FITC students. Photo credit: Mike Trussell.
FITC Students
Current Graduate Students
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Trina Lapis
M.Sc. Seafood Science and Nutrition
Advisor: Alexandra de Oliveira
Research: Improving the sensorial and nutritional attributes of canned and pouched Alaska pink salmon with salmon oil.
t.lapis@sfos.uaf.edu
Lale Gurer
M.Sc. Visiting Student Seafood Science
Advisor: Murat Balaban
Research: Automation of the Quality Index Method applied to oysters, using machine vision and electronic nose technologies.
gurer@sfos.uaf.edu
Lei Guo
Ph.D. Marine Biology
Advisor: Robert Foy and Kate Wynne
Research: Energy transfer between zooplankton and forage fish in embayments around Kodiak Archipelago.
guo@sfos.uaf.edu
Bree Witteveen
Ph.D. Marine Biology
Committee member: Kate Wynne
Research: Using stable isotopes to assess population structure and feeding ecology of North Pacific humpback whales (Megapatera novaeangliae).
bwitteveen@sfos.uaf.edu
Venessa Ribeiro
Visiting Student
Committee member: Alexandra deOliveira
Research: Purification of pollock oil using short path distillation
v.ribeiro@sfos.uaf.edu
Carey Vorholt
M.Sc.
Committee member: Charles Crapo
Research:
fncpv@uaf.edu
Graduate Alumni
Shannon Hanna
M.S. Marine Biology
Advisor: Loren Buck
Research: Interrelationship among temperature, metabolism, swimming performance and
recovery in Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus): implications of a changing climate.
Jiaqi Huang
M.S. Seafood Science
Advisor: Subramaniam Sathivel
Research: Making Marketable Fish Oil from Salmon Byproducts. Oil from salmon byproducts, produced by fish processors, can be sold in the nutraceutical markets if quality and purity are high.
Mary Beth Loewen
M.S. Fisheries
Advisor: Robert Foy
Research: Nearshore oceanographic influences on pollock and herring nearshore habitat, using hydroacoustics and environmental data.
Amit Morey
M.S. Seafood Science
Advisors: Brian Himelbloom and Alexandra de Oliveira
Research: Rapid identification of pink salmon spoilage bacteria based on their fatty acid profiles. The project involves the Sherlock microbial Identification System which identifies bacteria by comparing the bacterial fatty acid profile with its database.
Xian Wang
M.S. Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Robert Foy
Research: Interannual and spatial zooplankton variation with relationship to oceanographic conditions, northeast of Kodiak Island, Alaska.
Jill Chantarachoti
M.S. Seafood Science (Graduated Summer 2006)
Advisor: Dr. Alex Oliveira
Research: Portable odor detection device for quality inspection of Alaska pink salmon.
Sonya El Mejjati
M.S. Marine Biology(Graduated Fall 2006)
Advisor: Dr. Alex Oliveira
Research: Physiological and behavioral responses of tanner crab to handling, emersion and temperature.
Erin Harrington
M.S. Seafood Science(Graduated 2005)
Advisor: Dr. Quentin Fong
Research: Assessment of the oyster market distribution chain and its implications for cooperative formation in the Alaska mariculture industry.
Susan M. Vitt
M.S. Seafood Science(Graduated May 2000)
Advisor: Dr. Brian Himelbloom
Research: Inhibition of Listeria in Cold-Smoked Salmon Using Liquid Smoke and Isoeugenol.
Jenny K. Hansen
Visiting M.S. student from Oregon State University (in Kodiak from August 2000 until May 2002 graduation in Corvallis)
FITC Mentor: Dr. Brian Himelbloom
Research: Application of ozone as a disinfectant for commercially processed seafood.
Undergraduate Students
Kathryn Stephan, B.S. Biochemistry
Mentor : Alex Oliveira
Research Internship during summer 2002, summer 2003, summer 2004 and summer 2005
Jacob Keplinger, UAF Science major (Active)
Mentor : Alex Oliveira
Research Internship during Summer 2002, Summer 2003, Summer 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2008
Molly Odel, B.S. Geology
Mentor : Alex Oliveira
Research Internship during summer 2004
Rhiannon Ellingson, UAF Science Major
Mentor : Alex Oliveira
Research Internship during summer 2006 and summer 2007.