NOAA-EPP LMRCSC Doctoral Graduate
Ph.D., Marine, Estuarine & Environmental Science
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Stephanie received her B.S. in Coastal Marine Biology in 2012 from the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao Campus. She joined the LMRCSC in January 2014 under the advisement of Dr. Bradley Stevens and received her doctoral degree in December of 2018. Her research focused on reproductive biology and histology of deep-sea red crabs (Chaceon quinquedens). Stephanie’s research interests are in fisheries management, ecology and population dynamics of crustaceans. She was the first recipient of the NOAA LMRCSC’s Scott B. Gudes Public Service Graduate Scholarship in Marine Resource Conservation in 2017. Stephanie is currently a Fisheries Biologist at the NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, Florida.
NERTO Project Title: Eastern Bering Sea Crab Survey training for CSC graduate student
NOAA Mentor: Dr. Chris Long, NOAA AFSC, Kodiak Laboratory, AK
Academic Advisor: Dr. Bradley Stevens
Publications/Presentations
Martínez-Rivera, S., & Stevens, B.G. (2016). Reproductive biology of female red deep-sea crabs (Chaceon quinquedens) in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Presented at the Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences Graduate Colloquium, College Park, MD, October 2016.
