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
Postdoctoral Researcher
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
Current Undergraduate Student
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)
Former Graduate Student
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
Former Undergraduate Students
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