Where Graduate Faculty and Students Promote Research through Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Chemistry; Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Sciences or.

Where Graduate Faculty and Students

Promote Research through Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Chemistry; Marine, Estuarine and

Environmental Sciences or Toxicology.

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Granting M.S. in Chemistry.

USM approval in 2012.

1st student this year.Ms. Blessing Aroh

UMES B.S. Chemistry 2009-2013

CHEMISTRY MASTERSGraduate Program

Granting Master’s and Doctoral degrees in one of five Area’s of Specialization.

USM system supported program

Students present at the: American Fisheries Society (AFS) Meeting Association for the Sciences of Limnology and

Oceanography (ASLO) Meetings Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences

(AESS) Meeting

Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences (MEES)

Graduate Program

Dr. Bradley Stevens (left) and his student Bhae-Jin Peemoelleris, M.S.-MEES Fisheries

AOS 2013, study invertebrates.

Emily Tewes, M.S.-MEES Fisheries AOS, studies invertebrates with

Dr. Bradley Stevens.

Kristen Lycett, M.S. Student, MEES Ecology AOS, performing a plankton trawl for dinoflagellates, advisor: Dr. Joe Pitula.

Dr. Ali Ishaque, Environmental Science (right) sediment sampling with his graduate student. Ms. Rehab Abass, Ph.D. candidate, in the Environmental Chemistry MEES AOS.

Mr. Mason King (front), M.S. candidate, in the Environmental Chemistry MEES AOS is the teaching assistant for the DNS Ecology course, pictured working with Dr. May.(center)

Baruch Volkis, Ph.D.-MEES AOS, studies zooplankton with Dr. Paulinus Chigbu.

In the modeling lab, Dr. Meng Xia’s MEES students are hard at work.

Qianru Niu2013 M.S.-MEES Physical Oceanography

Long Jiang, 2013 M.S.-MEES Biological Oceanography

Miaohua Mao, 2013 M.S.-MEES Physical Oceanography

Quantitative Fisheries and Resource Economics, Certified M.S.

Graduate Program

Leon ??, (far left)2012 M.S. -Quantitative Fisheries and Resource Management

Nothing Better than a Boating Trip. Pictured are the LMRCSC Graduate and

ENVS undergraduate Students.Evan Lindsay, (far left)2013 M.S.-Quantitative Fisheries and Resource Management

TOXICOLOGY Graduate Program

Granting Master’s and Doctoral degrees.

UMES graduate program.

Students travel and present at the: SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

AND CHEMISTRY (SETAC) THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TOXICOLOGy

Ms. Erika Weaver, 3rd year Ph.D. candidate, Toxicology, studying metal effects on breast cell carcinoma in African American women.

Mr. Kevin Green, 3rd year Ph.D. candidate, Toxicology, plating breast cells to study the

effect of antioxidants on breast cancer.

Mr. Marvin Webb, 2nd year M.S. candidate, Toxicology, working on the effects of

aluminum on neuroblastoma cells and its association as a cause of dementia.

Many of our students and faculty travel to local, state, national and international meetings and win various awards.

We have highlighted some of these efforts in the following slides.

GRADUATE PRESENTATIONS

Office of Graduate Studies holds the Annual Regional Research Symposium

Lonnie Gonzales, Ph.D., MEES 2012, during Oral Presentation. Lonnie also placed 1st in the student oral competition at the American Fisheries National Convention 2010.

William Gardener, Ph.D., MEES 2012, during Oral Presentation

DNS faculty photos of the Annual Regional Research Symposium where the DNS Faculty are rewarded too!

Dr. Joseph Pitula, Biology, (left) Researcher Award presented by Dr. Anthony Nyame, Chemistry, a member of the ARRS Awards Committee.

Dr. Joseph Okoh, Chemistry, (left) Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes, Dean Graduate Studies.

DNS Judges:Dr. Bradley Stevens, Distinguished Researcher, LMRCSC, (foreground)Dr. Jeurel Singleton, Biology, (left)Dr. Maryam Taabodi, Biology (Right)