{"id":13282,"date":"2021-02-03T13:31:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T18:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=13282"},"modified":"2021-02-03T13:31:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T18:31:20","slug":"knauss-fellows-begin-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/knauss-fellows-begin-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Knauss Fellows Begin Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n Contact:<\/em><\/strong> The application period is open now until Feb. 19, 2021 for next year\u2019s Knauss Fellowships<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n NOAA and the National Sea Grant Office have announced placements for the 2021 class of the Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. The 74 finalists include four graduate students from North Carolina: Jashira Torres Pab\u00f3n, Kayelyn Simmons, Joseph Fader, and Cameron Adams.<\/p>\n The highly competitive fellowship is a year-long program for graduate students interested in national policy issues affecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources. Since 1979, over 1,400 fellows have completed the program, becoming leaders in science, policy, and public administration.<\/p>\n The new finalists join more than 80 from North Carolina who have served during the four-decade history of the Knauss Fellowship. North Carolina State University and Duke University each have provided the educational training ground for two finalists this year.<\/p>\n Jashira Torres Pab\u00f3n serves with the Office of Law Enforcement<\/a>\u00a0for NOAA Fisheries<\/a>. She earned her master\u2019s degree in marine policy and administration at NC State. Through summer internships with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, she worked on policy and regulatory aspects of the recreational red snapper fishery for her thesis project. She also was an economics research assistant with North Carolina Sea Grant.<\/p>\n Kayelyn Simmons serves with NOAA\u2019s Coral Reef Conservation Program<\/a>. Simmons is a Ph.D. candidate in marine science at NC State and holds a master\u2019s degree in marine biology from Nova South\u00adeastern University. Her doctoral research uses emerging soundscape tools, along with more conventional approaches, to better assess spatial patterns in reef ecosystems.<\/p>\n Joseph Fader serves with NOAA\u2019s Office of International Affairs<\/a>. His research as a Ph.D. candidate in Duke University\u2019s Nicholas School of the Environment explores the interaction between marine mammals and the long-line fishery, and his methodology incorporates an economic analysis.<\/p>\n Cameron Adams, also from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke, serves with the legislative offices of Senator Chris Coons<\/a> of Delaware. For his master\u2019s project, Adams used the latest satellite data and new drone techniques to help landowners track the retreat of their shorelines and coastal habitats.<\/p>\n
\nKatie Mosher, kmosher@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
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