| Name | Thesis | Advisor | Year | Degree | Current Activities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Joseph Gradone | On the dynamics of Caribbean through-flow water mass Transport | Miles | 2024 | Ph.D. | |
 | Charlotte Bramich | Bottom Water Characterization of Atlantic Surfclam Habitats off New Jersey's Coast | Daphne Munroe Josh Kohut Alexander Lopez | 2024 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Salvatore Fricano | The Glider Guidance System (GGS): A model-Guilded Path-Planning Program for Advancing Glider Operations through Depth-Averaged Ocean Currents | Scott Glenn Oscar Schofield Alexander Lopez | 2024 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Jesse Noble | A Dive into Theorectical Heat Flux of Diffuse Flow Hydrothermal Vent Plumes and Applications to Extraterrestrial Oceans | Karen Bemis James Miller Alexander Lopez | 2024 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Nicholas Occhiogrosso | Observing Zooplankton Distribution in Relation to Ocean Conditions in the Mid-Atlantic Bight | Grace Saba Josh Kohut Alexander Lopez | 2024 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Scott Pescatore | Correlating fish tag detections to satellite derived water masses and ocean front gradients | Josh Kohut Thomas Grothues Alexander Lopez | 2024 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Trivik Ragha | The Mathematical Physics of Marine Particle Aggregation: A Comoputational Exploration of The Smoluchowski Coagulation Equation | Kay Bidle Robert Chant Matthew Rau (GWU) Alexander Lopez | 2024 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Sophie Scopazzi | Sensor and Behavior Frameworks for Implementing Backseat Driver on a Slocum Glider | Travis Miles Scott Glenn Alexander Lopez | 2024 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Jackie Veatch | Physical Drivers of Food Web Focusing in Marine Ecosystems | Kohut | 2024 | Ph.D. | |
 | Michael Chen | Spatial and Seasonal Controls on Eddy Subduction in the Southern Ocean | Schofield | 2024 | M.S. | |
 | Jake Zappala | Does Prominent Coastal Upwelling along New Jersey Lead to Increases in Offshore Wind Turbine Power Production? | Miles | 2023 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Yachen Li | Estuarine Particle Simulations: The Connection Between Delaware Bay and Offshore Wind Lease Areas | Lopez | 2023 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Rhyan Gretch | Impacts of Oceanic Conditions on North Atlantic Right Whale Distribution on the Nantucket Shoals | Kohut | 2023 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Bre DiRenzi | Biological Response of Spisula Solidissma (Atlantic Surfclams) to Varying Carbonate Chemistry in the Mid-Atlantic Bight | Munroe | 2023 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Emily Busch | A Dip in the Pool: Analyzing the Stability Strength of the Mid-Atlantic Cold Pool | Miles | 2023 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Leslie Birch | Dodging Ships: Is New Jersey Traffic a Threat to Underwater Gliders? | Kohut | 2023 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Malarie O'Brien | Action Argo: adapting the Argo network to collect actionable data and advance intensity forecasts of storms | Lopez | 2023 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Timothy Stolarz | Understanding Ocean Highways: Trends in Surface Current Divergence in Urbanized Coastal Margins for a Predictable Ocean | Lopez | 2022 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | Rutgers University - RUCOOL - CODAR Technician |
 | Casey Jones | Above and Below the Waves: Analysis of Coordinated Surface and Subsurface Autonomous Vehicle Data | Lopez | 2022 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | |
 | Courtney Dreyfus | Aligning the seasonal migrations of North Atlantic Right Whales with oceanic features | Lopez | 2022 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | JASCO - North Carolina |
 | Samuel Coakley | The evolution of a stratified upper ocean under tropical cyclone forcing | Miles | 2022 | M.S. | US Climate Variability and Predictability Program |
 | Schuyler Nardelli | Seasonal dynamics of plankton ecology in coastal Antarctica | Schofield | 2022 | Ph.D. | Knauss Fellowship |
 | Liza Wright-Fairbanks | Observing seasonal cycles, drivers, and potential biological impacts of ocean acidification in the Mid-Atlantic Bight | Saba | 2021 | Ph.D. | Knauss Fellowship |
 | Emily Slesinger | Black sea bass physiology and life history in the context of seasonal and long-term climate change | Saba | 2021 | Ph.D. | NOAA NMFS lab in Newport, Oregon |
 | Ailey Sheehan | Developing an Open-Source Analysis Pipeline For a Glider-Based Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler (AZFP) | Beaird | 2021 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | Haskins Shellfish Lab |
 | Ted Thompson | Best Practices for Sea-Bird Scientific deep ISFET-based pH sensor integrated into a Slocum Webb Glider | Beaird/Saba | 2021 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | U.S. Geological Survey |
 | Clifford Watkins | Mixed Layer Dynamics: Exploring the Impacts of Storms in the Mid Atlantic Bight video | Glenn | 2021 | Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Researcher at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory |
 | Sarah Murphy | Coastal Upwelling and the Offshore Wind Environment | Miles | 2021 | M.S. | Project Scientist- JASCO Applied Sciences, North Carolina |
 | Joe Anarumo | An Open-Source Software Application for Drifter Trajectory Prediction in the Mid-Atlantic Bight | Beaird | 2020 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | Environmental Science Analyst at Sage Services |
 | Julia Engdahl | Developing an automated analysis of fish migration video using computer vision algorithms | Beaird | 2020 | M.S. Operational Oceanography | Rutgers University - RUCOOL - Laboratory Researcher |
 | Michael Brown | Drivers of phytoplankton dynamics, and corresponding impacts on biogeochemistry, along the West Antarctic Peninsula | Schofield | 2020 | Ph.D. | Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at the Finger Lakes Institute of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY |
