Recommendation 3. It was unclear to the panel what deliverables, such as scientific
papers, presentations, and graduate degrees, were the result of the current grant vs.
past or other research funding. In addition, the educational endeavors and collaborations
attributed to R2R were also vague. Thus, to assess the progress on the current grant,
the VI EPSCoR project leads should develop clear guidelines on the expectations for
project reporting to the team. The team should identify the tangible products and
outcomes that were a direct result of the current VI EPSCoR grant and articulate how
the project outcomes are related to the R2R objectives. A list of deliverables (e.g.,
proposals, presentations, publications) attributable to project Years 1 and 2, should be
submitted to the managing PO by the deadline noted above. Subsequent reports (annual
and final) submitted to NSF should include this information.
Below is a list of deliverables for the first two years of the R2R project. This list is
followed by the names of the MMES graduates who started and graduated since
the beginning of the R2R project.
Ridge to Reef
Books
Book Chapters
Outputs and Products for Year
1
•
Guannel, M.L., Guannel, G., Daniel, I., Copemann, N., Freeman, A., and Good, B. (2021). A
course on natural disasters gets real: living the impacts of climate change in the US Virgin
Islands. In E. Walsh (Ed.) Social justice in climate change education: Exploring social and
ethical dimensions of environmental education. New York City, NY: Routledge. Social justice
in climate change education: Exploring social and ethical dimensions of environmental
education. Status = SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes; Peer
Reviewed = Yes
Journals or Juried Conference Papers
View all journal publications currently available in the NSF Public Access Repository for this
award.
The results in the NSF Public Access Repository will include a comprehensive listing of all journal
publications recorded to date that are associated with this award.
•
Guannel, M.L., Guannel, G., Daniel, I., Copemann, N., Freeman, A., and Good, B. (Accepted)
July 2019. A course on natural disasters gets real: living the impacts of climate change in the
US Virgin Islands. In E. Walsh (Ed.) Social justice in climate change education: Exploring
social and ethical dimensions of environmental education. New York City, NY: Routledge.
Status = SUBMITTED.
•
Harris, L., T. Grayson, H.A. Neckles, C.T. Emrich, K.A. Lewis, K.W. Grimes, S. Williamson, C.
Garza, C.R. Whitcraft, J. Beseres Pollack, D.M. Talley, B. Fertig, C.M. Palinkas, S. Park,
J.M.P. Vaudrey, A.M. Fitzgerald, J. Quispe. (2021). A socioecological imperative for
broadening participation in coastal and estuarine research and management. Estuaries &
Coasts. Status = ACCEPTED.
•
Cruz-Rivera, E. and D. C. Rogers. (2021). An unavoidably short history of inland aquatic
animal diversity research in the US Virgin Islands. Studies in History and Philosophy of
Science. Status = UNDER_REVIEW.
•
Halliday-Isaac, A. K., J. B. Robinson, E. Cruz-Rivera, A. G. Campbell and P. C. Sikkel. (2021).
Environmental correlates of prevalence of an intraerythrocytic apicomplexan infecting
Caribbean damselfish. Parasitologia. Status = UNDER_REVIEW.
•
Matley, J.K, LK Johansen*, NV Klinard, ST Eanes*, PD Jobsis. (2021). Habitat selection and
3D space use partitioning of resident juvenile hawksbill sea turtles in a small Caribbean Bay.
Marine Biology. Status = UNDER_REVIEW.
•
Ramseyer TN*, Tronholm A, Turner T, Brandt ME, Smith TB. (2021). Elevated nutrients and
herbivory negatively affect Dictyota growth dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Status
= UNDER_REVIEW.
•
Ma L, Becker C, Weber, L, Sullivan C, Zgliczynski B, Sandin S, Brandt M, Smith T, Apprill A.
(2021). Biogeography of reef associated microbial communities at multiple spatial scales.
2021
ASLO Meeting. Status = UNDER_REVIEW.
•
Green, Stephanie J., Jordan Matley, D. Elizabeth Smith, Lad Akins, Bernard Castillo, Richard
S. Nemeth, Clayton Pollock, and Kynoch Reale-Munro. (2021). Broad-scale acoustic
telemetry reveals long distance movements and larger home ranges for invasive lionfish
(Pterois volitans) on invaded coral reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
673: 117-134.
Status
=PUBLISHED
•
Chaves-Fonnegra A, Panassiti B, Smith TB, Brown E*, Clemens E*, Sevier M*, Brandt ME
(2021). Environmental and biological drivers of white plague disease on shallow and
mesophotic coral reefs. Ecography. Status = SUBMITTED.
•
Becker CC, Apprill A, Brandt M, Miller CA (2021). Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
biomarker bacteria identified in corals and overlying waters using a rapid field-based
sequencing approach. Status = SUBMITTED.
•
Meiling, S, Smith,T, Brandt, M., Muller, E (2021). Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD)
lesion progression slows. Frontiers in Marine Science. Status = ACCEPTED.
•
Holstein DM, Smith, T Van Hooidonk R, Paris C. (2021). Patterns of coral metapopulation
decline in a changing climate. Conservation Letters. Status = SUBMITTED.
•
Egan KE, Viehman TS, Holstein DM, Smith, T, Poti M, Groves SH (2021). Predicting the
distribution of threatened orbicellid corals in shallow and mesophotic reef ecosystems. Marine
Ecology Progress Series. Status = SUBMITTED.
•
Ali KA, Flanagan D, Brandt M, Ortiz J, Smith TB (2021). Semi-analytical inversion modelling
of Chlorophyll a variability in the U.S. Virgin Islands. PLOS ONE. Status = SUBMITTED.
•
Chiquillo, K.L., Mims, B.B., Chong, A.U, Johnson, C., Y, Fong, C.R., Habtes, S Barber, P.H.,
Fong, P. (2021). Herbivory as a limiting factor for seagrass proximity to fringing reefs in
Moorea, French Polynesia. Aquatic Botany 168. Status = ACCEPTED.
•
Mukherjee, S, Habtes, S., Jobsis, P. (2001). Comparative analysis of the performance of
ocean model frameworks in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico coastal ocean. Journal of
Operational Oceanography. Status = SUBMITTED.
Outputs and Products for Year 2
Books
Book Chapters
•
Bowen, Diana (2021). Design Choices for a Growth Mindset Professional Development for
Instructors in STEM Higher Education. Mindsets Pathways to STEM Success: A compilation
of tools and strategies for Higher education to boost learning in STEM Caribbean Writer
Press. St Croix. Status = SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes; Peer
Reviewed
= Yes
•
Francis, G., Brown, L., Espinosa, C., Hunt, D., Powell, K., Hutcheson, L., Guannel, M.L.
(2022). Abstract accepted to book under review, H. Williams, H. Huskić, and C. Noto (Eds.),
Breaching Hierarchy: Students and Teachers Collaborating For Social Change. Breaching
Hierarchy: Students and Teachers Collaborating For Social Change. Status = ACCEPTED;
Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Francis, G., Brown, L., Espinosa, C., Hunt, D., Powell, K., Hutcheson, L., Guannel, M.L.
(2022). Student-directed service learning in the United States Virgin Islands: Resiliencing
through Disaster. Breaching Hierarchy: Students and Teachers Collaborating For Social
Change. Status = SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes; Peer Reviewed
= Yes
•
Guannel, M.L., Guannel, G., Daniel, I., Copemann, N., Freeman, A., and Good, B. (2022). A
course on natural disasters gets real: living the impacts of climate change in the US Virgin
Islands. Social justice in climate change education: Exploring social and ethical dimensions of
environmental education. Status = PUBLISHED; Acknowledgement of Federal Support =
Yes; Peer Reviewed = Yes
•
McSween, Verleen (2021). Effective Implementation of Informal STEM Learning Practices in
the Virtual Classroom. Mindsets Pathways to STEM Success: A compilation of tools and
strategies for Higher education to boost learning in STEM. Caribbean Writer Press. Status =
SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes; Peer Reviewed = Yes
Journals or Juried Conference Papers
•
Holstein, Daniel M. and Smith, Tyler B. and van Hooidonk, Ruben and Paris, Claire B. (2022).
Predicting coral metapopulation decline in a changing thermal environment. Coral Reefs.
Status = PUBLISHED
•
Brandt, Marilyn E. and Ennis, Rosmin S. and Meiling, Sonora S. and Townsend, Joseph and
Cobleigh, Kathryn and Glahn, Adam and Quetel, Jason and Brandtneris, Viktor and
Henderson, Leslie M. and Smith, Tyler B. (2021). The Emergence and Initial Impact of Stony
Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) in the United States Virgin Islands. Frontiers in Marine
Science. 8. Status = PUBLISHED
•
Mukherjee, Sonaljit and Habtes, Sennai and Jobsis, Paul. (2022). Comparative analysis of
the performance of the GOFS, PSY4 and AMSEAS ocean model frameworks in the Virgin
Islands and Puerto Rico coastal ocean. Journal of Operational Oceanography. 1 to 25. Status
= PUBLISHED
•
Heidmann, Sarah L. and Jossart, Jonathan and Kimble, Melissa and Nemeth, Richard S.
(2021). Home range characteristics and diel patterns in space use of mutton snapper,
Lutjanus
analis,
in
St.
Thomas,
US
Virgin
Islands.
Animal
Biotelemetry.
9
(1).
10.1186/s40317-021-
00237-z Status =PUBLISHED
•
Pitz, Kathleen J. and Richlen, Mindy L. and Fachon, Evangeline and Smith, Tyler B. and
Parsons, Michael L. and Anderson, Donald M. (2021). Development of fluorescence in situ
hybridization (FISH) probes to detect and enumerate Gambierdiscus species. Harmful Algae.
101 (C) 101914. Status =PUBLISHED
•
Parsons, Michael L. and Richlen, Mindy L. and Smith, Tyler B. and Solow, Andrew R. and
Anderson, Donald M. (2021). Evaluation of 24-h screen deployments as a standardized
platform to monitor Gambierdiscus populations in the Florida Keys and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Harmful Algae. 103 (C) 101998. Status =PUBLISHED
•
Meiling, Sonora S. and Muller, Erinn M. and Lasseigne, Danielle and Rossin, Ashley and
Veglia, Alex J. and MacKnight, Nicholas and Dimos, Bradford and Huntley, Naomi and
Correa, Adrienne M. and Smith, Tyler Burton and Holstein, Daniel M. and Mydlarz, Laura D.
and Apprill, Amy and Brandt, Marilyn E. (2021). Variable Species Responses to Experimental
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Exposure. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. Status
=PUBLISHED
•
Meiling, Sonora and Muller, Erinn M. and Smith, Tyler B. and Brandt, Marilyn E. (2020). 3D
Photogrammetry Reveals Dynamics of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Lesion
Progression Across a Thermal Stress Event. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. Status
=PUBLISHED
•
Olinger, LK and Chaves-Fonnegra, A and Enochs, IC and Brandt, ME. (2021). Three
