Rasmuson Fellows 2008 Award Recipients

Jennifer Marsh
[2009 PRESENTATION 2 MB]

•Jennifer Marsh, M.S. Marine Biology
Advisor: Nicola Hillgruber

•Megan Murphy, M.S. Marine Biology
Advisor: Katrin Iken

Megan Murphy is an SFOS graduate student in Homer where she is studying the oceanographic effects on crab larval transport in Kachemak Bay. Megan lives in Homer but does her coursework in Fairbanks. She was studying for an M.S. but recently changed to a Ph.D. program. She received her undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis. Read more about Megan in the Spring 2009 newsletter.

Ashwin Sreenivasan
[2009 PRESENTATION 2 MB]

•Ashwin Sreenivasan, Ph.D. Fisheries
Advisor: Bill Smoker

Patrick Lane
[2009 PRESENTATION 6 MB]

•Patrick Lane, M.S. Marine Biology
Advisor: Brenda Konar

Terril Efird
[2009 PRESENTATION 5 MB]

•Terril Efird, M.S. Marine Biology
Advisor: Brenda Konar

Terril Efird is working towards his M.S. in Marine Biology. His research is focused on how nearshore fishes stratify in kelp forest habitats. Specifically, how the size and algal composition of a kelp forest effects the fish species found there. Terril has worked in kelp forests for many years. While obtaining his B.S. in Marine Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz he worked on several projects as a research diver that motivated him to pursue his field of study. Seeing the fish biodiversity that these highly productive ecosystems can support inspired Terril to investigate what habitat characteristics enabled this diversity and resource partitioning. Terril grew up in Oakhurst, California, a small community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada's. He is now firmly planted here in Alaska where his enthusiasm for marine ecology and exciting field work is joined with the supportive faculty and research facilities that drew him to UAF.