{"id":4554,"date":"2023-10-09T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=4554"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:37:29","slug":"leianna-jones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/fy21\/cohort-2-y21\/leianna-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Leianna Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA-EPP LMRCSC Undergraduate Fellow<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Graduated)<\/em><br><em>B.S., Environmental Science, May 2026<br><\/em><strong>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leianna Jones participated in the Geosciences Bridge Program in the summer of 2022. Her project focused on&nbsp;the&nbsp;abundance and distribution of Grass Shrimp and White Shrimp in the Maryland Coastal Bays. After completing the program, she enrolled at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to pursue a degree in Environmental Science with a concentration in General Ecology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Fall 2023, Leianna became an LMRCSC Undergraduate Fellow to pursue her B.S. She engaged in research on coastal ecology under the mentorship of Dr. Stephanie Stotts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Academic Advisor:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. Stephanie Stotts<\/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>&nbsp;Healthy Habitats<\/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<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-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 Undergraduate Fellow\u00a0(Graduated)B.S., Environmental Science, May 2026University of Maryland Eastern Shore Leianna Jones participated in the Geosciences Bridge Program in the summer of 2022. Her project focused on&nbsp;the&nbsp;abundance and distribution of Grass Shrimp and White Shrimp in the Maryland Coastal Bays. After completing the program, she enrolled at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore&#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\/leianna-jones\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Leianna Jones<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1739,"featured_media":0,"parent":3490,"menu_order":1,"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-4554","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4554","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=4554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4554\/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=4554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=4554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}