competitors in three dimensions: photogrammetry reveals rapid overgrowth of coral during
multispecies competition with sponges and algae. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 657 109
to 121. Status = PUBLISHED
•
Ibrahim, Ali K. and Zhuang, Hanqi and Chérubin, Laurent M. and Schärer-Umpierre, Michelle
T. and Nemeth, Richard S. and Erdol, Nurgun and Ali, Ali Muhamed. (2020). Transfer learning
for efficient classification of grouper sound. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
148 (3) EL260 to EL266. Status =PUBLISHED
•
Artim, John M. and Nicholson, Matthew D. and Hendrick, Gina C. and Brandt, Marilyn and
Smith, Tyler B. and Sikkel, Paul C. (2020). Abundance of a cryptic generalist parasite reflects
degradation of an ecosystem. Ecosphere. 11 (10). Status=PUBLISHED
•
Harris, L., T. Grayson, H.A. Neckles, C.T. Emrich, K.A. Lewis, K.W. Grimes, S. Williamson, C.
Garza, C.R. Whitcraft, J. Beseres Pollack, D.M. Talley, B. Fertig, C.M. Palinkas, S. Park,
J.M.P. Vaudrey, A.M. Fitzgerald, J. Quispe. (2021). A socioecological imperative for
broadening participation in coastal and estuarine research and management. Estuaries &
Coasts. Status = PUBLISHED.
•
Cruz-Rivera, E. and D. C. Rogers. (2022). An unavoidably short history of inland aquatic
animal diversity research in the US Virgin Islands. Studies in History and Philosophy of
Science. Status = PUBLISHED.
•
Halliday-Isaac, A. K., J. B. Robinson, E. Cruz-Rivera, A. G. Campbell and P. C. Sikkel. (2021).
Environmental correlates of prevalence of an intraerythrocytic apicomplexan infecting
Caribbean damselfish. Parasitologia. Status = PUBLISHED.
•
Ramseyer TN*, Tronholm A, Turner T, Brandt ME, Smith TB. (2021). Elevated nutrients and
herbivory negatively affect Dictyota growth dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Status
= PUBLISHED.
•
Ma L, Becker C, Weber, L, Sullivan C, Zgliczynski B, Sandin S, Brandt M, Smith T, Apprill A.
(2021). Biogeography of reef associated microbial communities at multiple spatial scales.
2021
ASLO Meeting. Status = PUBLISHED.
•
Chaves-Fonnegra A, Panassiti B, Smith TB, Brown E*, Clemens E*, Sevier M*, Brandt ME
(2021). Environmental and biological drivers of white plague disease on shallow and
mesophotic coral reefs. Ecography.. Status = PUBLISHED.
•
Matley, JK and Jossart, J and Johansen, L and Jobsis, PD. (2020). Environmental drivers of
diving behavior and space-use of juvenile endangered Caribbean hawksbill sea turtles
identified using acoustic telemetry. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 652 157 to 171. Status
=PUBLISHED
•
Green, SJ and Matley, JK and Smith, DE and Castillo B, II and Akins, JL and Nemeth, RS
and Pollock, C and Reale-Munroe, K. (2021). Broad-scale acoustic telemetry reveals
long-distance movements and large home ranges for invasive lionfish on Atlantic coral reefs.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. 673 117 to 134. Status=PUBLISHED
•
Matley, J. K. and Johansen, L. K. and Klinard, N. V. and Eanes, S. T. and Jobsis, P. D. (2021).
Habitat selection and 3D space use partitioning of resident juvenile hawksbill sea turtles in a
small Caribbean Bay. Marine Biology. 168 (8). Status = PUBLISHED
•
Duffing Romero, Mareike D. and Matley, Jordan K. and Luo, Jiangang and Ault, Jerald S. and
Pittman, Simon J. and Nemeth, Richard S. (2021). Movement patterns of juvenile Atlantic
tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) in Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Animal
Biotelemetry. 9 (1). Status = PUBLISHED
•
Becker CC, Apprill A, Brandt M, Miller CA (2021). Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
biomarker bacteria identified in corals and overlying waters using a rapid field-based
sequencing approach. Status = PUBLISHED.
•
Liefer, Justin D. and Richlen, Mindy L. and Smith, Tyler B. and DeBose, Jennifer L. and Xu,
Yixiao
and
Anderson,
Donald
M.
and
Robertson,
Alison.
(2021).
Asynchrony
of
Gambierdiscus spp. Abundance and Toxicity in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Implications for
Monitoring and Management of Ciguatera. Toxins. 13 (6) 413. Status = PUBLISHED
•
Holstein DM, Smith, T Van Hooidonk R, Paris C. (2021). Patterns of coral metapopulation
decline in a changing climate. Conservation Letters. Status = PUBLISHED.
•
Egan KE, Viehman TS, Holstein DM, Smith, T, Poti M, Groves SH (2021). Predicting the
distribution of threatened orbicellid corals in shallow and mesophotic reef ecosystems. Marine
Ecology Progress Series. Status = PUBLISHED.
•
Stewart, HA and Janiak, DS and Wright, JL and Hunt, DAGA and Carmona Cortes, A and
Powell, KT and Chapman, LJ and Altieri, AH. (2022). Epibiont community composition of red
mangroves Rhizophora mangle are contingent on root characteristics. Marine Ecology
Progress Series. 686 15 to 35. Status =PUBLISHED
•
Chiquillo, K.L., Mims, B.B., Chong, A.U, Johnson, C., Y, Fong, C.R., Habtes, S Barber, P.H.,
Fong, P. (2021). Herbivory as a limiting factor for seagrass proximity to fringing reefs in
Moorea, French Polynesia. Aquatic Botany 168. Status = PUBLISHED.
•
Mukherjee, S, Habtes, S., Jobsis, P. (2001). Comparative analysis of the performance of
ocean model frameworks in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico coastal ocean. Journal of
Operational Oceanography. Status = PUBLISHED.
•
Costa, Sophia V. and Hibberts, Stephanie J. and Olive, Danielle A. and Budd, Kayla A. and
Long, Alexys E. and Meiling, Sonora S. and Miller, Madyson B. and Vaughn, Kelsey M. and
Carrión, Claudia I. and Cohen, Maksym B. and Savage, Annie E. and Souza, Matthew F. and
Buckley, Lorraine and Grimes, Kristin W. and Platenberg, Renata and Smith, Tyler B. and
Blondeau, Jeremiah and Brandt, Marilyn E. (2021). Diversity and Disease: The Effects of
Coral Diversity on Prevalence and Impacts of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in Saint
Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. Status =PUBLISHED
•
Veglia, A. J. and Beavers, K. and Van Buren, E. W. and Meiling, S. S. and Muller, E. M. and
Smith, T. B. and Holstein, D. M. and Apprill, A. and Brandt, M. E. and Mydlarz, L. D. and
Correa, A. M. (2022). Alphaflexivirus Genomes in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease- Affected,
Disease-Exposed, and Disease-Unexposed Coral Colonies in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Microbiology resource announcements. Status =PUBLISHED
•
Dimos B, Emery M, Beavers K, MacKnight N, Brandt M, Demuth J, Mydlarz L. (accepted)
Adaptive Variation in Homolog Number Within Transcript Families Promotes Expression
Divergence in Reef-Building Coral. Molecular Ecology. Status = ACCEPTED.
•
Wright J.L., H.A. Stewart, I. Candanedo, E. D, Alessandro, M. Estevanez, R.J. Arajo.
Coexisting mangrove-coral habitat use by juvenile reef fishes in the Caribbean. Biotropica
(Submitted February 18, 2022, initial submission). Status = SUBMITTED.
•
Heather A. Stewart, Jennifer L. Wright, Matthew Carrigan, Andrew H. Altieri, David I. Kline,
Rafael J. Araajo (2021). Coexisting mangrove-coral habitats: a description of a novel canopy
habitat in Bocas del Toro, Panama, global classification, and distribution. PLOS Biology,
September 13, 2021. Status = SUBMITTED.
•
Lancellotti BV, Underwood KL, Perdrial JN, Schroth AW, Roy ED, Adair CE. (2022). Complex
drivers of riparian soil oxygen variability revealed sing self-organizing maps. Biogeochemistry.
In review. Status = UNDER_REVIEW.
•
Palacio-Castro A, Smith TB, Brandtneris VW, Snyder GA, van Hooidonk R, Mat JL, Manzello
D, Glynn PW, Fong P, Baker AC (submitted) Increased dominance of heat-tolerant symbionts
create resilient coral reefs in near-term ocean warming. PNAS. Status = SUBMITTED.
•
Ennis RS, *Baltzer K, *Jossart J, *Sevier S, *Kisabeth J, *Forbes Jr. H, *Tennant K, *Rios M,
Brandtneris V, Brandt M, Smith TB, Wilson Grimes K (submitted) Persistent water quality
impairment negatively impacts red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) prop root epibiont
communities in a marine protected area of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Status =
SUBMITTED.
•
Ali K, *Flanagan D, Brandt ME, Ortiz J, Smith TB (in revision) Semi-analytical inversion
modelling of Chlorophyll a variability in the U.S. Virgin Islands. PLoS ONE. Status =
UNDER_REVIEW.
•
Edmunds PJ, Smith TB (submitted) Spatial variation in the dynamics and synchrony of coral
reefs in the US Virgin Islands. Marine Biology. Status = SUBMITTED.
•
Henderson, LM, Jeremiah Blondeau, Marcia Taylor, Rishard S. Nemeth, Tyler B. Smith
(submitted). Terrestrial and silt-clay sediment flux affect stony coral health in the nearshore
US Virgin Islands. PLOS 1 (submitted 23 Mar 2022). Status = SUBMITTED.
•
Huntley N, Brandt ME, Becker C, Miller C, Meiling S, Correa A, Holstein DM, Muller E,
Mydlarz L, Smith TB, Apprill A (in review) Experimental transmission of Stony Coral Tissue
Loss Disease results in differential microbial responses within coral mucus and tissue. ISME
Communications. Status = AWAITING_PUBLICATION.
•
Martin, KS, JR Evia, K Peterman, K Grimes, M Medina, M Brandt (2021). Navigating learning
ecosystems; exploring students use of agency in marine and environmental sciences. Journal
of Geoscience Education. Status = UNDER_REVIEW.
•
McSween, Verleen (2021). Effective Implementation of Informal STEM Learning Practices in
the Virtual Classroom. Mindsets Pathways to STEM Success: A compilation of tools and
strategies for Higher education to boost learning in STEM. Caribbean Writer Press. Status =
AWAITING_PUBLICATION.
Other Conference Presentations / Papers
•
Cruz-Rivera, Edwin (2021). A brief history of golden tides. Loyola Marymount University.
California. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Brandt, M, Mele, D, Carne L, Vaughan D (2021). A comparison of micro-fragmenting
propagation techniques for the endangered stony coral species, Acropora palmata. CERF
2021 26th Biennial Conference. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal
Support = Yes
•
Monrose-Mills, N (2022). Big Impacts: Improving STEM Education in the Virgin Islands. IUPUI.
Indiana. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Cummings, Lawanda (2022). Building a Culture of Research and Support in STEM at an
HBCU. National Science Foundation STEM for ALL Video Showcase. Virtual. Status =
OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
McSween, Verleen, Cummings, Lawanda (2022). Building a Culture of Research and Support
in STEM at HBCU. Developing Equity and Inclusion at the Department Leve. 2022
Massachusetts PKAL Regional Network Winter Meeting. A Virtual Meeting Hosted by
Bridgewater State University. Association of American Colleges and Universities. Virtual.
Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Cummings, L & McSween, V (2022). Building a Culture of Research and Support in STEM at
an HBCU. Developing Equity and Inclusion at the Department Level. 2022 Capital PKAL
Meeting:STEM Instructional Innovations Necessitated by COVID-19: Evolution of Processes
Post Pandemic Hosted by Coppin State University. Association of American Colleges and
Universities. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Brandt,
Marilyn,
Wilson-Grimes,
Kristen,
Whitcraft
C,
La
Peyre
M (2021). Coastal
Restoration: Challenges, Successes and Innovation. CERF 2021 26th Biennial Conference.
Virtual. Status
= OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Cummings, Lawanda, Berkeley, Resa (2022). Culturally Relevant Community Outreach
(CRCO): Fitting learning theory to informal learning spaces for science literacy. American
Educational Research Association (AERA). San Diego. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement
of Federal Support = Yes
•
Francis, G (2022). Designing Future Learning Opportunities with Students at the Center.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Virtual Seminar. Virtual. Status
= OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Cummings, L (2021). Early Career Supports: Developing and Modeling Growth Mindset for
STEM
through
Faculty
Professional
Development.
National
Academies
of
Science
Engineering
and
Medicine
Virtual
Town
Hall,
USVI.
Virtual.
Status
=
OTHER;
Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
McSween, V (2021). Early Career Supports: VI-ISERP: Mentoring and Research Infrastructure
Support Structures for the Pre- and In-service STEM Workforce. National Academies of
Science Engineering and Medicine Virtual Town Hall, USVI. Virtual. Status = OTHER;
Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Bestrom N, Apprill A, Trotz M, Brandt M (2022). Evaluating the impacts of water quality on
critical coral reef habitats and disease in the endangered coral species, Acropora palmata, in
the northern U.S. Virgin Islands. 15th International Coral Reef Symposium, 3-8 July, Bremen,
Germany. Status = SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Monrose-Mills, Nadia, Bowen, Diana, Cummings, Lawanda (2022). Forging Partnerships: A
crucial component to STEM workforce development in the Virgin Islands. National Science
Foundation STEM for ALL Video Showcase. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of
Federal Support = Yes
•
Brandt, Marilyn, Wilson-Grimes, Kristen, Durdall, Allie, Willette, D A, Vaughn, K (2021).
Impacts of shoot density and water depth on the carbon storage ability of Halophila
stipulacea. Conference of the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation. Virtual. Status =
OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Brandt, Marilyn, Wilson-Grimes, Kristen, Durdall, Allie, Vaughn, K, Willette, D (2021). Impacts
of shoot density and water depth on the carbon storage ability of Halophila stipulacea. CERF
2021 26th Biennial Conference. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal
Support = Yes
•
Budd K, Brandt M, Sikkel P, Nemeth R (2022). Impacts of stony coral tissue loss disease
(SCTLD) on the persistence of a keystone reef fish species. 15th International Coral Reef
Symposium. Bremen, Germany. Status = SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal
Support
= Yes
•
Dade L, Lillis A, Trotz M, Brandt M (2022). Impacts of water quality impairment on
scleractinian coral early life history stages. 15th International Coral Reef Symposium.
Bremen, Germany. Status = SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Guannel, Michele, Diana, O., Freeman, A (2022). Incorporation of a utility-value intervention
into
a place-based, culturally sustaining general education science course. National
Association
for
Research
in
Science Teaching (NARST). 2022 Annual International
Conference. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Cruz-Rivera, Edwin (2021). Intraspecific variation in palatability of the invasive species
Halophila stipulacea. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Virtual Meeting. Virtual. Status =
OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Brandt, Marilyn, Meiling, Sonora, Quetel, J, Townsend, J, Williams, L (2021). Local
intervention efforts lead to species-specific reductions in stony coral tissue loss disease
(SCTLD) prevalence in the United States Virgin Islands. 74th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries
Institute Conference. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Perry, Molly (2021). Make You Believe Everyone in Class can Change the World: Engaging
First Year Undergraduates through Student-Led Project-Based Learning in STEM. University
of the Virgin Islands and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Town
Hall. Rethinking the STEM Pipeline: UVI Holistic Approach to Student Preparation for the
STEM Workforce. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Cummings, Lawanda & Berkeley, Resa (2021). Moving Culturally Relevant Pedagogy from
the Classroom to the Community: VI-EPSCoR Outreach Education and Diversity. Center for
Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA), Virtual Conference. Virtual.
Status
= OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Stout, Jarvon, Cummings, Lawanda, McSween, Verleen, Monrose-Mills, Nadia (2021).
National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine: UVI Town Hall. National
Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine Virtual Meeting, USVI. Virtual. Status =
OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Stewart, Heather, Wilson-Grimes, Kristen, Callwood, VerNele , Holevoet, Allison (2021).
Nursery growing conditions influence germination time and success of white mangrove
Laguncularia racemosa propagules. Coastal Education and Research Foundation (CERF)
2021 annual meeting. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Hunt, D (2022). Opportunities for the Students of 2040. National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine Virtual Seminar. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of
Federal Support = Yes
•
Stout, Jarvon (2021). Pre-College/Community: Informal Learning to Develop STEM Identity
for USVI Pre-College Populations. National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine
Virtual Town Hall, USVI. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support =
Yes
•
Monrose-Mills,
Nadia
(2021).
Pre-College/Community:
The
STEM
Institute:
Teacher
Professional Development Program. National Academies of Science Engineering and
Medicine Virtual Town Hall, USVI. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal
Support = Yes
•
Stewart, H (2021). Punta Culebra 2021 Guide Training: Mangroves. Punta Culebra Natural
Center guides. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Guannel, M (2022). Resilience leaders initiative University of the Virgin Islands. National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Virtual Seminar, Designing Future
Learning
Opportunities
with
Students
at
the
Center.
Virtual.
Status
=
OTHER;
Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Brandt, M (2022). SCTLD Surveillance in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. Coral Reef Task
Force Coral Disease Working Group Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Surveillance in the
Indo-Pacific Virtual Workshop. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal
Support
= Yes
•
Bowen,
Diana,
Cummings, Lawanda, Monrose-Mills, Nadia (2022). Secondary STEM
Teachers Post-Hurricane Experiences and Acts of Agency in the USVI. American Educational
Research Association (AERA). San Diego. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal
Support = Yes
•
Stewart, Heather (2021). Shedding light on mangrove forests as a refuge for corals: The
effect of shade and habitat on coral health in the Caribbean. SEMANGLARES IV. Bogota,
Columbia. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Lancellotti, Britanny, Hensley, David, Knappenberger, TJ (2022). Soil moisture regimes under
mulch covers in tropical plantain production. Auburn Research Student Symposium. Auburn
Alabama. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Gochfeld DJ, Brandt ME, Chaves Fonnegra A, Smith TB, Ennis RS, Diaz CM, Olson JB
(2022).
Sponge community responses to disturbances on Caribbean reefs. 15th International Coral
Reef Symposium. Bremen, Germany. Status = SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal
Support = Yes
•
Cummings,
Lawanda
(2021).
Student Centered Mentoring: A Case for Mentor Rich
Environments. National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine Virtual Meeting,
USVI. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Cummings, L (2022). Student Centered Mentoring: A Case for Mentor Rich Environments.
National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine Virtual Town Hall, USVI. Virtual.
Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Michele Guannel, Deana Hunt (2021). Student leadership in emergency response and
recovery: from Category 5 hurricanes to COVID-19. Virtual 2021 Massachusetts Regional
Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Meeting, Back to Normal? STEM Education and High-Impact
Practices Moving Forward. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support =
Yes
•
Guannel, Michele (2021). Supporting culturally competent leaders for a changing VI: the
Resilience Leaders Initiative. University of the Virgin Islands and National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Town Hall. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement
of Federal Support = Yes
•
Brandt, Marilyn, Smith, Tyler, Holevoet A, Krampitz N, Bestrom N, Dade L, Cheramie J, Kelso
M, McGregor A, Ayres K, del Valle T, Antoine J, Scott N, Chaparro A, Mason, R (2021). The
role of herbivory on coral reef recovery in the Caribbean. CERF 2021 26th Biennial
Conference. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Guannel, M & Freeman, A (2021). University youth experiences and leadership: Naming and
addressing layers of disaster-amplified gaps in social support structures of the United States
Virgin Islands. American Anthropological Association Hybrid 2021 Annual Meeting, Baltimore,
MD, United States. Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Wilson-Grimes, Kristen, Durdall, Allie, Stout, Jarvon, Holevoet, Allison, Halliday, Kayla,
Hibberts, Stephanie (2021). Why and how we built that: mangrove restoration in the U.S.
Virgin Islands. 26th Biennial Conference of the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation.
