Congratulations to the graduates of the MES Program! A complete list of all MES Internships can be found on the MES Internship Report page. A list of all MES Theses can be found on the MES Thesis page.

Spring 2006 Graduates:

Dave Burdick
Advisor: Phillip Dustan
Thesis: "Top-down Experimental Manipulation of Bahamian Patch Reef Communities: Macroalgal Reduction and Diadema antillarum Additions"

Jeremy Conkle
Advisor: Lindeke Mills
Internship: "Remediation of Hog Island Inlet: Site Overview and Assessment of Factors Influencing Site Cleanup"

Sean Heath
Advisor: Dennis Forsythe
Internship: "The Application of NEPA within the Navy and Design of a Small Animal Survey at MCAS Beaufort"

Gabriella Kirby
Advisor: Jean Everett
Thesis: "Ecological Restoration of South Carolina Piedmont Plant Communities: A Soil Seed Bank Assessment"

Brooke Pehr
Advisor: Leslie Sautter
Internship: "Evaluation of a Field and Lab-Based Research Experience for Undergraduates: The Transects Program"

Lana Pinera-Pasquino
Advisor: David Owens
Internship: "Patterns of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Isolated from Marine Turtles"

Laura Seraydarian
Advisor: Lindeke Mills
Internship: "Bridging the Gap between Formal and Informal Education: An Earth System Science Curriculum Prepared for Ecotourism"

Adam Sine
Advisor: Lindeke Mills
Internship: "Stewardship Coordinator Project"

Bob Swarthout
Advisor: John Kucklick
Thesis: "Method Development for Organohalogen Contaminant Analysis in Sea Turtle Whole Blood, Serum and Plasma"

Jenny Wiedower
Advisor: Lindeke Mills
Internship: "Cultivating a Statewide Network of Land Use Planning Leaders: Coordination of a South Carolina District Council of the Urban Land Institute""

Fall 2005 Graduates:

Roman Crumpton
Advisor: Theodore Smith
Thesis "Determination of the Effects of Temperature and Time of Day on the Intensity of Otolith Marks of Juvenile Red Drum (Scaienops Ocellatus) Induced by OTC Immersion"

Liza Johnson
Advisor: Tim Callahan
Thesis "Hydrologic Assessment of a Shallow Coastal Aquifer: Dixie Plantation, SC"

Angela Jones
Advisor: Norm Levine
Internship "GIS Applications of Shoreline Data for Coastal Resource Managers"

Jeanette Klopchin
Advisor: Paul Sandifer
Thesis "Environmental Impacts of the Free-Ranging Rhesus Monkey Colony (Macca mulatta) on Morgan Island, SC"

Lisa Vandiver Hayes
Advisor: Fred Holland
Thesis "Characterizing Pollutant Transport through a Coastal, Residential Lawn of Vegetated Buffer"

Summer 2005 Graduates:

Sadie Drescher
Advisor: Marianne Burke
Thesis "Capacity of Nitrogen Processing in Watersheds Surrounding Detention Ponds in Kiawah Island, SC"

Kristan McKinne
Advisor: Angela Halfacre-Hitchcock
Thesis "Coordinating Sustainable Environmental Volunteerism on a College Campus: The College of Charleston Native Species Garden"

William Strosnider
Advisor: Marianne Burke
Thesis "Design for Nitrogen Reduction in Estuarine Systems: Retrofitting Coastal Ponds with Stormwater Wetands"

Rachel Teller
Advisor: Leslie Sautter
Internship "Enhancing Environmental Science Education: Online Educational Resource and Classroom and Field Experiences"

Laxminath Tumburu
Advisor: Craig Browdy
Thesis "Effects of Endosulfan Contamination and Taura Syndrome Virus Infection on Survival and Molting of the Marine Penaeid Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei"

Andrew Wunderly
Advisor: Lindeke Mills
Thesis "The Public Trust Doctrine and Coastal Zone Management in South Carolina"