- Royce Fellowship
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Faculty Sponsors: Warren Prell and Heather Leslie
High nitrogen levels from fertilizer runoff and sewage output have altered biological activity in Narragansett Bay. As a Royce Fellow, David studied sediment cores from the Bay to establish a record of chlorophyll abundance from pre-European settlement to the present, giving scientists and policy makers insight into how the Bay has responded to human impact, and how it may respond to future changes in nutrient loading.
David is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Environmental Earth System Science at Stanford University. His research focuses on understanding healthy coastal ecosystem function. These ecosystems provide an abundance of goods and services to adjacent human populations. David's research enhances our understanding of how these ecosystems work so that we may better predict how they will respond to a changing planet.