Student Blog

My name is Zoë Stalham. I am an undergraduate student studying marine biology at Queen’s University Belfast. Over the past year, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to work as a International Fellow in coastal Georgia with Marine Extension and Georgia… Full story

As a master’s student in Biology at Georgia Southern University, I’ve spent the past year and a half studying the resiliency of restored and natural dunes on Tybee Island. While my background is in plant conservation genetics—first as an undergraduate… Full story

I’m currently working as a year-long marine education fellow with Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. I am a recent graduate from UGA with an emphasis in marine biology. As a dedicated Georgia bulldog, it has been such a joy… Full story

I am a master’s student at Georgia Southern University, and I’m part of the Freshwater Ecology Laboratory. My thesis project, which is funded through a Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant Research Traineeship, explores how saltwater is moving into historically… Full story

Will Collins, nominated by Georgia Sea Grant, is a Digital Coast Fellow who was matched with The Nature Conservancy’s Gulf Program to develop a project to protect and manage coastal wetlands, with a focus on facilitating inland marsh migration to enhance coastal… Full story

My name is Justin Sanclemente, and I am the Jekyll Island Authority State Fellow for Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. My love for ecology and wildlife conservation, especially that of herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians) led me to start my… Full story

When the pandemic hit, I was living and working in New York City, but after a year of quarantines and new variants, I decided to leave the close quarters of the city behind. Armed with the latest vaccine, I traded… Full story

My name is Kate Milne, and I am currently working for a year as an international fellow with Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. I am a student at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and have had the incredible… Full story

Outside the Eulonia Piggly Wiggly, a man approached me. Spying the University of Georgia (UGA) truck I had just parked, he asked what I did at UGA. I told him that I restored oyster reefs, which started a long conversation… Full story

My journey to becoming a marine biologist began as a child. I was fascinated by the ocean and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist so that I could learn and understand as much as possible about the underwater world. However,… Full story