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Undergraduate Students


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Phoebe Whitbeck
Undergraduate Honors Student 
Honors Thesis: Potential tradeoffs in coral recruit growth and survival under varying light conditions in an ex-situ nursery (2023)

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Ryan Besemer
Undergraduate Honors Student 
Honors Thesis: Does short-term exposure to hypoxia influence their energy reserves in a robust coral species, Oculina arbuscula. (2021)
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Award: Best student poster in Spring Showcase 

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Chad Campbell
Undergraduate Honors Student 
Honors Thesis: How do microplastics affect the health of corals under future oceanic conditions? (2021)

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Carly Stines
Undergraduate Honors Student 
Honors Thesis: How does water fouled from necrotic tissue affect the photosynthetic efficiency of Acropora cervicornis under thermal stress? (2022)

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Ryan Walsh
Undergraduate Honors Student 
Honors Thesis: Screening bacterial isolates for the potential enhancement of recruit survival and growth (2022)
Award: Biology Department achievement award 

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Natalie Snyder
Undergraduate Honors Student 
Honors Thesis: Screening bacterial isolates for the potential enhancement of larval survival (i.e., probiotic) (2022)  


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​University of North Carolina @ Wilmington | Center for Marine Science

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