Grad students receive degrees and honors

UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography graduate student Kun Ma was awarded her doctoral degree in marine sciences at UGA’s December Commencement ceremony. UGA Skidaway Institute Professor Jay Brandes was Ma’s advisor.

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Kun Ma

Ma joined Brandes’ lab in 2017 and focused her research on the photochemical degradation of carbon in the surface ocean.

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Ben Lowin

Two UGA Skidaway Institute-based graduate students were awarded prizes by the Department of Marine Sciences. Doctoral student Ben Lowin from Assistant Professor Sara Rivero-Calle’s lab received the Graduate Student Service and Outreach Award.

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Kyle Aaron

Kyle Aaron received the Graduate Student Teaching Award for his work as a teaching assistant in the Semester@Skidaway program. Both awards included a $250 prize. Aaron also graduated with his master’s degree in December.

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