GUAM EPSCOR REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST  The Guam EPSCoR Office will begin to prepare and submit a proposal to the National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure Improvement Grant Program (RII) for funding to conduct coral reef and biodiversity research, expand and utilize

Melissa Gabriel  Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy & Pharm D.; Northeastern University Thesis: “Gene Expression of Massive Porites along a Sediment Gradient”

Dareon Rios Bachelor of Science in Human Biology; University of Califronia, San Diego Thesis: “Population Genomics of Acropora pulchra in Guam“

Matt Mills Bachelors of Science in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Spanish, Georgia Southern University, Spring 2015Thesis: “Coralline algal diversity in Apra Harbor: a molecular approach” Coralline algae play an important ecological role in coral reefs and are some of the most sensitive organisms to climate change and ocean

Alisha Gill  Bachelor of Science in Organismal Biology, Montana State University, 2015Thesis: Egg predation rates and spawning success among mating territories in a lek-like mating system of Gomphosus various (Pisces: Labridae)