Virtual. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Steward, Heather (2021). Women in Science. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
Maryland. Status = OTHER; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
Other Publications
•
Smith T, Blondeau J, Brandt M, Brandtneris V, Ennis R, Heidmann S, Kadison E, Nemeth
(2022). Chronic and acute disease impacts as a driver of mesophotic coral degradation in the
US Virgin Islands. Abstract submitted to the 15th International Coral Reef Symposium, 3-8
July 2022, Bremen, Germany. Status = SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal Support
= Yes
•
Ogurcak DE, Donoso M, Duran A, Ennis RS, Gann D, Gulick A, Olivas P, Smith TB, Stoa R,
Vargas J, Wachnika A, Whitman E (2021). Natural resource condition assessment: Buck
Island.
Reef National Monument. Natural Resource Report NPS/BUIS/NRR 2021/XXXX.
Status = SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes
•
Ogurcak DE, Donoso M, Duran A, Ennis RS, Frankovich T, Gann D, Olivas P, Smith TB, Stoa
R, Vargas J, Wachnika A, Whitman E (2021). Natural resource condition assessment: Salt
River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve.
Natural Resource Report
NPS/SARI/NRR—2021/XXXX. Status = SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal Support
= Yes
•
Ogurcak DE, Donoso M, Duran A, Ennis RS, Frankovich T, Gann D, Olivas P, Smith TB, Stoa
R, Vargas J, Wachnika A, Whitman E (2021). Natural resource condition assessment:¯ Virgin
Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument.. Natural Resource
Report NPS/XXXX/NRR 2021/XXXX. Status = SUBMITTED; Acknowledgement of Federal
Support = Yes
PROPOSALS
#
Title
Organizers
Status
Amount
Request
ed
Date
Subm
itted
Funding
Agency
Componen
ts
1
Providing
accessible water
quality
testing
services
for
cistern water with
focus on bacteria,
disinfection
by
products,
and
other
Amber
Packard,
Paul Jobsis
Submitt
ed
$43,000.
00
2/1/20
22
Water
Research
and
Resourc
e
Institute
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
contaminants
of
local concern in
St.
Thomas,
USVI
2
RII-BEC:
Securing STEM
Island Pathways
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes,
Lawanda
Cummings
Pending
$1,000,0
00.00
4/22/2
022
NSF
Education
and
Workforce
Developme
nt
3
Climate
change
and the effects of
golden
tides
on
Caribbean
coastal
sustainability.
Multiscale
predictions for an
emerging
biocomplex
problem
Edwin
Cruz-Rivera
Awarde
d
$375,00
0.00
7/7/20
21
NASA
MUREP
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
4
Sargassum
biomass
as
an
animal
feed
ingredient
for
aquaculture
Edwin
Cruz-Rivera
Submitt
ed
$298,47
2.00
11/2/2
021
NOAA
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
5
Application
of
Systems
Thinking
and
Transdisciplinary
Learning
to
Strengthen
Retention
and
Preparation for a
Resilience-
Focused
Workforce in the
United
States
Virgin Islands
Michele
Guannel
Pending
$349,97
5.00
3/29/2
022
Building
Capacity
in STEM
Educatio
n
Research
,
National
Science
Foundati
on
Education
and
Workforce
Developme
nt
6
Filling
in
the
gaps
for
data-
poor reef fishes
in
the
U.S.
Caribbean:
research on age,
growth,
and
reproduction for
Richard
Nemeth
Pending
$37,200.
00
10/1/2
021
NOAA
Fish
Ecology
&
Herbivory
stoplight
parrotfish
and
redtail parrotfish
in anticipation of
upcoming
stock
assessments
7
Bringing
Back
the
Nassau
Grouper
in
the
US Caribbean
Richard
Nemeth
Pending
$766,85
0.00
10/1/2
021
NOAA
Section 6
Endange
red
Species
Recover
y
program
Fish
Ecology
&
Herbivory
8
Filling Caribbean
fish
life
history
gaps:
redtail
parrotfish
&
hogfish
Richard
Nemeth
Awarde
d
$103,04
9.00
6/1/20
21
NOAA
Coral
Reef
Conserv
ation
Program
Fish
Ecology
&
Herbivory
9
Build
capacity
for
conducting
fisheries
life
history
work
within
USVI
Territory
Richard
Nemeth
Awarde
d
$681,30
5.00
5/1/20
21
NOAA
Southeas
t
Area
Monitori
ng
and
Assessm
ent
Program
Fish
Ecology
&
Herbivory
10
Investigating
recovery
and
innovations
in
co-restoration of
unique
coral-
mangrove
systems
in
Hurricane
Holeâ€,
Virgin
Islands
National
Park
and
Salt
River Bay
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes,
Marilyn
Brandt
Submitt
ed
$380,95
2.00
2/19/2
022
National
Park
Service
Disease
&
Restoration
11
22-2022
RID-
0027
Tyler Smith
Awarde
d
$1,000,0
00.00
8/1/20
21
NASA
EPSCoR
Marine
Resilience
12
Application
of
UAV
and
satellite
based
optical sensors to
Tyler Smith,
Marilyn
Brandt
Submitt
ed
$744,45
3.00
2/13/2
022
NASA
Marine
Resilience
help preserve the
coral reefs of the
US
Virgin
Islands
13
USGS
National
Climate
Adaptation
Science
Center
Diverse
Knowledge
Systems
Fellowship
David
Hensley
Pending
$10,000.
00
3/27/2
022
USGS
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
14
Exploring
the
impacts of land
cover shifts on
sediment
discharges
in
Virgin
Islands
marine
environments
using
real-time
remote sensing
David
Hensley
Pending
$16,000.
00
2/10/2
022
USVI
NASA
EPSCoR
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
15
Large-scale
CoPe: Reducing
Climate
Risks
with
Equitable
Nature-based
Solutions:
Engaging
Communities on
Reef-Lined
Coasts
Marilyn
Brandt,
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes
Submitt
ed
$2,405,7
43.00
2/3/20
22
NSF
Coastlin
es
and
People
(CoPe)
program
Disease
&
Restoration
16
Mangrove
Restoration
Education
&
Outreach in the
U.S.
Virgin
Islands
Allie
Durdall
Submitt
ed
$82,348.
00
2/2/20
22
11th
Hour
Racing
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
17
HAB-OA
2022:
Evaluation
of
ocean
acidification,
temperature, and
light
on
the
ecophysiology
and
toxicity
of Tyler Smith
Submitt
ed
$1,491,4
82.00
1/10/2
022
NOAA
Ecology
of
Harmful
Algal
Blooms
Program
Marine
Resilience
Gambierdiscus
silvae
from
Ciguatera
endemic regions
18
Engaging
Stakeholders
using
Multi-
Media
Approaches:
Promoting
Solutions
for
Reducing
Terrestrial
Sedimentation
and Pollution into
Coastal
Environments
Richard
Nemeth
Submitt
ed
$54,342.
58
1/6/20
22
WRRI
Fish
Ecology
&
Herbivory
19
Bringing
Back
the
Nassau
Grouper
in
the
US Caribbean
Richard
Nemeth
Submitt
ed
$766,85
0.00
10/1/2
021
NOAA
Section 6
Species
Recover
y
program
Fish
Ecology
&
Herbivory
20
Filling
in
the
gaps
for
data-
poor reef fishes
in
the
U.S.
Caribbean:
research on age,
growth,
and
reproduction for
stoplight
parrotfish
and
redtail parrotfish
in anticipation of
upcoming
stock
assessments
Richard
Nemeth
Submitt
ed
$37,200.
00
8/1/20
21
NOAA
MARFI
N
program
Fish
Ecology
&
Herbivory
21
Filling Caribbean
fish
life
history
gaps:
redtail
parrotfish
&
hogfish
Richard
Nemeth
Awarde
d
$103,04
9.00
6/1/20
21
OAA
Coral
Reef
Conserv
ation
Program
Fish
Ecology
&
Herbivory
22
Investigating
Recovery
and
Innovations
in
Marilyn
Brandt
Submitt
ed
$373,46
7.00
10/1/2
021
National
Park
Service
Disease
&
Restoration
Co-Restoration
of Unique Coral-
Mangrove
Systems
in
Hurricane
Hole,
Virgin
Islands
National
Park
and
Salt
River
Bay, ¯Salt River
Ecological
and
Historic Preserve
23
Investigating
Recovery
&
Innovations
in
Co-Restoration
of Unique Coral-
Mangrove
Systems
at
VICR-SARI,
National
Park
Service, Service-
wide
Comprehensive
Call
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes,
Marilyn
Brandt,
Allie
Durdall
Submitt
ed
$428,00
0.00
12/15/
2021
National
Park
Service
Disease
&
Restoration
24
Large-scale
CoPe: Reducing
climate risks with
equitable nature-
based
solutions:
engaging
communities
on
reef-lined coasts
Marilyn
Brandt
Submitt
ed
$2,405,7
43.00
10/27/
2021
NSF
CoPe
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
25
Promoting
Environmental
Stewardship
through a British
and U.S. Virgin
Islands
Mangrove
Restoration
Learning
Exchange
and
Creation
of
a
Community
of
Practice
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes,
Allie
Durdall
Awarde
d
$7,000.0
0
9/30/2
021
Commu
nity
Foundati
on of the
Virgin
Islands
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
26
Slowing
the
spread
of
stony
coral tissue loss
disease (SCTLD)
in the US Virgin
Islands:
Treatment
of
diseased
coral
colonies
in
the
National
Park
Units of St. John
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
$300,00
0.00
5/1/20
21
CESU
Disease
&
Restoration
27
Building
Capacity
and
Resources
for
Coral
Reef
Restoration in the
National
Park
Units
Surrounding
St.
John, US Virgin
Islands
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
$684,23
8.00
7/15/2
021
CESU
Disease
&
Restoration
28
Restoration
for
Resilience:
Bringing
back
SCTLD
Susceptible
Species
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
$200,00
0.00
7/1/20
21
Departm
ent
of
Interior
CRNR
FY21
grants,
sponsore
d
by
DPNR
Disease
&
Restoration
29
A
multi-scale
approach
to
predicting
infectious multi-
host
disease
spread in marine
benthic
communities
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
$2,499,9
26.00
6/1/20
21
NSF
DEB
-
Ecology
of
Infectiou
s
Diseases
program
Disease
&
Restoration
30
Slowing
the
spread
of
stony
coral tissue loss
disease (SCTLD)
in the US Virgin
Islands:
Treatment
of
diseased
coral
Marilyn
Brandt
Submitt
ed
$300,00
0.00
8/1/20
22
CESU
Disease
&
Restoration
colonies
in
the
National
Park
Units of St. John
31
Water
Resources
Research
Act
Program
Annual
Base
Grants
Fiscal Year 2021
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes
Awarde
d
$125,00
0.00
6/1/20
21
U.S.
Departm
ent of the
Interior,
U.S.
Geologic
al
Survey
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
32
Mangrove
nursery
plant
production at Salt
River
Bay
Historical
Park
and
Ecological
Preserve
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes
Awarde
d
$175,24
6.00
6/1/20
21
U.S.
Departm
ent of the
Interior,
National
Park
System.
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
33
Territorial
Coral
Reef
Monitoring
Program: Year 20
Tyler Smith
Awarde
d
$150,00
0.00
7/1/20
20
NOAA/
DPNR
Marine
Resilience
34
2021-2022
Research
Facilitation
Award:
Dormancy,
emergence,
and
resistance
to
environmental
stress
in
an
invertebrate with
an opportunistic
life cycle
Edwin
Cruz-Rivera
Pending
$19,387.
00
3/1/20
21
USVI
NASA
EPSCoR
.
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
35
National Save the
Sea
Turtle
Foundation
Agreement with
the University of
the Virgin Islands
(MOA).
August
7th,
2020.
Donation
of
$60,000
to
the
UVI
Sea
Turtle
Research
and
Conservation
Paul Jobsis
Awarde
d
$60,000.
00
7/1/20
21
Universi
ty of the
Virgin
Islands
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
Fund to assist Dr.
Paul
Jobsis
sea
turtle research.
36
Comparison
of
organic
carbon
content
at
freshwater
outflows
and
adjacent
nearshore coastal
water
on
St.
Thomas
and
St.
John, U.S. Virgin
Islands
Amber
Packard
Denied
$49,963.
00
1/7/20
21
VI Water
Resourc
es
Research
Institute
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
37
Jones Foundation
Lawanda
Cummings
Awarde
d
