Cohort 1
Darryl Acker-Carter – Master’s thesis: “Advancing Technology for Restoration: An investigation of the Solar Oysters Production System”.
Darryl Acker-Carter’s Master’s Thesis PDF – Online
2023_Acker-Carter_masters_thesis (PDF download)
Chris Blume – Master’s thesis: “Chiroptera [Bat] Species as Biomonitors of Heavy Metal Distribution in Baltimore City”.
Chris Blume Master’s Thesis PDF – Online
2023_Blume_masters_thesis (PDF download)
Jessica Diaz – Master’s thesis: “Oyster Gardening in the Baltimore Harbor: Quantifying Oyster Growth & Influencing Factors”.
Jessica Diaz Master’s Thesis PDF – Online
2023_Diaz_masters_thesis (PDF download)
Natalia Figueredo Botello – Master’s thesis: “Baltimore City’s Participation in the Zero Waste Movement: Who Knows What About It and Who Has Access to It?”.
Natalia Figueredo Botello Master’s Thesis PDF – Online
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Anna McClain – Master’s thesis: “Investigating septic system impacts on a rural subwatershed using fluorescent dissolved organic matter and contaminants of emerging concern”.
Anna McClain Master’s Thesis PDF – Online
2023_McClain_masters_thesis (PDF download)
Cohort 2
Rylee Wernoch successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “Improving Institutional Partnerships For Environmental Science And Stewardship: A Case Study Between The Smithsonian And Black Churches In Baltimore” on March 29th, 2024!
Rylee Wernoch Master’s Thesis PDF – Online
2024_Wernoch_masters_thesis (PDF download)
Rylee Wernoch Thesis Defense Presentation PDF (Google Drive link)
Wernoch Thesis Defense Presentation (1) (PDF download)
Rylee Wernoch Thesis Defense Presentation Recording (Google Drive link)
Autumn Powell successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “A State That Leaves No One Behind? Erasure of Native People in Maryland & how this limits inclusive environmental action”, on April 3rd, 2024!
Autumn Powell Master’s Thesis PDF – Online
2024_Powell_masters_thesis (PDF download)
Ally Kido successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “Phytoplankton-Removal Ecosystem Services of a Native Mussel in an Urban Estuary”, on April 4th, 2024!
Ally Kido Thesis Defense Presentation PDF (Google Drive link)
Allyson Kido 2024.04.04_MS_Thesis_ICARE (PDF download)
Ally Kido Thesis Defense Presentation Recording (Google Drive link)
2024_Kido_masters_thesis (PDF download)
Aiman Raza successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “Using Environmental DNA to Study Brook Trout Populations in the Headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay”, on April 4th, 2024!
Aiman Raza Thesis Defense Presentation PDF (Google Drive link)
Aiman Raza Thesis Defense Presentation (PDF download)
Aiman Raza Master’s Thesis PDF – Online
2024_Raza_masters_thesis (PDF download)
Molly Finch successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “Planting Money. Exploring the Implications of Federal & State Environmental Justice Policy in Relation to Funding for Green Space Projects in Baltimore Neighborhoods”, on April 12th, 2024!
Molly Finch Thesis Defense Presentation PDF (Google Drive link)
MFINCH_ThesisDefense_20240412_Slides (PDF Download)
Molly Finch Master’s Thesis PDF – Online
2024_Finch_masters_thesis (PDF download)
Erin Hamner successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “Investigating the Spatial and Temporal Water Quality Patterns in the University of Maryland Baltimore County’s Watershed” on July 23rd, 2025!
Erin Hamner 2025 Master’s Thesis (PDF Download)
Cohort 3
Margaret Siao successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “Detection and quantitation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Baltimore Harbor using anion-exchange membrane-based passive samplers”, on March 28th, 2025!
Margaret Siao 2025 Master’s Thesis (PDF Download)
Margaret Siao 2025 Master’s Thesis (Online)
Jessica Baniak successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “Growing Horseshoe Crabs for Conservation and Environmental Education”, on April 2nd, 2025!
Jessica Baniak 2025 Master’s Thesis (PDF Download)
Jessica Baniak 2025 Master’s Thesis (Online)
Isabella Molatore successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “Investigating the Effects of the Reel Rewards Program on the Ecosystems & Communities of the Middle Branch”, on April 15th, 2025.
Kyra Madunich-Arevalo successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “Having Your Trees and Living There Too: Approaches to Permanently Affordable Housing and Urban Greening in Baltimore City”, on May 19th, 2025!
Samantha DiNatale successfully defended her Master’s thesis, titled “‘Watch what he chews’: The maternal burden for lead poisoning in Baltimore, MD”, on July 3rd, 2025!
Samantha DiNatale 2025 Master’s Thesis (PDF Download)
William Kaselow successfully defended their Master’s thesis, titled “From the Block to the Bay: Understanding the role of Scale and Power in Environmental Education in Baltimore City”, on July 18th, 2025!