PADI 2019 APPROVALS

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# App # Approved First Name Last Name Program Name
1 36686 12000 Melinda Coleman Exploring unique Omani kelp forests to transform global underwater forest conservation

2 40312 3000 Sella Runtulalo Sea Turtle Protection through Educational and Outreach Programme in Ranowangko Dua Village
of North Sulawesi, Indonesia
3 40318 7930 Sabina Llamazares Vegh Fishes are really what they eat? Tracking the route of Prochilodus lineatus: The case of a
migratory species in the Paraná river, Argentina.

4 40433 5000 Johann David Lankes Effects of Sargassum spp. presence on calcification rates, growth and survival of Acropora
cervicornis coral outplant fragments in ocean acidification conditions.

5 40457 8000 Damián Gustavo Vales Tracking the trophic ecology of fur seals and sea lions during the last 7,000 years: What can they
tell us about marine food webs in Patagonia?

6 40470 3840 Sergio Cobarrubia-Russo Study of social structures, social networks and vocal repertoires between bottlenose dolphins
and Atlantic Spotted dolphins on the coast of Aragua, Venezuela.

7 40486 9004 Julieta Antacli First approach on microplastics in Antarctic coastal environments: Zooplankton plastivory

8 40528 5000 Loubna Boutahar Characterize for the first time the benthic macrofauna communities associated to the seegrass
Zostera marina, the only one which still exist in Morocco, though in North Africa, located at the
marine part of the site

9 40529 5000 Daniela Mejia Utila Coral Restoration & Monitoring

10 40551 1500 Allan Gilles Comprehensive Checklist and Risk Assessment of non-native freshwater fish in Luzon Island,
Philippines: Contribution of Ornamental and Food Aquaculture Industry

11 40568 3750 Alastair Baylis Conservation of South American fur seals on the Patagonian Shelf
12 40569 4930 Phil Hastings Exploration of potential shark nursery habitats within two contrasting embayments in San
Diego, California
13 40579 500 Horia Galea Haleciid hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Leptothecata) of the Bali Sea, Indonesia

14 40594 6128 Carina Marón Feeding ecology and reproductive success of southern right whales off Argentina: are whales
dependent on krill for successful reproduction?

15 40605 10000 Caroline Brady PADI Summer Internships

16 40606 5100 Benjamin Gutzler Using dataloggers to investigate the behavior and physiology of lobsters in their natural habitat
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# App # Approved First Name Last Name Program Name
17 40607 5647 Cristian Lagger Glacier retreat and emerging ice-free areas in Antarctica: responses of sponge assemblages

18 40618 5640 Gaston Alurralde Disentangling diversity and invasions by ascidians at the Argentine Sea using DNA barcoding

19 40619 6198 Lionel YAMB Assessing the conservation status and developing awareness of sharks and rays in Northern
coastline of Cameroon
20 40621 4688 Clarisse Louvard The missing link: investigating pelagic planktonic molluscs as vectors for transmission of
parasitic flatworms to large Australian pelagic fishes

21 40626 6160 Nupur Kale Engaging local community for monitoring marine turtles in the Lakshadweep Islands

22 40638 3141 Andrew Villeneuve Investigating evolutionary response across latitudinal and local thermal gradients in a marine
gastropod
23 40641 4950 Daniel Lauretta Stony corals and zoantharians (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Zoantharia) from the
southwestern Atlantic deep-sea
24 40651 7350 Ramvilas Ghosh Distribution, population status and threats of the Snowflake coral (Carijoa riisei) in India

25 40674 9000 Long Vu Investigating the ecology of dugongs in Con Dao Archipelago, Vietnam
26 40676 5000 Wei Khang Heng Spatial ecology from above: Incorporating drone in identifying populations and habitats of
dugongs and sea turtles in Johor, Malaysia
27 40677 6520 Tran Dung Nutrients and potential mobility of phosphorus in mangrove sediments with different land use
pattern in south of Vietnam: implication to water quality in the context of climate change

28 40682 3292 Rachael Orben Black-browed albatross fisheries interactions during winter
29 40688 2500 Amir Bar Understanding submerged Beachrock along the Mediterranean coast of Israel: survey, sampling
and geographical interpretation.
30 40695 5108 Elizabeth Hasenmueller From the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico: Microplastic debris load quantification using
rating curves
31 40701 5000 Eric Vreeland The #byetobags program is a student-led Saint Louis (MO) Zoo initiative to activate 3 million
annual Zoo visitors to reduce the prevalence of plastic pollution through the use of sustainable,
reusable shopping bags.

