Student Perspectives

Growth of Snails and a Person

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.

A Dive Into the Abalone World

Alina Santamaria, an SRJC student transferring to UC Berkeley in Fall 2024 and majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology is interested in cell biology and hopes to one day pursue a career as a medical doctor. During the Summer of 2024, Alina interned in the White Abalone Captive Breeding Lab.

An Unforgettable Experience at BML

Elijah Lewin, a Santa Rosa Junior College student majoring in biology and planning on transferring to CSU Monterey Bay in 2025, worked with mentors Robin Roettger and Nicholas Trautman in the Coastal Oceanography Group last summer.

Summertime in The Coastal Prairie

Last summer, Cabrilla Wiecek gained hands-on experience in conservation and land stewardship at the Bodega Marine Laboratory under the guidance of Luis Morales, a reserve steward on the Bodega Marine Reserve.

A Summer in Sustainable Aquaculture

Jackson Hargreaves is a 23-year-old biology student at SRJC, aspiring to transfer to UC Davis to pursue a bachelor’s degree in environmental toxicology. As a student, Jackson is passionate about self-sustaining systems and applied sciences.

Exploring Eelgrass and Expanding Horizons

Angelina Leal, a third-year Santa Rosa Junior College biology major, gained invaluable experience in environmental research while studying eelgrass wasting disease with mentor Dr. Amy Briggs as part of the SRJC-BML Internship Program.