NOAA-EPP LMRCSC Doctoral Graduate
Ph.D., Marine, Estuarine & Environmental Science
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Detbra graduated from Binghamton University with a B.S. degree in Environmental Studies in 2010. She also attended Brooklyn College and received a M.A. degree in Biology in 2012, after which she enrolled at UMES. Detbra worked with Dr. Joseph Pitula on a project that examined the impacts of harmful dinoflagellates and Vibrio sp. in oyster aquaculture sites in the Delaware Inland Bays. Dr. Rosales graduated with her Ph.D. in December 2020 and she is now an NSF CREST Postdoctoral Fellow at UMES.
NERTO Project Title: The Influence of okadaic acid on gene expression and bacterial susceptibility.
NOAA Mentor: Dr. John Jacobs, NOAA NOS, Cooperative Oxford Lab, MD
Academic Advisor: Dr. Joseph Pitula
Publications/Presentations
- Lewis, N.I., Wolny, J.L., Achenbach, J.C., Ellis, L., Pitula, J.S. & Rafuse, C., Rosales, D.S., McCarron, P. (2018). Identification, growth and toxicity assessment of Coolia Meunier (Dinophyceae) from Nova Scotia, Canada. Harmful Algae, 75: 45-56.
- Rosales, D., Ozbay, G., Parveen, S., Jacobs, J. & Pitula, J.S. (2019). Harmful Algae Succession and Vibrio Association in the Delaware Inland Bays. Presented at the American Fisheries Society Tidewater Chapter annual meeting, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, Feb. 2019.
- Rosales, D., Parveen S., Ozbay, G., Jacobs, J. & Pitula, J., (2018). Harmful Algal Succession and Vibrio association in the Delaware Inland Bays. Presented at the World Aquaculture meeting in 2018.
- Rosales, D., Parveen S., Ozbay, G., Jacobs, J. & Pitula, J., (2018). Harmful Algal Succession and Vibrio spp. detection in the Delaware Inland Bays. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (AERS) meeting at 70 Bridging Past & Future April 2018 Ignite Oral presentation.
Detbra Rosales dissecting and injecting oysters with Vibrio parahaemolyticus at NOAA Cooperative Oxford Lab, MD.
