Students and BML faculty mentors gather after the REU formal research presentations.

2009 REU Poster Sessions

2009 REU participants enjoying the beach.

Above, 2009 REU students from L to R: Jessie Kai,Kaija Klauder, Danielle Claar, Aaron Tamminga, Jasmina Cerda, Heather Page, Shane Downing, Margaux Forsch, Sarah Traiger.

Departing Spud Point Marina aboard the R/V Mussel Point

Below: 2009 REU participants aboard the R/V Mussel Point. Left: Kaija. Right, left to right: David Dann (facing away), Sarah, Margaux, Jasmina, Jessie, Danielle, Aaron, Shane.

SUMMER 2008 Participants

Above, 2008 REU students from L to R: Dena Leerburg, May Roberts, Marissa Maliwanag, Adam Lipus, Carly Polland, Jennifer Hoey, Dr. Eric Sanford, Brittany King, Alexander Ramsower, Kay Dewar, Dr. Susan Williams.

REU 2008 Students and Faculty

REU students in the field

Aboard the R/V Mussell Point

Break time

Above left: visiting local redwoods, above right: at the soccer field.

2008 REU Poster Sessions

Students and faculty celebrating the completion of the 2008 formal presentations

At work in the lab and in the field

Students enjoying the local sights

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2007 Final poster presentations

Students and faculty mentors gathered to celebrate the completion of a productive summer after the REU 2007 formal presentations.

First Days:  REU 2006 Kick-off

REU students gather at the sea during their orientation activities. 

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Director’s Social:  REU Croquet Tournament of Champions, 2006

Above left: REU students and mentors in the croquet field. Above right: Croquet tournament hazards – where’d the ball go?

Above left: Tournament Champions – REU student Jessica Couture and her mentor Steven Morgan captured in their moment of triumph. Above right: Brook Moyers (center) conducts an impromptu botany workshop for her fellow REU students, Stephanie Ho (left) and Denise Perez (right).

Monterey Bay Aquarium Fieldtrip

REU students were able to tour behind-the-scenes at one of the nation’s best aquaria.  Tour information included specifics about designing displays, and caring for animals round the clock.

Educational Outreach

The REU students led over 150 high school students in the COSMOS program on a Saturday tour of the lab and reserve. 

Above left: COSMOS tour group on the reserve coastal bluffs under a perfectly blue California sky. Above right: Matt Petty shows COSMOS students the diversity of life in the California Coast Rocky Reef aquarium.

Above left: Brian Achille discusses sea urchin anatomy and adaptation with his group at the BML mesocosm. Above right: Sara Friberg fields questions from COSMOS students at the end of their tour. 

Above left: Stephanie Ho explains features of the reserve. Above right: Nick Nesbitt discusses his mesocosm experiments with his tour group. of Page

Mussel Point Cruise

The REU students experience the lab’s research vessel the Mussel Point. 

Above left: R/V Mussel Point Captain Skyli McAfee discusses the cabin instruments with Jessica and Matt.  Above right: Denise and Stephanie take in the view as we return to port.

Above left: Joanelle tackles some light reading in the library. Above right: Nick maintains his food web experiments, overlooking Horseshoe Cove.

Above left: Andy and his mentor John Largier captured in a moment of concentration. Above right: Brook Moyers cares for her seedlings in the greenhouse. Page

Picnic at Schoolhouse Beach

Above left: Enjoying the beach. Above right: Playing near the Pacific.

Temporary tagging.

Final Presentations

Students, mentors, and grad student mentors gathered to celebrate the completion of a fun, productive summer after the REU 2006 formal presentations.

Above: REU students on the Research Vessel Mussel Point with Captain Skyli McAfee and deckhand Sherman Peters. Above right: View of the Pacific from the RV Mussel Point trip.

Above: The REU program offers formal modules on science ethics and communication.

Above left: The gang at Monterey Bay Aquarium. Above right: Picnic at Salmon Creek Beach.

Above: Salmon Creek Beach footage.

Above: After the REU formal research presentations.

Above left: At lunch beside the outdoor mesocosm. Clockwise from bottom: Jackie O’Riley, Arunima Kolekar (a friend of the REU students studying with Dr. Don Strong), Cirse Gonzalez, Amanda Newsom (REU grad student coordinator), Rachael Dickey, Nicole Travis, Angelica Zavala, Ely Huerta de Garcia.

Above: REU fashion show from left to right: The intrepid Breanna Harris is ready for a day on the water as she poses in her seining outfit. Abagail Bradley shows off her stylish gear for collecting organisms in the rocky intertidal. The stunning Elizabeth Huerta de Garcia sports a fine chapeau for a day of work in the coastal prairie.