$13,000.
00
5/1/20
20
Commu
nity
Foundati
on of the
Virgin
Islands
Education
and
Workforce
Developme
nt
38
Science
to
Families
(SCI2FAM)
Science Learning
Ecosystem:
Water Both Land
and Sea
Lawanda
Cummings,
Verleen
McSween
Submitt
ed
$299,69
2.00
1/12/2
021
National
Science
Foundati
on
Education
and
Workforce
Developme
nt
39
Raising
Awareness
and
Participation
with
a
Social
Media
App:
Reducing
Terrestrial
Sedimentation
and
Promoting
Clear
Coastal
Waters
Richard
Nemeth
Awarde
d
$43,000.
00
8/1/20
20
USGS-
WRRI
Fish
Ecology
&
Herbivory
40
Understanding
Species
Habitat
Usage
and
Connectivity
2021: RER 2021:
Effectiveness
of
MPA design for
fish
spawning
Richard
Nemeth
Submitt
ed
$1,961,4
02.00
1/15/2
021
NOAA-
NOS-
NCCOS
Regional
Ecosyste
m
Research
Program
Fish
Ecology
&
Herbivory
aggregations
in
the US Caribbean
41
Revealing
Corridors
of
Connectivity
Between Critical
Fish Habitat for
Enhanced
MPA
Performance
in
the
US
Virgin
Islands
Richard
Nemeth
Submitt
ed
$2,000,0
00.00
1/15/2
021
NOAA-
NOS-
NCCOS
Regional
Ecosyste
m
Research
Program
Fish
Ecology
&
Herbivory
42
Women
Divers
Hall
of
Fame
Susan
L.
Williams
Memorial
Fellowship
(in
Coral Reef and
Seagrass
Restoration)
Sonora
Meiling
Awarde
d
$2,500.0
0
8/20/2
021
Women
Diverâ€
™s Hall
of Fame
Disease
&
Restoration
43
Application
of
UAV and satellite
based
optical
sensors
to
help
preserve the coral
reefs of the US
Virgin Islands
Tyler Smith,
Marilyn
Brandt
Submitt
ed
$750,00
0.00
8/20/2
021
USVI
NASA
EPSCoR
Marine
Resilience
44
Testing the effect
of
positive
species
interactions
on
disease incidence
in
outplanted
corals
Marilyn
Brandt
Submitt
ed
$150,00
0.00
8/1/20
20
Pre-
proposal
to
National
Fish and
Wildlife
Foundati
on
–
Coral
Reef
Conserv
ation
Fund
2021
Disease
&
Restoration
45
Expanding
science-based
coral
and
mangrove
restoration
to
protect
Virgin
Islands
shorelines
Marilyn
Brandt,
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes
Awarde
d
$619,80
5.00
8/20/2
021
Federal
Emergen
cy
Manage
ment
Agency,
Hazard
Mitigati
on Grant
Program
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
46
Deep Coral Reef
Monitoring
Program in the
United
States
Virgin Island
Tyler Smith
Awarde
d
$285,32
9.00
8/1/20
20
NOAA/
CIMAS
Marine
Resilience
47
Continued
Coordination and
Development of
Research
and
Monitoring
Activities in the
United
States
Virgin Islands
Tyler Smith
Awarde
d
$473,02
4.00
8/1/20
20
NOAA/
CIMAS
Marine
Resilience
48
Monitoring
of
natural
and
outplanted
threatened
Acroporid corals
in the US Virgin
Islands
Marilyn
Brandt,
Tyler Smith
Awarde
d
$747,18
9.00
8/1/20
20
NOAA
Marine
Resilience
49
Climate
Change
and the Effects of
Golden Tides on
Caribbean
Coastal
Sustainability
Multiscale
Predictions for an
Emerging
Biocomplex
Problem
Edwin
Cruz-Rivera
Submitt
ed
$749,67
0.00
12/18/
2020
NASA
(MURE
P
program
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
50
Investigating
links
between
fecal
contamination
and coral disease
Marilyn
Brandt
Submitt
ed
$50,000.
00
1/6/20
21
Universi
ty of the
Virgin
Islands
Water
Disease
&
Restoration
in the threatened
species,
Acropora
palmata
Resourc
es
Research
Institute
Program
51
GEO
Opportunities for
Leadership
in
Diversity
Sennai
Habtes
Awarde
d
$99,998.
00
8/1/20
20
National
Science
Foundati
on ICER
Oceanograp
hy
52
Large-Scale
CoPe:
Connecting
Communities
&
Co-Innovating
Nature-Based
Solutions
to
Reduce
Storm
Exposure
and
Social
Vulnerabilities
Sennai
Habtes
Submitt
ed
$20,000,
000.00
10/27/
2020 NSF
Oceanograp
hy
53
Strengthen
Coastal
Resilience in the
US
Virgin
Islands
through
Coral
Reef
Restoration
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes,
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
$237,45
5.00
8/3/20
20
National
Fish and
Wildlife
Foundati
on,
National
Coastal
Resilien
ce Fund
2020
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
54
Diversity, Equity
and
Inclusion
Capacity
Building
Program
for
Conservation
Organizations
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes
Submitt
ed
$60,000.
00
8/3/20
20
Doris
Duke
Charitab
le
Foundati
on
Watershed,
Mangrove
& Seagrass
55
Rescue to Reef
Program
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
$17,600.
00
8/1/20
20
Lovango
Reef
Restorati
on
Program
Disease
&
Restoration
Intervention
and
Mitigation
of
Stony
Coral
Tissue
Loss
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
$16,722.
00
8/1/20
20
Virgin
Islands
Departm
ent
of
Disease
&
Restoration
Disease in the US
Virgin Islands
Planning
and
Natural
Resourc
es
MMES Students who started under the R2R
Project and have graduated (Class of
2022)
Sophia
Costa
Makayla
Kelso
Alexys Long
Kristine Funk Tartaglio
Stephanie Hibberts* (*awarded posthumously)
Outputs and Products for Year 3
Products
Book Chapters
●
Guannel, M.L., Guannel, G., Daniel, I., Copemann, N., Freeman, A., and Good, B. (2021). A course
on natural disasters gets real: living the impacts of climate change in the US Virgin Islands. In E.
Walsh (Ed.) Social justice in climate change education : Exploring social and ethical dimensions of
environmental education. New York City, NY: Routledge.. Social justice in climate change education :
Exploring social and ethical dimensions of environmental education  . Status = SUBMITTED;
Acknowledgement of Federal Support = Yes ; Peer Reviewed = Yes
Journals or Juried Conference Papers
View all journal publications currently available in the NSF Public Access Repository for this
award.
The results in the NSF Public Access Repository will include a comprehensive listing of all journal
publications recorded to date that are associated with this award.
●
Guannel, M.L., Guannel, G., Daniel, I., Copemann, N., Freeman, A., and Good, B. (Accepted )July
2019. A course on natural disasters gets real: living the impacts of climate change in the US Virgin
Islands. In E. Walsh (Ed.) Social justice in climate change education : Exploring social and ethical
dimensions of environmental education. New York City, NY: Routledge.. Status = SUBMITTED.
●
Harris, L., T. Grayson, H.A. Neckles, C.T. Emrich, K.A. Lewis, K.W. Grimes, S. Williamson, C. Garza,
C.R. Whitcraft, J. Beseres Pollack, D.M. Talley, B. Fertig, C.M. Palinkas, S. Park, J.M.P. Vaudrey,
A.M. Fitzgerald, J. Quispe.(2021). A socioecological imperative for broadening participation in
coastal and estuarine research and management. Estuaries & Coasts. Status = ACCEPTED.
●
Cruz-Rivera, E. and D. C. Rogers. (2021). An unavoidably short history of inland aquatic animal
diversity research in the US Virgin Islands. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science.. Status =
UNDER_REVIEW.
●
Halliday-Isaac, A. K., J. B. Robinson, E. Cruz-Rivera, A. G. Campbell and P. C. Sikkel. (2021).
Environmental correlates of prevalence of an intraerythrocytic apicomplexan infecting Caribbean
damselfish. Parasitologia. Status = UNDER_REVIEW.
●
JK Matley, LK Johansen*, NV Klinard, ST Eanes*, PD Jobsis. (2021). Habitat selection and 3D
space use partitioning of resident juvenile hawksbill sea turtles in a small Caribbean bay. Marine
Biology.. Status = UNDER_REVIEW.
●
Ramseyer TN*, Tronholm A, Turner T, Brandt ME, Smith TB. (2021) .Elevated nutrients and
herbivory negatively affect Dictyota growth dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series.. Status =
UNDER_REVIEW.
●
Ma L, Becker C, Weber, L, Sullivan C, Zgliczynski B, Sandin S , Brandt M, Smith T, Apprill A. (2021).
Biogeography of reef associated microbial communities at multiple spatial scales. 2021 ASLO
Meeting.. Status = UNDER_REVIEW.
●
Green, Stephanie J., Jordan Matley, D. Elizabeth Smith, Lad Akins, Bernard Castillo, Richard S.
Nemeth, Clayton Pollock, and Kynoch Reale-Munro. (2021). Broad-scale acoustic telemetry reveals
long distance movements and larger home ranges for invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) on invaded
coral reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Status = SUBMITTED.
●
Green, Stephanie J., Jordan Matley, D. Elizabeth Smith, Lad Akins, Bernard Castillo, Richard S.
Nemeth, Clayton Pollock, and Kynoch Reale-Munro (2021). Broad-scale acoustic telemetry reveals
long distance movements and larger home ranges for invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) on invaded
coral reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Status = SUBMITTED.
●
Chaves-Fonnegra A, Panassiti B, Smith TB, Brown E*, Clemens E*, Sevier M*, Brandt ME (2021).
Environmental and biological drivers of white plague disease on shallow and mesophotic coral reefs.
Ecography.. Status = SUBMITTED.
●
Becker CC, Apprill A, Brandt M, Miller CA (2021). Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease biomarker
bacteria identified in corals and overlying waters using a rapid field-based sequencing
approach.. Status = SUBMITTED.
●
Meiling, S, Smith,T, Brandt, M., Muller, E (2021). Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) lesion
progression slows. Frontiers in Marine Science. Status = ACCEPTED.
●
*Ramseyer TN, , Tronholm A, Turner T, Smith T, Brandt, M(2021). Elevated nutrients and herbivory
negatively affect Dictyota growth dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Status = SUBMITTED.
●
Holstein DM, Smith, T Van Hooidonk R, Paris C. (2021). Patterns of coral metapopulation decline in
a changing climate. Conservation Letters. Status = SUBMITTED.
●
Egan KE, Viehman TS, Holstein DM, Smith, T, Poti M, Groves SH (2021). Predicting the distribution
of threatened orbicellid corals in shallow and mesophotic reef ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress
Series. Status = SUBMITTED.
●
Ali KA, Flanagan D, Brandt M, Ortiz J, Smith TB (2021). Semi-analytical inversion modelling of
Chlorophyll a variability in the U.S. Virgin Islands. PLOS ONE.. Status = SUBMITTED.
●
Chiquillo, K.L., Mims, B.B., Chong, A.U, Johnson, C.,Y, Fong, C.R., Habtes, S Barber, P.H., Fong, P.
(2021). Herbivory as a limiting factor for seagrass proximity to fringing reefs in Moorea, French
Polynesia. Aquatic Botany 168. Status = ACCEPTED.
●
Mukherjee, S, Habtes, S., Jobsis, P. (2001). Comparative analysis of the performance of ocean model frameworks in the Virgin Islands and
Puerto Rico coastal ocean. Journal of Operational Oceanography. Status = SUBMITTED.
Other Conference Presentations / Papers
Title
EPSCoR
Presenter(s)
Date
Non-EPSCo
R
co-authors
Components
Name of
Event
City
State/Countr
y
EPSCoR
Presentation
Co-authors
(did not
present)
Differing lesion
recovery of two
reef-building
Caribbean stony
coral species from
shallow water to
mesophotic depths
Marilyn
Brandt,
Sonaljit
Mukherjee,
Tyler Smith
7/3/2022
Medina, M.,
, Townsend,
J.
Marine
Resilience
The 15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium,
July 3-8,
2022,
Bremen,
Germany
 
