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Meet The Lab

Here you can find the CMOL 'ohana, both past and present. Read a little bit about our students interests and then go to the Research page to learn about what they're doing!

Graduate Students

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Mya Daniels-Abdulahad

Ph.D Student

Passionate about sea birds and their interactions with the marine environment. Use this expertise in her goals to become a veterinarian.

BS'18, MS'23

md1961@mynsu.nova.edu

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Miranda Brohman

Masters Student

Specializes in stable isotopes and heavy metal contaminants in the Alaskan marine trophic food web.

BS'21

mb3297@mynsu.nova.edu

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Ally Sheehan

Masters Student

 Interested in the inner workings of trophic dynamics and predator and prey interactions

BS'21

as3670@mynsu.nova.edu

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Savanna Duda

Masters Student

Passionate about animal behavior and interactions between individuals

BS'23

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Brian Weber

Masters Student

Passionate about conservation of marine megafauna through education, understanding chemical movement, and lifecycle dynamics.

BS'23

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Kiara Belanger

Masters Student

Hopes to one day study marine mammals in the Pacific Northwest

BS'23

kb2323@mynsu.nova.edu

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Robby Spekis

Masters Student

Interested in how ocean conditions can affect the survivorship and success of reef ecosystems

BS'23

rs2418@mynsu.nova.edu

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Abby Adams

Masters Student

Interested in dolphin behavior, cognition, and creativity with object play​

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Kaylee Czachorowski

Masters Student

Interested in conservation of megafauna across the globe with a field & lab approach

BS'24

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Amanda Kopas

Masters Student

​Interested in using archived turtle data to understand ecological patterns

BS'24

Undergraduate Students

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MJ Smith

Razor's Edge Research Scholar

Interested in interactions of organisms with their environment

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Sophie Welch

Honors Student

Presidential Scholar

 Interested in researching inorganic contaminants in mangroves as an Honors Thesis

sw2159@mynsu.nova.edu

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Lauren Nonnenmacher

Passionate about marine geochemistry and assessing inorganic contaminants in tectonically active sites

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Aidan Pflieger

Honors Student | Student Athlete | Presidential Scholar

Interested in researching chemical systems within the environment and their impacts on marine organisms

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Rileigh Gonzalez

Dive Instructor

Interested in shark conservation through active field work 

rg1658@mynsu.nova.edu

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Lexi Crass

Interested in dolphin behavior and formation swimming in groups

ac4294@mynsu.nova.edu

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Sierra Rafacz

Dive Instructor

Razor's Edge Leadership

Interested in dolphin behavior

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Megan Martiello

Interested in the conservation of pinniped species and responses to ecological change

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Victoria Bruno

Interested in paleontology, archeology, and evolution of cetaceans, and using trace metals to compare time periods

vm900@mynsu.nova.edu

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Morgan Michalek

Interested in marine mammal ecology, conservation, and interactions with their environment

mm5886@mynsu.nova.edu

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Sophia Paz

Razor's Edge Research

Interested in the ecological response of marine organisms to the introduction and accumulation of inorganic contaminants

sp2769@mynsu.nova.edu

Alumni 

Some of the graduates from CMOL. You can find many of their completed projects under Publications

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