Undergraduate Researchers

Oregon State University offers its undergraduate students a plethora of research opportunities in the marine sciences. Undergraduate researchers engage in hands-on scientific exploration by working alongside professors in a meaningful and collaborative manner. Below you will read about several of our current undergraduate researchers investigating marine science related topics.

AnnaRose Adams

Department/Discipline:

BioResource Research Program: BioResource Research

Degree Sought:

Honors B.S. in BioResource Research, Sustainable Ecosystems option

Research Adviser:

Dr. Mark Hixon, Dept. of Zoology

Research Topic:

Community ecology; Reef fish response to algal overgrowth of coral

Jeremiah Psiropoulos

Department/Discipline:

Dept. Fisheries and Wildlife: Fisheries & Wildlife

Degree Sought:

B.S. in Fisheries & Wildlife Science

Research Adviser:

Dr. David Noakes, Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife

Research Topic:

Morphology of the threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus acculeatus, after long term exposure to predators and geographic isolation

Dane Dykeman

Department/Discipline:

Dept. of Animal Sciences: Animal Husbandry

Degree Sought:

B.S. in Animal Sciences

Research Adviser:

Dr. Tim Miller-Morgan, Sea Grant Extension Vet Aqua Specialist

Research Topic:

Biosecurity

Amy Markel

Department/Discipline:

Dept. of Biology: Biology

Degree Sought:

B.S. in Biology, Marine Biology option and Chemistry minor

Research Adviser:

Dr. Mark Hixon, Dept. of Zoology & Dr. Jason Turner, University of Hawai'i at Hilo

Research Topic:

Abundance of various marine species in the Hawaiian coastal area

Wendel Raymond

Department/Discipline:

Dept. of Biology: Marine Biology

Degree Sought:

B.S. in Biology, Marine Biology option and Chemistry minor

Research Adviser:

Dr. Mark Hixon, Dept. of Zoology (2010); Dr. David Duggins and Dr. Megan Dethier (2011)

Research Topic:

Competition and Predation between Invasive Lionfish and Native Nassau Grouper (2010); Feeding Preferences of Red urchins to fresh and aged kelps and change in phlorotannin concentrations as kelps degrade (2011)

OSU Marine Sciences

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