Education:

08/2019 — present - M.S., Marine Science, University of South Florida

08/2013 — 05/2017 - B.S., Biology, Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) Senior Thesis: Water quality assessment of the effects of a water pollution control facility on the Hockanum River in Vernon, Connecticut

Research Experience:

2019 — Present - Graduate Research Assistant, Optical Oceanography Laboratory, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida

2015 — 2017 - Undergraduate Research Assistant - Biology Department, Central Connecticut State University

Presentations:

Manos, A. and C. Penniman. Water quality assessment of the effects of a water pollution control facility on the Hockanum River in Vernon, Connecticut. Poster session presented at the Northeast Natural History Conference, Cromwell, CT (April 2017).

Certifications:

• 05/2017 U.S. Department of the Interior motorboat operator
• 05/2017 CPR and first aid training
• 11/2016 PADI certified open water SCUBA diver