Experimental
transmission of
Stony Coral Tissue
Loss Disease results
in differential
microbial
responses within
coral mucus and
tissue
Marilyn
Brandt,
Sonora
Meiling,
Tyler Smith
7/3/2022
Huntley, N.
N., , Becker,
C, Miller, C,
Correa, A,
Holstein, D.,
Muller, E.,
Mydlarz, L,
Apprill, A
Disease &
Restoration
the 15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium
Bremen
Germany
 
Application of an
Ecosystem-Based
Fisheries
Management
Approach: Road to
Recovery for the
Endangered Nassau
Grouper
Richard
Nemeth,
Elizabeth
Kadison,
Tyler Smith
7/3/2022
Robert
Brewer,
Leslie
Henderson,
Damon
Green,
David Olsen
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium
Bremen
Germany
 
Volcanic sediments
structuring
mesophotic coral
ecosystems on
Montserrat, British
West Indies
Tyler Smith,
Rosmin
Ennis
7/4/2022
Brandtneris,
V., Estep, A.,
Holstein, D.
Marine
Resilience
15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium,
July 3-8,
2022,
Bremen
Germany
 
Understanding and
responding to the
dual threats of
stony coral tissue
loss disease
(SCTLD) and mass
bleaching in the US
Virgin Islands
Marilyn
Brandt,
Rosmin
Ennis,
Sonora
Meiling,
Tyler Smith
7/4/2022
Joseph
Townsend,
Edwards, K.,
,
Henderson,
L
Disease &
Restoration
the 15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium
Bremen,
Germany
 
