{"id":6922,"date":"2026-08-25T12:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=6922"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:11:25","slug":"megan-gandy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/fy21\/cohort-5-fy21\/megan-gandy\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Gandy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA-EPP LMRCSC\u00a0Graduate Fellow<\/strong><br><em>M.S., Marine<\/em>,<em> Estuarine &amp; Environmental Science<\/em><br><strong>University of Maryland Eastern Shore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Megan Gandy graduated with a B.S. degree in Environmental Science from University of Maryland Eastern Shore in May 2026. She began studying for her master\u2019s at University of Maryland Eastern Shore in September 2026, in the Department of Natural Sciences, with Dr. Ruiz-Ramos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/research-themes\/\">Research theme<\/a>: TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOAA LMRCSC Fellows attain the NOAA Core Competencies detailed in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2024\/02\/NOAA-Core-competency-rubric.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this rubric<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator is-style-line\" style=\"height:50px\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NERTO Project Title:<\/strong> TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOAA Mentor:<\/strong> TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Academic Advisor:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. Dannise Ruiz-Ramos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator is-style-line\" style=\"height:50px\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-color-bg-alt-color has-css-opacity has-color-bg-alt-background-color has-background is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/10\/LMRCSC-Logo100-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center<br>University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Lead Institution)<br>(410) 651-7870<br>Award numbers: FY 2021 Award #NA21SEC4810005<br>Funding Agency:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/office-education\/epp-msi\">NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP\/MSI)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA-EPP LMRCSC\u00a0Graduate FellowM.S., Marine, Estuarine &amp; Environmental ScienceUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore Megan Gandy graduated with a B.S. degree in Environmental Science from University of Maryland Eastern Shore in May 2026. She began studying for her master\u2019s at University of Maryland Eastern Shore in September 2026, in the Department of Natural Sciences, with Dr. Ruiz-Ramos&#8230;.<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/fy21\/cohort-5-fy21\/megan-gandy\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Megan Gandy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1739,"featured_media":0,"parent":6318,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-6922","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1739"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6922\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=6922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}