{"id":5968,"date":"2025-03-13T15:25:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T19:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=5968"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:42:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:42:19","slug":"wyatt-palenchar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/fy21\/cohort-3-fy21\/wyatt-palenchar\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyatt Palenchar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA-EPP LMRCSC\u00a0Graduate Fellow<\/strong><br><em>M.S., Marine Estuarine and Environmental Science<\/em><br><strong>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wyatt Palenchar graduated with a B.S. degree in Environmental Science from the University of Maryland in May 2024. He participated in the ORISE Internship Program at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, where he worked with researchers to study sustainable farming methods. Wyatt started in the MEES program at UMES in September 2024 and joined the LMRCSC Fellowship program in January 2025. His advisor is Dr. Justine Whitaker, and his thesis is focused on using eDNA and metabarcoding to examine the diet of Speckled Trout in the Gulf of Mexico. Post-graduation, Wyatt plans to work for a federal or state agency in the fisheries field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/research-themes\/\">Research theme<\/a>: Stock Assessment<\/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;TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA Mentor:&nbsp;<\/strong>TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Academic Advisors:&nbsp;<\/strong>Dr. Justine Whitaker<\/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\u00a0Graduate FellowM.S., Marine Estuarine and Environmental ScienceUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore Wyatt Palenchar graduated with a B.S. degree in Environmental Science from the University of Maryland in May 2024. He participated in the ORISE Internship Program at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, where he worked with researchers to study sustainable farming methods. Wyatt&#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-3-fy21\/wyatt-palenchar\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Wyatt Palenchar<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1739,"featured_media":0,"parent":4496,"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-5968","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5968","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=5968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5968\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=5968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}