CESSRST Graduate Scholar receives Prestigious Graduate Fellowship Program (GFP)
The Center is proud to announce that Jahnelle Howe, a Ph.D. Student Fellow from CESSRST-II Cohort 1, was recently accepted to the NOAA EPP/MSI Graduate Fellowship Program (GFP). “The EPP/MSI GFP is designed to serve as a future workforce pipeline to NOAA for qualified students currently supported at EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers and pursuing a graduate degree in a discipline aligned with NOAA’s mission. The selected fellows participate in professional development training and a year-long experiential opportunity at a NOAA facility” (see NOAA EPP/MSI website for more details). Jahnelle is in the Earth & Environmental Science Department at The CUNY Graduate Center, NY, and is “more than ecstatic to be one of this year’s GFP fellows!” Her year-long engagement in the GFP starts on September 1, 2023, at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, under the mentorship of Dr. Ashok Deshpande, a NOAA Research Scientist.
Jahnelle said ” During my tenure as an EPP/MSI Graduate fellow I expect to accomplish the following: The first being completing a chapter of my thesis dissertation to enable me to graduate on schedule. Another accomplishment will be to contribute to the Northeast Fisheries establishment of a protocol for assessing ecosystem health and blue carbon sequestration and storage in coastal ecosystems.”
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About EPP/MSI Graduate Fellowship Program
The EPP/MSI Graduate Fellowship Program is designed to serve as a future workforce pipeline to NOAA for qualified students currently supported at EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers and pursuing a graduate degree in a discipline aligned with NOAA’s mission. The selected fellows participate in professional development training and a year-long experiential opportunity at a NOAA facility – Read More