32 40711 5800 Andy Danylchuk Great hammerheads and Atlantic tarpon: The effects of angling in a fish-eat-fish world

33 40715 1500 Matthew Barley Characterization of Sedimentology of Louisiana's Sediment Borrow Areas
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34 40719 4180 Zulhan Arifin Harahap Climate Change Impacts On Small Islands in North Maluku Province, Indonesia

35 40722 2950 Kylie Walker Human Impact On Northern California Sandy Beaches and its Effect on Shorebird Use

36 40723 2234 Paola Beatriz Reyna Sandri Witnesses in silence: what ascidians, molluscs and algae can tell about heavy metal
contamination in a Patagonian coast, Argentina
37 40724 9000 MacKenzie Sandy PADI Foundation Leaders Initiative Scholarship: Developing diverse marine science leaders
through education and mentorship
38 40739 2800 Antonela Martelli Conservation and controlled exploitation of invertebrates marine resources: predictive models
of recruitment and input about decision-making for sustainable fishing

39 40743 4720 Rebecca Van Hoeck Acoustic cues as drivers of habitat use and selection by temperate marine fishes

40 40747 3000 Bárbara Ribeiro Assessing the vulnerability of calcareous sponges under climate change in different life stages
and their possible adaptive mechanisms
41 40751 5120 Ana Herrera-Reveles Assessment of fishery and ecology traits of coral reef fishes at Chichirivichi de la Costa:
implementing a conservation strategy of threatened fishes in Venezuela from a socio-ecological
approach
42 40753 7000 Arturo Ayala Bocos GHOST NETS: LOOKING FOR KILLERS OF MARINE LIFE IN DEEP REEFS
43 40761 6975 Nathan Spindel Metabolic Scaling in the Era of Climate Change
44 40768 4000 David Bruce Mapping and Modeling of the Seattle Fault Tsunami Inundation in Puget Sound

45 40775 5400 Emily Gipson Using compound specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids to identify depth-related
changes in trophic baseline of pelagic food webs

46 40778 6200 Prasant Muduli Awareness & education on conservation of endangered species of olive ridleys turtle with
primary stake holders of Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam District of Odisha

47 40787 3050 Nur Leena Wong W.S. Marine Invertebrate Guidebook Publication, Malaysia
48 40788 3300 Alen Shakirov Analysis of sturgeon poaching activity and its impact on biodiversity of the Caspian Sea

49 40799 2000 Sara Vasquez The effects of kelp harvesting on trophic ecology of redspotted catshark Schroederichthys
chilensis (Guichenot, 1848)
50 40814 7500 Emily Buckner Land-Sea Connectivity: Exploring Terrestrial Trophic Linkages in Puget Sound Kelp Forests

51 40829 4640 Ethan Cissell Investigating bacteriophage interactions with emerging benthic cyanobacterial mats
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# App # Approved First Name Last Name Program Name
52 40831 8725 Ana Sabrina Riverón Mato Assessing trophic interactions between key marine apex predators off the Uruguayan coast

53 40833 4878 Tiago Repolho The effects of global climate change and environmental driven chronobiology on a pioneer
seagrass species (Zostera noltei)
54 40842 4950 Eddy Nnanga Improvement of the conservation status of sea turtles on the northern coast of Cameroon
through the capacity building of local fishermen on beach monitoring

55 40857 5300 Jannine Chamorro Determining the role of DNA methylation in the thermal acclimation of California mussels
(Mytilus californianus) along a natural ecological gradient

56 40858 4461 Mahi Mankeshwar Capacity building and outreach in the Southern Andaman Important Marine mammal Area.

57 40864 3200 Elizabeth Holzenthal Optimization of seagrass restoration configuration to support long-term survivability and
buffering capacity
58 40865 4300 Andrew Kurtz Partnering with the offshore sailing community to monitor marine microplastic pollution

59 40866 5073 Anargha Setiadi Sea turtles in Haji Buang: A baseline work towards the restoration of an Indonesian jellyfish lake

60 40869 2990 Kathryn Scafidi The effects of an invasive alga, Sargassum horneri, on the trophic dynamics of temperate rocky
reefs
61 40900 4700 Hanny Rivera Gene expression patterns of corals across a natural, futuristic temperature and pH gradient in
Palau
62 40946 8100 Emiliano Garcia Rodriguez Identifying priority areas for management and conservation of juvenile white sharks inside a
nursery area.
63 41025 8600 Vincent Quiquempois Trophic Interactions and Habitat Requirements of Omura's whales in the Mozambique channel

64 41040 5046 Erin Shilling Implementing disease intervention strategies on corals in the southeast Florida Reef Tract and
assessing their potential impact on mucus microbial communities