Stephanie Lear
As a native of East Rutherford, New Jersey; I attend Montclair State University as a Biology major with a concentration in Environmental Science and a minor in Chemistry. Spring 2010 was when I first started conducting habitat surveys at the New Jersey School of Conservation. This project marked the beginning of my limnology research at the Shanti Lab. I began to learn the dynamics of ecological research and water monitoring, and that summer I was granted acceptance into the Science Honors Innovation Program at Montclair State University. With the fellowship that I received; I began my research project: Assessment of Bloom-forming Cyanobacteria and Algae in New Jersey Lakes.
In spring of 2011, I traveled to the St. John Virgin Island and conducted a sea grass ecology research project with the supervision of my professor Dr. Paul A.X. Bologna.
My work to date has focused on the quantitative study of microorganisms found in water sampling as well as the identification of the blue-green algae found therein. The assessment of the water collection also allows for DNA detection of blue-green cyanobacteria algae so that I may analyze which lakes will produce cyanobacteria blooms before they occur.
For my future graduate studies, I am shifting my work from freshwater to marine and coastal studies so that I may focus on the interdisciplinary areas of oceanography.
Contact: lears1@mail.montclair.edu
In spring of 2011, I traveled to the St. John Virgin Island and conducted a sea grass ecology research project with the supervision of my professor Dr. Paul A.X. Bologna.
My work to date has focused on the quantitative study of microorganisms found in water sampling as well as the identification of the blue-green algae found therein. The assessment of the water collection also allows for DNA detection of blue-green cyanobacteria algae so that I may analyze which lakes will produce cyanobacteria blooms before they occur.
For my future graduate studies, I am shifting my work from freshwater to marine and coastal studies so that I may focus on the interdisciplinary areas of oceanography.
Contact: lears1@mail.montclair.edu