Spatial-temporal
movement patterns
of Lane snappers
(Lutjanus synagris)
in Brewers Bay, St.
Thomas, US Virgin
Islands.
Richard
Nemeth
7/4/2022
Duffing
Romero*,
Mareike D.,
Jordan K.
Mattley,
Jerald S.
Ault
Jiangang
Luo,, Simon
J. Pittman
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium,
Bremen
Germany
 
Evaluating the
impact of
non-native
seagrass, Halophila
stipulacea, on
growth and survival
of juvenile
yellowtail snapper,
Ocyurus chrysurus,
in St. Thomas, USVI
Sophie
Costa,
Sennai
Habtes,
Richard
Nemeth
7/4/2022
Willette,
Demian
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium,
Bremen
Germany
 
Utilizing 3D
photogrammetry to
assess coral-algal
competition and
growth of a rapidly
emerging red alga
(Ramicrusta sp.) in
the U.S. Virgin
Islands
Tyler Smith
7/5/2022
Hollister, K.,
Ennis, R.,
Spalding, H.,
Gabrielson,
P.
Marine
Resilience
the 15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium,
July 3-8,
2022,
Bremen,
Germany
 
The scale and
impact of the
encrusting red
algae Ramicrusta
sp.
(Peyssonneliaceae)
overgrowing coral
colonies in the
United States Virgin
Islands
Tyler Smith,
Rosmin
Ennis
7/5/2022
 
Marine
Resilience
15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium
Bremen
Germany
 
Application of an
Ecosystem-Based
Fisheries
Management
Approach: Road to
Recovery for the
Endangered Nassau
Grouper
Richard
Nemeth
7/5/2022
Brewer, R.,
Henderson,
L., Green,
D., Olsen, D
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium
Bremen,
Germany
Elizabeth
Kadison,
Tyler Smith
Spatially and
temporally realistic
disease dispersal
and epidemic
modeling of SCTLD
in the US Virgin
Islands
Marilyn
Brandt,
Rosmin
Ennis,
Sonora
Meiling,
Tyler Smith
7/5/2022
Holstein, D .
, Farmer, B,
Bloomberg,
J, Limer, B,
Rossin, A
Disease &
Restoration
the 15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium,
Bremen,
Germany:
 
Chronic and acute
disease impacts as
a driver of
mesophotic coral
degradation in the
US Virgin Islands
Tyler Smith,
Marilyn
Brandt,
Jeremiah
Blondeau,
Richard
Nemeth,
Elizabeth
Kadison
7/5/2022
Brandtneris,
V. ,
Heidmann,
S
Marine
Resilience
the 15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium
Bremen,
Germany
 
Are reduced
herbivory and
increased
sedimentation the
key factors driving
algal-dominated
alternative stable
states on Caribbean
coral reefs?
Jenna
Cheramie,
Richard
Nemeth
7/5/2022
M. Ruffo, E.
Ashley
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium
Bremen
Germany
 
Using
hydroacoustic
telemetry to
investigate
movement patterns
of the Nassau
grouper
(Epinephelus
striatus) around the
Grammanik Bank
spawning
aggregation site in
the US Virgin
Islands
Richard
Nemeth
7/5/2022
Jordan
Matley, Jon
Jossert,
Chris Biggs
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium
Bremen
Germany
Elizabeth
Kadison, ,
Jeremiah
Blondeau
Long-term changes
in fish communities
as related to
lionfish presence
on mesophotic
reefs inside and
outside of marine
protected areas in
the US Virgin
Islands
Elizabeth
Kadison,
Rosmin
Ennis, Tyler
Smith,
Richard
Nemeth
7/5/2022
Heidmann
Sarah L. ,
Viktor
Brandtneris
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium
Bremen
Germany
 
An Evaluation of
Life History
Characteristics of
Mutton Snapper,
Lutjanus analis, in
the U.S. Virgin
Islands
Richard
Nemeth
7/7/2022
Olive,
Danielle A.,
Virginia
Shervette,
Molly
Stevens,
Jeremiah
Blondeau
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
15th
International
Coral Reef
Conference
Bremen
Germany
 
Impacts of Stony
Coral Tissue Loss
Disease on the
persistence of a
keystone reef fish
species
Kayla Budd,
Marilyn
Brandt,
Richard
Nemeth
7/7/2022
 
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium,
Bremen
Germany
 
Are reduced
herbivory and
increased
sedimentation the
key factors driving
algal-dominated
alternative stable
states on Caribbean
coral reefs?
Jenna
Cheramie,
Richard
Nemeth
7/7/2022
Ashley M.
Ruffo*
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
15th
International
Coral Reef
Symposium
Bremen
Germany
 
Community-engage
d solutions to
marine debris:
perspectives from
around the world
Kristen
Wilson-Grim
es, Allie
Durdall, Zola
Roper
9/18/202
2
Kristina
Edwards
Watershed,
Mangrove &
Seagrass
7th
International
Marine
Debris
Conference
Busan
Republic of
Korea
 
Planning in
paradise: The U.S.
Virgin Islands
Marine Debris
Action Plan
Zola Roper,
Kristen
Wilson-Grim
es, Allie
Durdall,
Jarvon
Stout, Elisa
Bryan
9/19/202
2
L
Henderson,
A Huisman,
M Rios
Watershed,
Mangrove &
Seagrass
7th
International
Marine
Debris
Conference
Busan
Republic of
Korea
 
ebris in the trees: A
comparison of U.S.
Virgin Islands
mangrove and
sandy beach
clean-up data
Allie
Durdall, Zola
Roper,
Kristen
Wilson-Grim
es, Jarvon
Stout, Elisa
Bryan
9/20/202
2
Howard
Forbes,
Kristina
Edwards, L
Henderson
Watershed,
Mangrove &
Seagrass
7th
International
Marine
Debris
Conference
Busan
Republic of
Korea
 
Persistence of
mesophotic corals,
ecological and
physiological
vulnerabilities
Tyler Smith
9/21/202
2
 
Marine
Resilience
Gordon
Research
Conference:
Mesophotic
Coral Reef
Ecosystems -
Connectivity
and
Resilience
Relative to
Shallow
Reefs
Ventura
CA
 
Gliders,
Climatology, and
Ocean Models –
What We Can
Learn About the NE
Caribbean by
Increasing Upper
Ocean Observation
Density
Douglas
Wilson
9/22/202
2
 
Oceanograph
y
Underwater
Gliders Users
Group
Workshop
Seattle
Washington
 
Streambed
Sediment
Contamination
within the U.S.
Virgin Islands:
Assessing Human
Impact on Virgin
Islands Watersheds
Britanny
Lancellotti,
David
Hensley
11/2/202
2
 
Watershed,
Mangrove &
Seagrass
Soil Science
Society of
America
Conference,
Baltimore
,
MD, United
States
 
Measuring the
influence of
adjacent land
development and
sedimentation on
the spawning
behavior of
Yellowtail
Parrotfish
(Sparisoma
rubripinne) in Reef
Bay, St. John
Kayla
Blincow,
Jenna
Cheramie,
Richard
Nemeth
11/7/202
2
 
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
75th Gulf
and
Caribbean
Fisheries
Institute. 
Ft.
Walton
Beach
Florida
 
Soil Moisture
Regimes under
Mulch Covers in
Tropical Plantain
Production
David
Hensley
12/2/202
2
 
Watershed,
Mangrove &
Seagrass
Soil Science
Society of
America
Conference,
Baltimore
MD, United
States
 
Progressive
Changes in
Reproductive
Behavior of a
Recovering Nassau
Grouper Spawning
Aggregation"
Richard
Nemeth
2/19/202
3
 
Fish Ecology &
Herbivory
Gordon
Research
Conference:
Mesophotic
Coral Reef
Ecosystems -
Connectivity
and
Resilience
Relative to
Shallow
Reefs
Ventura
CA
 
Understanding
Coral Disease
Dynamics and
Impacts on
Mesophotic Coral
Ecosystems
Marilyn
Brandt
2/20/202
3
 
Disease &
Restoration
Gordon
Research
Conference:
Mesophotic
Coral Reef
Ecosystems -
Connectivity
and
Resilience
Relative to
Shallow
Reefs
Ventura
CA
 
Understanding
disease dynamics
and impacts on
mesophotic coral
ecosystems
Marilyn
Brandt
2/20/202
3
 
Disease &
Restoration
Gordon
Research
Conference:
Mesophotic
Coral
Ecosystems.
Ventura,
CA
 
The Slow Burn: The
Demographic
Impacts of Stony
Coral Tissue Loss
Disease on Shallow
and Mesophotic
Reefs in the U.S.
Virgin Islands
Nicole
Krampitz
2/22/202
3
 
Disease &
Restoration
Gordon
Research
Conference:
Mesophotic
Coral Reef
Ecosystems -
Connectivity
and
Resilience
Relative to
Shallow
Reefs
Ventura
CA
 
Green sea turtle
densities are lower
in bays closer to
areas of legal
harvest in the
Northern Virgin
Islands: Evidence of
an Evolutionary
Trap?
Paul Jobsis
3/1/2023
Jessica
Michael*,
Kristen Hart,
Clayton
Pollock*
Watershed,
Mangrove &
Seagrass
Southeast
Regional Sea
Turtle
Meeting,
Orange
Beach
AL
 
Observations at a
Green Sea Turtle
Cleaning Station in
the Northeast
Caribbean
Paul Jobsis
3/1/2023
Jessica
Michael,
Stephen
Ratchford
Watershed,
Mangrove &
Seagrass
Southeast
Regional Sea
Turtle
Meeting
Orange
Beach
AL
 
Proposals
#
Title
EPSCoR
PI/CO-P
I
Status
Award
Start
Award
End
Non-EPS
CoR
PI/Co-PI
Other
EPSCoR
Researche
rs
Amount
Request
ed
Awar
d
Amou
nt
Date
Submitt
ed
Funding
Agency
Research
Area
1
Modification
1 to Slowing
the spread
of stony
coral tissue
loss disease
(SCTLD) in
the US
Virgin
Islands:
Treatment
of diseased
coral
colonies in
the National
Park Units of
St. John
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
 
 
 
 
$189,954
.00
1899
54
7/1/202
2
National
Park
Service
Disease &
Restoratio
n
2
Modification
1 to Building
capacity and
resources
for coral reef
restoration
in the
National
Park Units
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
 
 
 
 
$473,093
.00
4730
93
7/1/202
2
National
Park
Service
Disease &
Restoratio
n
surrounding
St. John, US
Virgin
Islands
3
Artificial
Reefs
Related to
Hurricane
Disaster
Resilience
Species
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
9/22/2
022
7/31/2
023
 
