PEOPLE

Dr. Andrij Z. Horodysky

Associate Professor
Department of Marine and Environmental Science
Hampton University

2009 PhD in Marine Science, Department of Fisheries Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
2004 M.S. in Marine Science, Department of Fisheries Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
2000 B.S. in Marine Science, Marine Biology Track, Eckerd College

Curriculum vitae

Dr. Cara Schweitzer

Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Marine and Environmental Science
Hampton University

2019 PhD in Ecology, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
2013 M.S. in Biology with a distinction in Neuroscience, Washington University
2007 B.S. in Biology, University of Missouri

Research: The effects of temperature and elevated CO₂ exposure on auditory brainstem responses in soniferous fishes

Curriculum vitae

Maria Hensen

Senior Marine and Environmental Science major at Hampton University

Project: Relationships between metabolic rate and growth rate in fishes of the mid-Atlantic region

Jonathan Nash

Junior Marine and Environmental Science major at Hampton University

Project: Influence of CO₂ exposure on the otolith morphology of a soniferous sciaenid reef species

T’Kiyah Reeves

Sophomore Marine and Environmental major at Hampton University

Project: Effect of optical background on distribution and pigmentation of melanocytes in the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio)

Larry Redd, Jr.

2016 M.S. in Biological Sciences from Hampton University

Thesis: Gastric evacuation and growth of aquacultured juvenile Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus)

2016 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow

Current Position: Fishery Management Specialist, Highly Migratory Species Management Division, US Department of Commerce

Sierra Williams-McLeod

2021 B.S. in Biochemistry from Hampton University

Project: The effects of CO₂ exposure on auditory and visual neurobiology in a coastal fish species

Current Position: NIH PREP Scholar at Vanderbilt University

Kendra Dorsey

2019 B.S. in Marine and Environmental Science from Hampton University

Project: Effect of CO₂ exposure on auditory neurobiology in a tropical marine reef fish

Current Position: Graduate student at the University of Michigan

Olivera Stojilovic

2019 B.S. in Marine and Environmental Science from Hampton University

Project: Blinding Nemo? The “pH”ingerprints of ocean acidification on visual dysfunction in orange clownfish

Current Position: Graduate student at the University of Lund, Sweden

Krista Kraskura

2015 B.S. in Marine and Environmental Science from Hampton University

Project: Effects of feeding rate and feeding frequency on growth of juvenile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus/O. aureus)

2017 M.S. in Biological Sciences/Fish Physiology from Towson University

Current Position: PhD student at UC Santa Barbara

Malik Breland

2015 B.S. in Marine and Environmental Science from Hampton University

Project: Behavioral thermoregulation of Atlantic croaker under hypoxic and normoxic conditions

Current Position: Alaska Fisheries Observer

Elizabeth Seagroves

2012 B.S. in Marine and Environmental Science from Hampton University

Project: Visual ecophysiology of tautog (Tautoga onitis)

2018 M.S. in Forensics at Saint Leo University

Current Position: Event Coordinator, Virginia Living Museum

Kendyl Crawford

2012 B.S. in Marine and Environmental Science from Hampton University

Project: Ontogeny of visual ecophysiology in black sea bass (Serranidae: Centropristis striata)

2012 Marshall Scholarship Recipient

M.S. in Environment Science and Society at University College London

2018 M.S. in Non-Profit Studies at the University of Richmond

Current Position: Director of Virginia Interfaith Power and Light