SEVENTH EDUCATION AND SCIENCE FORUM
“Developing a Premier Future STEM Workforce to
Support Environmental Sustainability”
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
With
MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center
Princess Anne, MD 21853
October 26 –29, 2014
PRE-FORUM, SUNDAY - October 26, 2014
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM Registration (Outside of the multipurpose room in the Student Services Center (SSC))
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM SW1: Networking and Professional Etiquette (SSC Ballroom)
Dr. Dionne Hoskins, NOAA LMRCSC, NOAA NMFS/SSU; Dr. Deidre Gibson, NOAA LMRCSC, Hampton University
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Network Social Interaction (Henson Center Ballroom)
DAY 1, MONDAY -October 27, 2014
7:30 AM — 5:00 PM Registration (SSC)
7:45 AM — 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast (SSC Ballroom)
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Exhibitors (SSC)
9:00 AM —10:45 AM PLENARY SESSION I
Conference Opening (SSC Theater)
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM Presiding: Dr. Paulinus Chigbu, Director, NOAA LMRCSC
Dr. Patrick Liverpool, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, UMES
9:10 AM – 9:25 AM Welcome: Dr. Juliette B. Bell, President UMES
9:25 AM – 10:40 AM Guest Speakers
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA Administrator
Representative Andrew P. Harris (R-MD1)
Dr. Joann Boughman, Senior Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs,
University System of Maryland
10:45 AM —11:00 AM BREAK (SSC Ballroom)
11:10 AM —12:30 PM PLENARY SESSION II
Harnessing Environmental Intelligence: How CSCs Meet the Needs of Stakeholders (SSC Theater)
Presiding: Dr. Bradley Stevens, Distinguished Scientist, NOAA LMRCSC
Speakers: Dr. Richard (Rick) Spinrad, NOAA Chief Scientist
Dr. William B. Rossow, Distinguished Professor, NOAA CREST
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Transition to Luncheon
12:45 PM — 2:00 PM Lunch (SSC Ballroom)
1:10 PM – 1:15 PM Opening Remarks: Dr. Moses Kairo, Dean, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences
Presiding: Louisa Koch, NOAA Director of Education
1:15 PM – 1:25 PM Introduction: Louisa Koch, NOAA Director of Education
1:25 PM – 1:45 PM Guest Speaker: Dr. Richard Merrick, Chief Science Advisor for NOAA Fisheries
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM Closing Remarks: Louisa Koch, NOAA Director of Education
2:15 PM— 5:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION & Concurrent Sessions
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm Future Professional Workforce: EPP CSCs Meeting Future Professional Workforce needs
Panel Discussion 1: EPP Student Cooperative Science Center Post-Doctorates and Students (Ella Fitzgerald Center)
Presiding: Dr. Marlene Kaplan, NOAA Education Deputy Director
Speakers:
NOAA ECSC: Dr. Daniel Osborne, Postdoctoral Fellow, FAMU
LaTrisha Allen, Ph.D. candidate, FAMU
NOAA LMRCSC: Dr. William Gardner, Postdoctoral Fellow, UMES
LaTreese Denson, M.S. student, OSU,
NOAA CREST: Andrea Gomez, M.S. student, CUNY
Jose Pillich, Ph.D. candidate, CUNY
NOAA NCAS: Dr. Ebony Roper, Postdoctoral Fellow, Howard University
Myrna Santiago, Ph.D. candidate, UPRM
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM BREAK (Henson Center)
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM Concurrent Student Sessions (CSS) (Henson Center Ballrooms)
CSS1: There’s An App For That: Scholarships, Graduate Programs, and Post-Docs – Dr. LaToya Myles, Session Chair, NOAA OAR; Sandra Sarvis, NOAA Hollings Program; Dr. Daniel Osborne, NOAA ECSC, FAMU; Emily Tewes, 2014 Knauss Policy Fellow
CSS2: Making the Transition from Student to Professional–
Dr. April Croxton, Session Chair, NOAA NEFSC; Dr. Thomas Bigford, American Fisheries Society; Dr. Nikola Garber, NOAA Sea Grant; Dr. Joel Llopiz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; and Dr. Kersey Sturdivant, Duke University