 | Nicole Couto | Circulation and Heat Transport on the West Antarctic Peninsula Continental Shelf | Schofield | 2017 | Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar, Scripps Institute of Oceanography |
 | Filipa Carvalho | Coupled physical and phytoplankton dynamics in coastal Antarctica | Kohut & Schofield | 2017 | Ph.D. | Post-Doctoral Researcher in Ocean Biogeochemistry and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, National Oceanography Centre, Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems Group, Southampton, United Kingdom |
 | Greg Seroka | Stratified Coastal Ocean Interactions with Hurricanes and the Sea Breeze in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic | Glenn | 2016 | Ph.D. | Physical Scientist at NOAA/NOS Coast Survey Development Lab |
 | Jacqueline McSweeney | Sediment Transport Dynamics in Delaware Estuary | Chant | 2016 | Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar, Integrative Oceanography Division Scripps Institution of Oceanography UC San Diego |
 | Nicole Waite | The Role of Sediment Sulfide in Seagrass Decline in Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor, NJ | Severmann | 2015 | M.Sc. | Marine and Glider Technician, Rutgers University |
 | Christina Haskins | Glider measurements of phytoplankton physiology in penguin foraging zones along the Western Antarctic Peninsula | Schofield | 2015 | M.Sc. | Associate Director of Data and Science Operations at the National Deep Submergence Facility, WHOI |
 | Travis Miles | Observations and modeling of the coastal ocean beneath tropical and extra-tropical cyclones | Glenn | 2014 | Ph.D. | Assistant Research Professor, Rutgers University |
 | Maria Aristizabal | Salt dispersion in Delaware Bay Estuary | Chant | 2013 | Ph.D. | IMSG at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC |
 | Yi Xu | Phytoplankton dynamics studying using observation and bio-physical modeling | Schofield | 2013 | Ph.D. | Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China |
 | Dove Guo | The effect of wind and momentum advection in the James River estuary from field observations | Chant | 2012 | M.Sc. | |
 | Joe Jurisa | Impact of cross-shelf winds and estuarine/coastal ocean coupling on buoyant plume systems | Chant | 2012 | Ph.D. | Research Associate, Portland State University |
 | Laura Palamara-Nazzaro | Improving models of covariation between marine communities and their habitats by incorporating pelagic features captured by coastal ocean observatories | Kohut | 2011 | M.Sc. | Research Programmer, Rutgers University |
 | Donglai Gong | Mesoscale variability on the New Jersey shelf | Glenn | 2010 | Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary |
 | Rachel Sipler | The role of dissolved organic matter in structuring microbial community composition | Seitzinger & Schofield | 2009 | Ph.D. | Research Scientist, Virginia Institute of Marine Science |
 | L. Alex Kahl | Phytoplankton physiology and export flux | Schofield | 2008 | Ph.D. | Policy Advisor at U.S. Dept. of State |
 | Ramya Ramadurai | Water mass classification using band ratios | Glenn | 2008 | M.Sc. | Global Program Manager, CSM. Cleveland, OH |
 | Matt Oliver | Towards a synthesis of continental shelf dynamics and eukaryotic phytoplankton evolution | Falkowski & Schofield | 2006 | Ph.D. | Patricia & Charles Robertson Associate Professor of Marine Science and Policy, School of Marine Science and Policy and Department of Geography, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware |
 | Felisa Wolfe-Simon | The role and evolution of superoxide dismutases in algae | Falkowski & Schofield | 2006 | Ph.D. | Chan-Norris Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Physics, Mills College |
 | Zoe Finkel | Physiological bases for environmentally driven changes in phytoplankton community structure | Falkowski & Schofield | 2005 | Ph.D. | Tier I Canada Research Chair in Biological Oceanography at Dalhousie University in the Oceanography Department |
 | Trisha Bergmann | The physiological ecology and natural distribution patterns of cryptomonad algae in coastal aquatic ecosystems | Falkowski & Schofield | 2004 | Ph.D. | International Policy & Diplomacy, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration |
 | Louis Bowers | The effect of sea surface temperature on sea breeze dynamics along the coast of New Jersey | Glenn | 2004 | M.Sc. | Senior Wind Energy Meteorologist, Avangrid Renewables |
 | Joe Grzymski | Ecosystem, cellular and sub-cellular dynamics of the marine, diatom plastid | Schofield | 2002 | Ph.D. | Senior Director, Applied Innovation Center at DRI, Co-Director, Renown Institute for Health Innovation |
 | Josh Kohut | Spatial current structure observed with a calibrated HF-Radar system: the influence of local forcing, stratification, and topography on the inner shelf | Glenn | 2002 | Ph.D. | Professor, Rutgers University |
 | Hank Statscewich | Wind-Forced Upwelling Over High Latitute Submarine Canyons: A Numerical Modeling Study | Glenn | 2001 | M.Sc. | Research Scientist, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Co-Founder AKKA LLC |
 | Sasha Tozzi | Competition and succession of key marine phytoplankton functional groups in a variable environment | Falkowski & Schofield | 2001 | M.Sc. | Algae Technical Manager at Alltech, Scientific Advisor, OMEGA |
 | Hai Pan | A coupled lake-atmosphere model (CLAM) and its application to Lake Kinneret | Avissar | 1999 | Ph.D. | Senior Database Administrator/Database Team Lead at Edisonlearning Inc |
 | Richard Styles | A continental shelf bottom boundary layer model: development, calibration, and applications to sediment transport in the Middle Atlantic Bight | Glenn | 1998 | Ph.D. | Research Oceanographer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS |
 | Mike Crowley | Monitoring the Gulf Stream: an application of remote sensing and geographic information systems | Glenn | 1993 | M.Sc. | Technical Director: RUCOOL & MARACOOS, Rutgers University |
