For over a decade, the SRJC-BML Internship Program has offered Santa Rosa Junior College students hands-on research opportunities at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, connecting the JC students with UC Davis graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and staff mentors across a range of scientific fields.
Katrina Anderson is a fifth-year college student at the Santa Rosa Junior College working towards a master’s degree in zoology and environmental science. Last summer, she worked with Lily McIntire, a graduate student at San Diego State University, through the SRJC-BML Internship Program.
Sophia Chin's goal is to interweave natural science and visual art as a way to encourage climate activism. As an intern at Bodega Marine Lab, Sophia created animations and videos highlighting the work and research at the lab and surrounding reserve.
During my time spent at the Bodega Marine Lab, my primary goal was to become more familiar with fieldwork. I’m glad to say that not only did I achieve this goal but also developed a better understanding of land stewardship.
Looking at a jellyfish is like looking into the ancient past. Survivors from the late Precambrian Era, these organisms lived in an environment completely alien to the wide swath of modern Earth. They thrived during a time when the waters of our planet were largely anoxic, the lack of oxygen making them inhospitable to most animals existing today.
Natalie Kozlowsk, a third-year Santa Rosa Junior College student, spent last summer working with Keira Monuki, a 5th-year PhD candidate looking at how various populations of the marine snail Acanthinucella spirata that were captured have grown under controlled conditions as well as separate hot and cold treatments.
