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Michael Martinez-Colon, puerto rico, tropical, foraminifera, forams, foram, geology, micropaleontology, FAMU, Puerto Rico, environmental, Ammonia, A. beccariia

GRADUATE STUDENTS

* not FAMU student
^ successfully defended
MASTERS (MSc)
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Tristan Lam

Thesis Title: Enhancing the application of benthic foraminifera as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution on deep water coral reefs using machine learning

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Maya McWilliams

Thesis Title: TBD

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Amonra Garret-Mills

Thesis Title: Using benthic foraminiferal assemblages for an environmental health of the West Florida Continental Shelf Escarpment

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^ Benjamin Shirey

Thesis Title: Benthic foraminiferal and microbial indices as an effective measure of ecosystem health in prominent Puerto Rican Bays

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Gabriella L. Lirio

Thesis Title: Temporal effects of ocean acidification on reef-dwelling foraminifera

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^ Demarcus Turner

Thesis Title: Characterizing microplastic hotspots from Apalachicola Watershed to Apalachicola Bay

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^ Lexa Medero-Hernández

Thesis Title: Foraminifera and its microbial endobionts 

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^ Angelique Rosa-Marín

Thesis Title: FORAM Index and coral reefs from Jobos Bay-Puerto Rico

 

*/^ Bryan O'Malley (University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, FL; committee member)

Thesis Title: Development of the Foram-AMBI for the Gulf  of Mexico

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*/^ Laurinda K. McEachern (University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, FL; committee member)

Thesis Title: Spatial and temporal levels of microplastics in Tampa Bay surface waters

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*/Ashley Huber (University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, FL; co-major advisor)

Thesis Title: Trophic transfer of persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals in fiddler crabs from Jobos Bay-Puerto Rico ​

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DOCTORAL (PhD)
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^ Solanke Adebayo (co-mayor advisor)

Dissertation Title: Temporal and spatial distributions of trace metals, presistent organic pollutants, and benthic foraminifera in Apalachicola Bay, Florida

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* Christian Gfatter (Florida State University; committee member)

Dissertation Title: Redox sensitive trace metal analyses of foraminiferal calcite to better constrain ancient hypoxic marine environments

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Margarette Bayrón-Arcelay

Dissertation Title: It takes two to tango: foraminifera and bacteria as bioindicators of estuarine health in tropical/subtropical environments.

 

*/^ Akram El-Kateb (University of Fribourg, Switzerland; committee member and external expert)

Dissertation Title: Lesser Syrtis (South of Tunisia): Phosphate industry contamination assessment using a multidisciplinary approach.al/subtropical environments.

 

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