CMAST Bids Farewell to Semester at CMAST Students

The NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) Semester at CMAST class of 2025 presented their spring research projects to a group of their peers and mentors today.  Research topics, presenters, and mentors, included:

• A Semester at Bonehenge Whale Center by Cecilia Calub – Mentor, Mr. Keith Rittmaster
• Interconnected Estuaries: Blue Crabs, Seagrass, and Hematodinium perezi by Alden Mazo – Mentors, Drs. Tal Ben-Horin and Stacy Zhang
• North Carolina Female Bottlenose Dolphin Diet Analysis by Vanessa Bost – Mentor, Dr. Victoria Thayer
• Spot-A-Shark by Kathryn Wozniak and Gianna Newton – Mentor, Dr. Carol Price
• Living Shorelines and Fish by Ben Kreiser – Mentors, Drs. Stacy Zhang and Trevyn Toone
• The Fisheries Reform Act of 1997: A Review by Brayden Rorick – Mentor, Dr. Louis Daniel
• Community Succession on Living Shorelines by Georgia Atcheson – Mentors, Drs. Stacy Zhang and Trevyn Toone
• Eastern Oyster Molecular Responses to Stress by Allie Hopper – Mentor, Dr. Maria Rodgers
• Conservation of Crystal Skippers & Gopher Frogs in NC by Joy Woodcock and Tucker Gaddy – Mentor, Dr. Carol Price
• Texture Properties of Dough & Crackers Fortified with Smoked Salmon Skin by

Andrew Morris – Mentors, Drs. Alex Chouljenko and Alona Chepiha and Mr. Greg Bolton

Best of luck to this group of future scientists as they continue their education and research.