Art and Algae: A Tour of Long Island’s Waterways
August 7 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Learn about harmful algal blooms on Long Island while crafting with algal paints. All ages welcome and crafting materials supplied!
This program is free with admission to the lighthouse.
Adrienne Tracy is a Master’s Student in Dr. Christopher Gobler’s laboratory at Stony Brook University. She began her career with an undergraduate degree in Biology and Environmental Science from Colby College during which, she interned at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Colby College Limnology Lab, and CUNY Baruch College. Through these internships she studied the interactions between phytoplankton, nutrients, and oysters. For her undergraduate thesis at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, she worked to develop a genetic transfection method for oyster cells in vivo and in vitro. After graduation, she worked with the Maine Department of Marine Resources monitoring different regions of coastline for harmful algal blooms and the corresponding biotoxin accumulation in shellfish. She is currently in the second year of her Master’s degree studying how ocean acidification and HABs can interact to impact the survival of bivalve larvae. In her free time she enjoys hiking, kayaking, and playing with her cats.
Mairead Farrell is a Master’s student pursuing a degree in Marine Sciences through Stony Brook’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. She attended Colby College for her undergraduate degree and majored in Environmental Studies and Science, Technology, and Society. Her research focuses on harmful algal blooms (HABs) and the ways in which anthropogenic factors such as climate change and excess nutrients may impact them. She has done work studying Pseudo-nitzschia at Bigelow Labs and Karenia brevis at Mote Marine Lab’s Red Tide Institute. She hopes to help educate others on HABs and the ways in which we can help to reduce their severity.
