

Aiyi Wu (REU 2017)

  • Binghamton University, Seattle, WA. B.A. Biology, expected 2018
  • Research Title: Tidal rhythmic spawning in Fidalgo Bay.

Dana Eckert (WWU ESCI Intern)

  • Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. B.S. Environmental Science, Winter 2017
  • Research Title: Effects of ocean acidification and warming on Olympia oyster larval settlement and juvenile mortality.

Jacob Krodel (REU 2015)

  • Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA. B.A. Biology/Secondary Education, 2017
  • Research Title: Assessing the feeding, growth, energetics, and swimming of a hydrothermal vent gastropod (Shinkailepas n. sp.).

Jake Lawlor (MIMSUP 2015)

  • University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX. B.S. Environmental Science, 2016
  • Research Title: Oysters in a changing ocean: Effects of acidification and warming on Olympia oyster larval swimming and growth.

Chelsea Collins (MIMSUP 2015)

  • Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. B.S. Environmental Science, 2015
  • Research Title: Early life history of three marine snails from chemosynthetic communities.

Guadalupe Cordoba (REU 2014)

  • St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX. B.S. Environmental Science, 2016
  • Research Title: Vertical distribution of Ostrea luridalarvae in Fidalgo Bay, WA.

Torian Jones (MIMSUP 2014)

  • Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA. B.S. Biology, 2016
  • Research Title: Does ocean acidification affect Metacarcinus magisterembryonic development?

Tyler Carrier (REU 2013)

  • University of Maine, Orono, ME. B.S. Marine Science, 2015
  • Research Title: Responses of sand dollar larvae to ctenophore predators.

Samantha Peart (MIMSUP 2013)

  • North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. B.S. Marine Science, 2015
  • Research Title: Analysis of shells and swimming behavior of Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida) larvae exposed to ocean acidification.