fellowship – Alaska Sea Grant

Research fellow excels in HAB lab collab

By Tom Moran | January 12, 2026

A young woman stands bheind a pallet of 24 shoebox-size boxes labeled SeaTox Research Inc. She is smiling and giving two thumbs up.

Courtney White only spent one summer in Kodiak, but it clearly left an impression. “On paper, I applied for a three-month fellowship,” said White, who aided in harmful algal bloom…

Community-Engaged Fellowship spotlight: Dawn Smith

By Alaska Sea Grant | November 6, 2025

A group of students and mentors from Alaska Sea Grant’s Coastal Connections Camp stand on a bridge with trees, a river, and forested mountains in the background. They are smiling and posing together during an outdoor field activity.

Dawn Smith spent her summer leading a coastal science camp and developing educational resources as part of the Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellowship program. Her work centered in Whittier, Alaska,…

Community-Engaged Fellowship spotlight: Alex Devon

By Alaska Sea Grant | October 3, 2025

woman with long hair and wearing glasses smiling at camera

For Alex Devon, food sovereignty in rural Alaska is more than a passing interest; it’s a focus of her career path and research. Through this summer’s Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged…

Community-Engaged Fellowship spotlight: Deagen Carey

By Alaska Sea Grant | September 10, 2025

Close up photo of woman smiling at camera. Glasses are pushed up on her head and it looks like she is sitting in a boat.

Deagen Carey, a recent graduate with a degree in environmental science from the University of Portland, returned to her home town of Anchorage this summer. She looked at how environmental…

Community-Engaged Fellow spotlight: Hannah Bogdan

By Alaska Sea Grant | August 25, 2025

Hannah Bogdan smiling at the camera. She is pointing to a flier in a display case at the Kodiak Harbor. The flier says: "Do you buy or sell fishing bait in Alaska?" Other signs about rockfish are in the display case.

Hannah Bogdan, an undergraduate student at the University of Alaska Southeast, spent her summer working with Alaska Sea Grant as a Community-Engaged Fellow. Based in Juneau, she contributed to a…

Fellowship spotlight: Alaina Plauché

By Alaska Sea Grant | August 12, 2025

Alaina Plauche smiling and wearing an Alaska Sea Grant hat holding a black and white dog. Snow capped mountain is in background.

Alaina Plauché is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working as a fishery analyst with the North Pacific Fishery Management Council in Anchorage. She began her fellowship in September 2024…

Alaska Sea Grant State Fellows announced for 2025

By Alaska Sea Grant | August 7, 2025

photo collage of 11 people—they are the Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship Program fellows, class of 2025

A new class of 11 Alaska Sea Grant State Fellows is preparing to start work around the state, including at the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, Alaska Department of Fish and…

Fellowship spotlight: Devanie White

By Alaska Sea Grant | July 8, 2025

Devanie White Smiling with ocean and mountains.

Alaska’s fisheries produce more than half of all seafood harvested in U.S. waters, with an annual wholesale value of nearly $4.5 billion. These fisheries are among the most sustainably managed…

Community-Engaged Fellows begin summer work

By Alaska Sea Grant | June 24, 2025

Group of six people stand outdoors wearing life jackets and outdoor gear. They are all smiling fro the camera. Trees and a canopy tent are visible in the background.

A group of undergraduate students is spending this summer working in coastal communities through the Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellowship. Each fellow receives mentorship from a host organization or an…

Fellowship spotlight: Rachel French

By Alice van Veenendaal | June 9, 2025

Mariculture, the farming of seaweed and shellfish, has steadily grown in Alaska from a few operations in the 1970s to more than 60 farms today. These farms each support a…