Meet Kiana, who just finished her first semester as an undergraduate student intern at the SEFSC
FORCES Lab! Read about her goals for her first research cruise in her own words...
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| Kiana (R) helps Sr. Survey Tech Samantha retrieve the CTD |
Hi everyone, my name is Kiana and I'm a sophomore undergrad at the
University of Miami. As an undergrad intern, my main role is helping the
senior researchers accomplish all the tasks needed on the ship. Some of
my tasks include
deploying nets, containing and logging samples, and inputting data.
As
of now, I don't know exactly what I want to do in the future but I am
excited to begin work on my senior thesis, which will be looking at
lobster abundance in and around MPAs near
Cuba.
My biggest goals for this cruise are to learn the ins and outs of
accomplishing an experiment at sea, in addition to learning valuable
scientific skills that I can apply at school and in the future.
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| Kiana soaks up some sun on the back deck after a hard shift's work! |
Besides
participating in this cruise I will also be journeying
to Saudi Arabia in late July to participate in research on the Red Sea,
where I will be able to use many of the skills I learned aboard the
Nancy Foster.
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