Emma Smith

Contact Information

Email: emma.alyssa.smith@maine.edu

Education

BSc in Marine Biology, UC San Diego

Biography

Emma is a PhD student in the Schwieterman Lab. Emma graduated with a BSc in Marine Biology from UC San Diego where she worked on several projects including long term monitoring for harmful algal blooms, research on hemoglobin-oxygen binding in rainbow trout, and assisting with hydroid surveys in local kelp forests and rocky reefs. After graduation, Emma continued working as a research assistant at Scripps Institution of Oceanography for one year before moving cross-country to being her PhD in Marine Biology at the University of Maine. Her research interests for her doctoral studies include hemoglobin-oxygen binding over ontogeny in elasmobranch fishes.