CSS3: Last One Standing: Learn How to Build Exceptional and Professional Documents (CV/Resume) to Attract your Employer Dr. Larry Alade, Session Chair, NOAA NEFSC; Dr. Ebony Roper, NOAA NCAS, Howard Univ.; Dr. Ayeisha Brinson, NOAA NMFS; Dr. Beverly Pike, American Fisheries Society
6:00 PM — 8:00 PM SW2: Writing Successful Proposals (SSC Ballroom)
Dr. Marian Westley, Session Chair, NOAA OCS; Dr. Dionne Hoskins, NOAA LMRCSC, NOAA NMFS/SSU; Marisa Litz, NOAA LMRCSC and NOAA EPP GRTSP Scholar; Dr. Andrea Johnson, NSF; Dr. Beth Turner, NOAA NOS
DAY 2, TUESDAY- October 28, 2014
7:30 AM — 5:00 PM Registration (SSC)
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM Exhibitors (SSC)
7:45 AM — 9:15 AM Continental Breakfast (SSC Ballroom)
Panel Discussion 2: EPP Student/CSC Alumni Panel discussion
Dr. Shakila Merchant, Morann Dagan, Carlos Lopez, Andrea Gomez, Session Chairs, NOAA CREST; Dr. Jonathan Muñoz Barreto, UPR; Dr. Joel Llopiz, WHOI; Dr. Michael Hicks, NOAA NWS; Dr. LaToya Myles, NOAA OAR ARL
9:30 AM —12:30 PM CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS (Henson Center Ballroom & the Ella Fitzgerald Center)
Lead Organizer: Dr. Margaret Sexton, NOAA LMRCSC, UMES
CTS1: Climate Adaptation Mitigation (Henson Center Ballroom 1112)
Presiding: Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi, Director, NOAA CREST
CTS2: Weather‐Ready Nation (Henson Center Ballroom 1116)
Presiding: Dr. Vernon Morris, Director, NOAA NCAS
CTS3: Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies (Henson Center Ballroom 1118)
Presiding: Dr. Michael Abazinge, Director, NOAA ECSC
CTS4: Healthy Oceans (Ella Fitzgerald Auditorium)
Presiding: Dr. Brad Stevens, NOAA LMRCSC
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM BREAK (Henson Center)
12:45 PM —2:00 PM Luncheon and Focus Group Discussions (SSC Ballroom)
Dr. Maurice Crawford, Session Chair, Deputy Director, NOAA LMRCSC
FG1: Question & Answer Session with NOAA Personnel
Dr. AyeishaBrinson, NOAA NMFS; Dr. DaNaCarlis, NOAA NWS;
Catalina Martinez, NOAA OER
FG2: Preparing for Careers in the Private Sector
Dr. Leona Charles, Northrop Grumman; Jeff Shull, Science Systems and Application Inc.
2:15 PM — 4:30 PM CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS (Henson Center Ballrooms & the Ella Fitzgerald Center)
CTS5: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation (Henson Center Ballroom 1112)
Presiding: Dr. Roy Armstrong, NOAA CREST-UPRM
CTS6: Weather‐Ready Nation (Henson Center Ballroom 1116)
Presiding: Dr. Thomas Gill, NOAA NCAS-UTEP
CTS7: Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies (Henson Center Ballroom 1118)
Presiding: Dr. Charles Jagoe, Distinguished Scientist, NOAA ECSC
CTS8: Healthy Oceans (Ella Fitzgerald Auditorium)
Presiding: Dr. Jessica Miller, Project Director, NOAA LMRCSC-OSU
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM BREAK (Henson Center)
4:45 PM —7:00 PM Poster Viewing (William P Hytche Athletic Center)
Presiding: Dr. Margaret Sexton NOAA LMRCSC and Chantell Haskins
4:45 PM – 8:00 PM Exhibits and Networking (William P. Hytche Athletic Center)
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Dinner (William P. Hytche Athletic Center)
DAY 3, WEDNESDAY - October 29, 2014
7:45 AM — 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast (SSC Ballroom)
9:00 AM – 11:30 AM CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS (non-students)
9:00 AM – 10:10 AM CTS9: Strategies for Enhancing Student Internship and Research Experiences at NOAA Labs (SSC Theater)
Dr. Audrey Trotman, Session Chair, NOAA EPP
10:20 AM – 11:30 AM CTS10: Effective Mentoring of Students (SSC Theater)
Dr. Deidre Gibson, Session Chair, NOAA LMRCSC, Hampton University; Krystal Pree, Ph.D. candidate NOAA ECSC, FAMU; Dr. Lonnie Gonsalves, NOAA NCCOS
9:00 AM —11:30 AM CONCURRENT STUDENT SESSIONS: Tips for Securing a Job (Henson Center Ballrooms and the Ella Fitzgerald Center)
9:00 AM – 10:10 AM &
10:20 AM – 11:30 AM CSS5a: Successful Interviewing Skills (Henson Center Ballroom 1112)
Dr. Jolvan Morris, Session Chair, NOAA LMRCSC, SSU; Tiffany Baskerville NOAA ECSC, FAMU; Kelli Seaberry, NOAA WFMO
9:00 AM – 10:10 AM &
