CAMPUS:
CUNY - Graduate Center
COHORT LEVEL
Cohort-1 (2022)
ACADEMIC LEVEL
Doctoral (Ph.D.)
Research Title
Sequestration and storage of Blue Carbon in mangroves in La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
Cohort : 1
Level: PhD
Expect Graduation Date: May 2025
Campus: CUNY – Graduate Center
Research Theme: Oceans & Coasts
Biography
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Jahnelle is a NOAA EPP/MSI Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing-II Scholar in Cohort 1 at the Graduate Center, CUNY. She is a PhD student majoring in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her research is on Sequestration and storage of Blue Carbon in mangroves in La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
In 2023, Jahnelle was selected as a NOAAEPP/MSI Graduate Fellow. she will complete her 1-year residency with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, under the mentorship of Dr. Ashok Deshpande, a NOAA Research Scientist.
Research
Sequestration and storage of Blue Carbon in mangroves in La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
Academic Mentors : Hari Pant, Ph.D. and Shakila Merchant, Ph.D.
NOAA Mentors : Ashok Deshpande, Ph.D. (Northeast Fisheries Science Center at Sandy Hook, New Jersey)
NERTO
NERTO Title : Using LIDAR measurements to estimate Hurricane Marie effect on biomass and carbon stocks in mangroves of southwestern Puerto Rico
Year : 2022
NERTO Mentors : Kirk Waters, Ph.D. (Office of Coastal Management)
NOAA Location : NOAA, Office of Coastal Management