The Graduate Student Thesis Defense is the Culminating Experience for MLML’s Masters in Marine Science program. Our graduate students are required to present their thesis to an audience comprised of their Thesis Committee, MLML Faculty, fellow students, the MLML research community, and researchers from other marine science institutions. They also are open to the public.
If you cannot make it to the Thesis Defense in person, you can watch the live stream...
"Juvenile White Sharks in Monterey Bay: Effects of Thermal Habitat Patchiness on Local Densities of a Range Shifting Predator" A Thesis Defense by Kelsey Montalto MLML Ichthyology Lab Live-Stream …
"Temperature effects on growth, community composition, and domoic acid production in Pseudo-nitzschia spp." A Thesis Defense by Hannah McGrath MLML Biological Oceanography & MLML Environmental Biotechnology Live-Stream July 25th, 2025 at …
"Unveiling dynamics of the Monterey Bay upwelling shadow front: Insights from Dorado AUV time series analysis" A Thesis Defense by Kieran Claassen MLML Physical Oceanography Live-Stream June 9th, 2025 at 12:00 …
"It shucks to be inbred: Effects of small population sizes on genomic diversity of hatchery-reared Olympia oysters (Ostrea lurida)" A Thesis Defense by Anna Heasley MLML Invertebrate Ecology Live-Stream | May …
"Comparing mercury accumulation and the macroalgal microbiome between coastal and estuarine populations of sea lettuce (Ulva spp.)" A Thesis Defense by Shelby Penn MLML Phycology Live-Stream | May 9th, 2025 at …
"Advancing Benthic Survey Methods: A Novel Application of Diver-Operated Stereo Video to Survey the Influence of Benthic Habitat Variation on Urchin and Macroalgae Populations in California Rocky Reefs" A Thesis …
"Abalone and seaweed co-culture: growth and shell biomineralization of an iconic California gastropod" A Thesis Defense by Noah Kolander MLML Phycology Live-Stream | May 5th, 2025 at 4:00 pm PDT …
"The Influence of Rhodolith Algae on Life History of the Painted Urchin, Lytechinus pictus" A Thesis Defense by Celine de Jong MLML Invertebrate Ecology Live-Stream | May 6th, 2025 at …
"EFFECTS OF DENSITY ON MORPHOMETRICS AND REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY IN THE BULL KELP (NEREOCYSTIS LUETKEANA), AN ANNUAL FOUNDATION SPECIES" A Thesis Defense by Bennett Bugbee MLML Phycology Live-Stream | May 8th, …
"The Influence of Maternal Size/Age Effects On the Physiological Responses of Adult Female Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) to Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia" A Thesis Defense by Dylan Sarish MLML Ichthyology …
"DRIVERS OF RHYTHMIC CONTRACTIONS IN THE TEMPERATE DEMOSPONGES TETHYA CALIFORNIANA AND HYMENIACIDON PERLEVIS" A Thesis Defense by Keenan C. Guillas MLML Invertebrate Ecology Live-Stream | May 1st, 2025 at 2:00 pm PDT …
" A COST EFFECTIVE MULTIBEAM SYSTEM YIELDS HIGH TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION BATHYMETRIC MAPS OF THE MONTEREY CANYON HEAD" A Thesis Defense by Marcel Peliks MLML Geological Oceanography Live-Stream | February …
