{"id":4546,"date":"2023-10-09T15:25:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=4546"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:27:18","slug":"veronica-lucchese","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/fy21\/cohort-2-y21\/veronica-lucchese\/","title":{"rendered":"Veronica Lucchese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA-EPP LMRCSC&nbsp;Doctoral&nbsp;Graduate<\/strong><br><em>Ph.D., Marine Estuarine and Environmental Science<\/em><br><strong>University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veronica Malabanan Lucchese is a Ph.D. student studying Environment and Society at the University of Maryland&#8217;s Center for Environmental Science. From 2019-22, she worked as a NOAA contractor for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center and the Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Her work as a federal contractor focused mainly on scientific communications, outreach, website design, and economic data analysis. She received her bachelors degree from the University of Miami&#8217;s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and majored in Marine Affairs, Geology, and Anthropology. Passionate about life sciences, environmental justice, and public education, Veronica is dedicated to improving environmental management practices and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/research-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research Theme:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Human Dimensions <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NERTO Project Title:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Understanding hubs and exclusion- Social network analysis of invasive blue catfish management in the Rappahanock and York River watersheds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA Mentor:&nbsp;<\/strong>Bruce Vogt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Academic Advisor:&nbsp;<\/strong>Drs. Bill Dennison &amp; Venessa Vargas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Publications\/Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025 winner of the&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mees.umd.edu%2Fbill-huppert-endowed-student-award&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckanuzback%40umes.edu%7Cc84c558a48304b23087c08dd917e87de%7Cf3b74c6baf13485097f02e97a8a9b7d7%7C0%7C0%7C638826695094702911%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GNXkTp%2BUIX2ysCzo9x%2B7LsiROBjmXvQaW%2B4ov82nIsA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bill&nbsp;Huppert&nbsp;Endowed Student Award<\/a>,&nbsp;established by the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen&#8217;s Association (MSSA) Scholarship Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 Estuarine and Environmental ScienceUniversity of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology Veronica Malabanan Lucchese is a Ph.D. student studying Environment and Society at the University of Maryland&#8217;s Center for Environmental Science. From 2019-22, she worked as a NOAA contractor for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center and the&#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-2-y21\/veronica-lucchese\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Veronica Lucchese<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1739,"featured_media":0,"parent":3490,"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-4546","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4546","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\/1739"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4546\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=4546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}