Student Research Seed Award Projects
The Interface of Change project allows for flexibility to incorporate new directions by offering funding for new side project ideas that branch off of the mission and vision of Interface of Change. Below are the recipients of Interface of Change student reserach seed awards. Click here to learn more about other Alaska EPSCoR award opportunities.
Alex Jenkins
PhD Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2025 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Knowledge Systems and Management of Herring in Sitka, AK
Willa Johnson
MS Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2025 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Quantifying Translocation and Biomagnification of Microplastics in Southeast Alaska
Wild-Caught Marine Fish
Wyatt Matyas
PhD Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2025 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Revealing stream water sources and watershed processes with eDNA
Zach Vayder
MS Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2025 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Thermal microhabitat variations and responses to thermal stress in Pacific blue mussels
(Mytilus
trossulus) in the Gulf of Alaska
Arianna Workman
Undergraduate Student
UAS
2025 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Comparing sampling methods for qPCR detection of Alexandrium catenella
Josianne Haag
PhD Oceanography Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2024 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Tracing the organic matter source of continental shelf surface sediments in the northwestern
Gulf of Alaska