 
$763,784
.00
7637
84
7/1/202
2
VI DPNR
Disease &
Restoratio
n
4
Artificial
reefs related
to hurricane
disaster
resilience
species
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
9/22/2
022
 
 
 
$763,784
.00
7637
84
8/1/202
2
DPNR
Disease &
Restoratio
n
6
Combining
bioacoustic
monitoring
and machine
learning to
enhance
identificatio
n,
conservation
,
managemen
t and
enforcement
of
commerciall
y important
fish
Richard
Nemeth
Submitt
ed
 
 
K
Rhodes,
L.
Cherubin
 
$300,000
.00
 
8/1/202
2
NOAA
Saltonstall-
Kennedy
Fish
Ecology &
Herbivory
spawning
aggregations
in
Micronesia
7
Filling
Caribbean
Fish Life
History Gaps
for
Parrotfish
and Hogfish
Richard
Nemeth
Submitt
ed
 
 
 
 
$138,631
.00
 
8/1/202
2
NOAA Coral
Reef
Conservatio
n Program
Fish
Ecology &
Herbivory
8
Slowing the
spread of
stony coral
tissue loss
disease
(SCTLD) in
the US
Virgin
Islands:
Treatment
of diseased
coral
colonies in
the National
Park Units of
St. John
Marilyn
Brandt
Submitt
ed
 
 
 
 
$300,000
.00
 
8/1/202
2
CESU
Disease &
Restoratio
n
9
United
States Virgin
Islands
Transformati
onal Reef
Restoration
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes,
Marilyn
Brandt
Pendin
g
 
 
Celeste
Jarvis
 
$298,244
.00
 
9/1/202
2
NOAA
Watershe
d,
Mangrove
&
Seagrass
1
0
Determinati
on of the
population
status and
distribution
of ESA listed
corals of the
US Virgin
Islands for
rescue and
restoration
planning
Tyler
Smith
Awarde
d
7/1/20
23
 
Matthew
Warham
 
$787,863
.00
7878
63
9/1/202
2
NOAA-Prot
ected
Species
Marine
Resilience
1
1
U.S. Virgin
Islands
Marine
Debris
Education &
Outreach
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes
Awarde
d
12/6/2
022
4/30/2
023
 
 
$3,400.0
0
3400
10/1/20
22
National
Marine
Sanctuary
Foundation
Watershe
d,
Mangrove
&
Seagrass
1
2
Do altered
habitats and
changing
climate
affect
mutton
snapper life
history
associated
with
spawning?
Richard
Nemeth
,
Douglas
Wilson
Submitt
ed
 
 
 
 
$524,615
.00
 
11/29/2
022
NOAA
MARFIN
Fish
Ecology &
Herbivory
1
3
Filling
Caribbean
Fish Life
History Gaps
YR2
Richard
Nemeth
Awarde
d
1/11/2
023
 
 
 
$134,760
.00
1347
60
12/1/20
22
NOAA/
Univ. Miami
CIMAS
Fish
Ecology &
Herbivory
1
4
USVI
Southeast
Area
Mapping
and
Assessment
Program
(SEAMAP)
finfish,
conch, and
lobster
assessment
project
Richard
Nemeth
Awarde
d
1/23/2
023
 
 
 
$327,940
.00
3279
40
12/1/20
22
USVI DPNR
Fish
Ecology &
Herbivory
1
5
RAPID: A
multi-scale
approach to
predicting
coral disease
spread:
leveraging
an outbreak
on
coral-dense
isolated
reefs
Marilyn
Brandt
Submitt
ed
 
 
 
 
$55,000.
00
 
12/1/20
22
NSF
Biological
Oceanogra
phy
program
Disease &
Restoratio
n
1
6
Territorial
Mangrove
Monitoring
Program
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes,
Allie
Durdall
Pendin
g
 
 
 
 
$150,000
.00
 
12/2/20
22
Virgin
Islands
Departmen
t of
Planning &
Natural
Resources
Watershe
d,
Mangrove
&
Seagrass
1
7
Territorial
Mangrove
Monitoring
Program
Kristen
Wilson-
Grimes
Submitt
ed
 
 
 
 
$150,000
.00
 
12/9/20
22
Virgin
Islands
Departmen
t of
Planning &
Natural
Resources
Watershe
d,
Mangrove
&
Seagrass
1
8
Continuatio
n of the
Greater
Caribbean
Center for
Ciguatera
Research
(GCCCR)
Tyler
Smith
Submitt
ed
 
 
Michael
Parsons,
Alison
Robertso
n,
Mindy
Richlen
 
$568,032
.00
 
12/15/2
022
National
Institutes of
Health/Nati
onal
Science
Foundation
Marine
Resilience
1
9
Modification
2 to Slowing
the spread
of stony
coral tissue
loss disease
(SCTLD) in
the US
Virgin
Islands:
Treatment
of diseased
coral
colonies in
the National
Park Units of
St. John
Marilyn
Brandt
Awarde
d
 
 
 
 
$382,440
.00
3824
40
12/31/2
022
National
Park
Service
Disease &
Restoratio
n
2
0
Discovering
grouper and
snapper
spawning
aggregations
in Bonaire
for
improved
fish
population
managemen
t and
conservation
Richard
Nemeth
Awarde
d
6/1/20
23
 
Caren
Echrick
 
$30,000.
00
3000
0
1/3/202
3
Bonaire
Conservatio
n
Fish
Ecology &
Herbivory
2
1
MARFIN
2023: Do
altered
habitats and
changing
climate
affect
mutton
snapper life
history
patterns
from
recruitment
to
spawning?
Richard
Nemeth
Pendin
g
 
 
 
 
$524,656
.00
 
1/9/202
3
NOAA-MAR
FIN
Fish
Ecology &
Herbivory
2
2
Discovering
grouper and
snapper
spawning
aggregations
in Bonaire
for
improved
fish
population
managemen
t and
conservation
Richard
Nemeth
Submitt
ed
 
 
 
 
$30,000.
00
 
1/9/202
3
Discovering
grouper
and
snapper
spawning
aggregation
s in Bonaire
for
improved
fish
population
manageme
nt and
conservatio
n
Fish
Ecology &
Herbivory
2
3
Collaborativ
e Research:
Citizen
science for
eco-justice:
Culturally-rel
evant
mentoring
networks to
promote
racial equity
in STEM
education
Lawand
a
Cummin
gs,
Diana
Bowen,
Nadia
Monros
e-Mills
Submitt
ed
 
 
Moham
med
Qazi
 
$678,748
.00
 
1/17/20
23
NSF
Education
and
Workforc
e
Developm
ent
2
4
Collaborativ
e Research:
Citizen
science for
eco-justice:
Culturally-rel
Lawand
a
Cummin
gs,
Nadia
Submitt
ed
 
 
Michael
Francois
 
$672,748
.00
 
1/17/20
23
ECO-Techs
Education
and
Workforc
e
Developm
ent
evant
mentoring
networks to
promote
racial equity
in STEM
education
(ECO-Techs)
Monros
e-Mills
2
5
Discovering
grouper and
snapper
spawning
aggregations
in Bonaire
for
improved
fish
population
managemen
t and
conservation
Richard
Nemeth
Awarde
d
6/1/20
23
5/31/2
025
 
 
$30,000.
00
3000
0
1/20/20
23
Bonaire
Conservatio
n Society
Fish
Ecology &
Herbivory
2
6
Establishing
Beach
Monitoring
Program for
the USVI
Gregory
Guanne
l
Submitt
ed
 
 
 
 
$80,000.
00
 
1/20/20
23
USVI DPNR
Watershe
d,
Mangrove
&
Seagrass
2
7
Coastal
wave atlas
for the USVI
Gregory
Guanne
l
Submitt
ed
 
 
 
 
$100,000
.00
 
1/20/20
23
USVI DPNR
Watershe
d,
Mangrove
&
Seagrass
2
8
Enhancing
Military and
Community
Resilience to
Coastal
Hazards
Through
Climate
Social
Science and
Adaptive
Planning
Gregory
Guanne
l
Submitt
ed
 
 
 
 
$494,988
.00
 
1/23/20
23
Departmen
t of
Defense
Watershe
d,
Mangrove
&
Seagrass
2
9
Providing
accessible
water
quality
testing
services for
cistern
water with
focus on
bacteria,
disinfection
by products,
and other
contaminant
s of local
concern in
St. Thomas,
USVI
Amber
Packard
Submitt
ed
 
 
 
 
$39,000.
00
 
2/1/202
3
Water
Research
and
Resource
Institute
Watershe
d,
Mangrove
&
Seagrass
3
0
Internet
Support for
STEM
Teachers
Nadia
Monros
e-Mills
Awarde
d
 
 
 
 
$11,840.
00
1184
0
2/28/20
23
Community
Foundation
of the
Virgin
Islands J.
Raymond
Jones Fund
Education
and
Workforc
e
Developm
ent
3
1
Passive
Acoustic
Monitoring
for Marine
Mammal
Stock
Assessments
: Filling an
NMFS
Operational
Gap
Douglas
Wilson
Submitt
ed
 
 
 
Paul
Jobsis,
University
of the
Virgin
Islands -
Center for
Marine
and
Environme
ntal
Studies
$423,220
.00
 
4/3/202
3
NOAA:
CIMAS
Watershe
d,
Mangrove
&
Seagrass
MMES Students who received funding from the R2R Project and have
graduated (Class of 2023)
Bestrom,Natasha G
Holevoet,Allison J
Chaparro, Arelys Alejandra
Brunson,Taylor
Mason,Reagan E
Cheramie,Jenna C E
Stryker, Race C
Dade,Lindsay M
Antoine, Jendahye K.