10:20 AM – 11:30 AM CSS5b: How to Begin your Professional Job Search (Henson Center Ballroom 1116)
Dr. Vernon Morris, Session Chair, Director, NOAA NCAS; Christine Carpino, Acting Director, NOAA Workforce Management Office; Dr. Anthony Cochran, Physicist, Engility Corporation;
Cornelius Grady, Director of Business Development, Global Networkers; Dr. Scott Rudlosky, Physical Scientist, NOAA NESDIS
9:00 AM – 10:10 AM &
10:20 AM – 11:30 AM CSS5c: How to Successfully Secure a Private Sector Job
(Henson Center Ballroom 1118)
Dr. Shakila Merchant, Session Chair, NOAA CREST Dr. Leona Charles, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (CREST Alumna); Murty Divakarla, IMSG; Mitch Goldberg, JPSS Program Scientist, NOAA NESDIS JPSSO
9:00 AM – 10:10 AM &
10:20 AM – 11:30 AM CSS5d: How to Initiate and Build Collaborative Relationships
(Ella Fitzgerald Auditorium)
Dr. Jessica Miller, Session Chair, NOAA LMRCSC, OSU; Dr. Lonnie Gonsalves, NOAA NCCOS, Mayra Lopez, NOAA ECSC, TAMUCC; Dr. Philip Hoffman, NOAA OAR CI; Kelli Seaberry, NOAA WFMO
11:30 AM – 11:55 AM BREAK (Henson Center and SSC)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Awards Presentation: Announcement of Oral and Poster Presentations Winners (Ella Fitzgerald Auditorium)
Presiding: Dr. Maurice Crawford, NOAA LMRCSC
Dr. Audrey Trotman, NOAA EPP CSC Program Manager
Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes, Dean, School of Graduate Studies, UMES
1:15 PM — 2:00 PM Boxed Lunch (Henson Center)
PRESENTATIONS and POSTERS by TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Chair: Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi (Director, NOAA CREST)
Henson Center Ballroom 1
Presentation / Time / Presenter / Title
CTS1.01 / 9:30 AM / Ali Hamidi / Spatial distribution of rainfall extreme fields using weather radar data
CTS1.02 / 9:45 AM / Andres G. Morales-Nunez / First record of the genus Apolochus Hoover & Bousfield, 2001 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Amphilochidae) in Maryland Coastal Bays, Mid-Atlantic region, USA
CTS1.03 / 10:00 AM / Stivaly Paulino / Using UAVSAR to create land cover classifications for the Papaya Samiria and the Everglades
CTS1.04 / 10:15 AM / John Anderson / The NASA's measures GOZCARDS project H2O data set and comparisons with SWOOSH
CTS1.05 / 10:30 AM / Xaymara Serrano / Horizontal vs. vertical patterns of gene flow in the Caribbean brooding coral Porites asteriods
CTS1.06 / 10:45 AM / Valerie Keene / Examining the chemical and biological characteristics of aerosols
Break / 11:00 AM / Refreshments provided in Henson Center
CTS1.07 / 11:15 AM / Steven Buckner / Using lidar to examine extinction coefficients and Raman scattering
CTS1.08 / 11:30 AM / Christopher Spells / Hyper-spectral retrievals from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) during the NOAA Aerosol and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE)
CTS1.09 / 11:45 AM / Zaw Han / Aerosol-cloud interaction using multiple ground based remote sensing instruments and satellite comparison in urban region
CTS1.10 / 12:00 PM / James Polly / Clouds of extratropical cyclones: impact on cyclone strength and climate
CTS1.11 / 12:15 PM / Karretta Venable / The relevancy to providing interdisciplinary research in Water, Climate, and Health (WCH) disciplines for underprivileged communities in Ethiopia
CTS2: Weather-Ready Nation
Chair: Dr. Vernon Morris (Director, NCAS)
Henson Center Ballroom 2
Presentation / Time / Presenter / Title
CTS2.01 / 9:30 AM / Jennifer Kennedy / Crossing the predictability desert: prospects for improving extended-range weather prediction
CTS2.02 / 9:45 AM / Behzad Asadieh / Global historical trends in extreme precipitation in observations and climate models
CTS2.03 / 10:00 AM / Simon Kraatz / Retrieval of river ice parameters for ice jam prediction with MODIS on the lower Susquehanna
CTS2.04 / 10:15 AM / Shadya Sanders / 2011 tornado outbreaks: comparing fatality demographics in the United States
CTS2.05 / 10:30 AM / Michael Rittenhouse / Sargassum: ugly invader or coppice mound creator?
