Science Policy Fellow - Blair Morrison
Implementing Organization
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$55,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program (NASEM - GRP)
Funding Program
NASEM Gulf Research Program Fellowships
Details
Project Category
Human and Social
Project Actions
Education and Outreach
Targeted Resources
Project Description
Ms. Morrison holds her B.S. degree in Marine Science and Biology from the University of Alabama and is working to complete her M.S. in Marine Sciences from the University of South Alabama. As an undergraduate, her experiences as a 2016 NOAA Hollings Scholar cemented her pursuit of interdisciplinary research in coastal communities. Based at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, her master’s work focuses on the interactions between environmental factors, plankton communities, and Vibrio bacteria in eastern Mississippi Sound. This research has allowed her to collaborate with federal partners in the Food and Drug Administration, as well as state agencies such as the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Alabama Department of Public Health. During her time on Dauphin Island, she served as the President of the Marine Sciences Graduate Student Organization and the Director of the 2021 Marine Science Graduate Student Symposium, a virtual and international iteration of a locally held Gulf conference. Her academic interests have taken her from tidal marshes in the Gulf of Maine to the waters of Mobile Bay, but center around changes in coastal environments, how they affect estuarine ecosystems, and how these changes alter human interactions with those estuaries. She is enthusiastic to apply her experiences in research to the dynamic and collaborative realm of policy in the Gulf of Mexico.
Contact
Maeesha SaeedNone
msaeed@nas.edu
Project Website
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