{"id":3543,"date":"2022-10-19T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T19:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=3543"},"modified":"2025-05-02T14:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:05:37","slug":"michelle-fernandez","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/fy21\/cohort-1-fy21\/michelle-fernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Fernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NOAA-EPP LMRCSC&nbsp;Doctoral&nbsp;Graduate<\/strong><br><em>Ph.D., Marine Biology and Ecology<\/em><br><strong><strong>University of Miami -Rosenstiel School<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle Fernandez earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in business administration from the University of Florida in 2021. She then earned a Master of Professional Science degree from the University of Miami in Marine Conservation in 2022. Her masters project was titled &#8220;Impact of SEAHIVE\u2122 installation on shoreline structural complexity and fish species diversity and abundance. I. Habitat baseline and assessment.&#8221; She is now pursuing a doctoral degree in Marine Biology and Ecology, with Dr. David Die as her advisor, characterizing small-scale\/artisanal fishery interactions with blue marlin and yellowfin tuna in the Inter-American Seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/research-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Research Theme:<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Healthy Habitats<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOAA LMRCSC Fellows attain the NOAA Core Competencies detailed in&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2024\/02\/NOAA-Core-competency-rubric.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">this rubric<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>NERTO Project Title:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Analysis of batoid bycatch from the Delaware Bay COASTSPAN (Cooperative Atlantic States Shark Pupping and Nursery) Surveys<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>NOAA Mentor:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/contact\/camilla-t-mccandless-phd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Camilla McCandless<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Academic Advisor:&nbsp;<\/strong>Dr. David Die<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-color-bg-alt-color has-css-opacity has-color-bg-alt-background-color has-background is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100.png 100w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Lead Institution)<br>(410) 651-7870<br>Award numbers: FY 2021 Award #NA21SEC4810005<br>Funding Agency:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/office-education\/epp-msi\">NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP\/MSI)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA-EPP LMRCSC&nbsp;Doctoral&nbsp;GraduatePh.D., Marine Biology and EcologyUniversity of Miami -Rosenstiel School Michelle Fernandez earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in business administration from the University of Florida in 2021. She then earned a Master of Professional Science degree from the University of Miami in Marine Conservation in 2022. Her masters project was titled &#8220;Impact of SEAHIVE\u2122 installation on&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/fy21\/cohort-1-fy21\/michelle-fernandez\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Michelle Fernandez<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"parent":3483,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-3543","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3543\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=3543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}