CTS2.06 / 10:45 AM / Morann Dagan / IR lidar for aerosol detection
Break / 11:00 AM / Refreshments provided in Henson Center
CTS2.07 / 11:15 AM / Mariana Güereque / Determining dominant air-mass type during AEROSE-V in the tropical Atlantic Ocean
CTS2.08 / 11:30 AM / William Stockwell / A comparison of air quality model simulations with observations of tropospheric ozone mixing ratios for the Paso del Norte Region, Texas
CTS2.09 / 11:45 AM / Mayra Oyola / Atmospheric aerosol impacts on sea surface temperatures and medium range forecast
CTS2.10 / 12:00 PM / John Sullivan / Characterizing the evolution and intrusion of ozone in the troposphere using a transportable ozone lidar
CTS2.11 / 12:15 PM / Jose A. Rivas Jr. / Dust deposition and biota dispersal by wind storms in the Chihuahuan Desert
CTS3: Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies
Chair: Dr. Michael Abazinge (Director, NOAA ECSC)
Henson Center Ballroom 3
Presentation / Time / Presenter / Title
CTS3.01 / 9:30 AM / Patrick Connally / Evaluating the effectiveness of activated Green infrastructure in reducing wastewater discharge to coastal waters
CTS3.02 / 9:45 AM / Crystal Martinez / Potential use of the ivory barnacle (Balanus eburneus) as a monitoring tool of ecosystem recovery in Texas southmost estuaries
CTS3.03 / 10:00 AM / Austin Flinn / The socioeconomic importance of fishing in Port Salerno, Florida
CTS3.04 / 10:15 AM / Matthew Stone / Nekton abundance and diversity relative to water quality in Blackbird Creek, Delaware
CTS3.05 / 10:30 AM / Tao Gong / A quantitative study of the socioeconomic factors affecting entry-stay-exit behavior of bluecrab watermen in Maryland
CTS3.06 / 10:45 AM / Tiffany Ward / Evaluation of biological and physical parameters of natural and restored oyster reefs in Georgia
Break / 11:00 AM / Refreshments provided in Henson Center
CTS3.07 / 11:15 AM / Efeturi Oghenekaro / Drivers of mesozooplankton dynamics in the Maryland Coastal Lagoons
CTS3.08 / 11:30 AM / Brittany Blomberg / Restoring Crassostrea virginica: a review of restoration effort and environmental accounting methods for quantifying success.
CTS3.09 / 11:45 AM / Dominique Marshall / Ground penetrating radar survey of Edenton Green for early structural remains
CTS3.10 / 12:00 PM / Withdrawn: Rolando Santos / Application of generalized additive models (GAMs) to assess threshold responses of nektonic populations to seagrass seascape spatial properties
CTS3.11 / 12:15 PM / Chante Davis / Development of novel microsatellite markers putatively linked to reproductive hormones for the differentiation of closely related runs of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Siletz River, OR
CTS4: Healthy Oceans
Chair: Dr. Bradley Stevens (Distinguished Scientist, NOAA LMRCSC)
Ella Fitzgerald Auditorium
Presentation / Time / Presenter / Title
CTS4.01 / 9:30 AM / María Angélica Cardona-Maldonado / First stage in a collaborative effort to develop a forecasting product that integrates both temperature and light stress
CTS4.02 / 9:45 AM / Dominique Lazarre / Re-creating the lionfish invasion by simulation to test initial invasion scenarios and evaluate metapopulation connectedness
CTS4.03 / 10:00 AM / Monica Delgado / Turtle seagrass (Thallasia testudinum) decomposition and nitrogen dynamics in a subtropical estuarine system
CTS4.04 / 10:15 AM / Ammar Hanif / Characterizing the stomach microbiome of two menhaden species using metabarcoding
CTS4.05 / 10:30 AM / Dionne Hoskins / Tales of landings and legacies: African Americans in Georgia’s coastal fisheries
CTS4.06 / 10:45 AM / André Price / Towards an understanding of the early life history of river herring
Break / 11:00 AM / Refreshments provided in Henson Center