NOAA-EPP LMRCSC Master’s Graduate
M.S., Biology – Environmental Track (Graduated)
Hampton University
Lucia Ramirez-Joseph grew up on the island of Puerto Rico but moved to North Carolina to pursue higher education. At The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, she received her B.S. degree in Biology in May 2022. At UNCG, she studied the effects of urbanization on freshwater fish. Lucia joined the LMRCSC program in September 2022 as a master’s student at Hampton University. Lucia worked alongside advisor Dr. Joey Reustle, where her research focused on oyster reef restoration along the Hampton River area. She graduated from HU on May 12, 2024, with a Masters Degree in Biology with concentration in Marine and Environmental Sciences. Post graduation, she spent the summer as a research assistant at the Plum Island Long Term Ecological Research Station in Massachusetts. In Fall of 2024, she moves on to the Ph.D. program at University of Georgia’s Marine Sciences Department, under the advisement of Dr. Jimmy Nelson. Lucia plans to study ways in which the interaction between predators and their environment has shifted with increasing urbanization and climate change
Research Theme: Stock Assessment
NOAA LMRCSC Fellows attain the NOAA Core Competencies detailed in this rubric.
NERTO Project Title: Assessment of the National Shellfish Initiative (NSI)
NOAA Mentor: Dr. Kevin Madley, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Academic Advisors: Dr. Joseph Reustel and Dr. Deidre Gibson
Publications/Presentations
- Ramirez-Joseph*, L. and J.W. Reustle. Assessing the strength of top-down community regulation on urbanized, temperate oyster reefs. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. 2023. Mallorca, Spain (Poster).
NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Lead Institution)
(410) 651-7870
Award numbers: FY 2021 Award #NA21SEC4810005
Funding Agency: NOAA Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI)
