User:Samantha J. McCabe

Contact Info

Samantha J. McCabe

• Samantha J. McCabe
• Ohio State University
• Riffe Building 936
• mccabe.199@osu.edu
• samanthamccabe13@gmail.com

Education

• 2017-Pres, MS in Environmental Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

Advisor Dr. Virginia Rich

• 2013-2016, BS in Environmental and Ecological Science, minor Political Science, Elon University, Elon, NC.

Advisor Dr. Brant Touchette

• 2016, Tropical Island Biodiversity Studies, The School for Field Studies, Bocas Del Toro, Panama.

Advisor Dr. Cinda P Scott

Research Interests

Panama Rainforest

The biology and ecology of aquatic and marine ecosystems, with particular interest in how aquatic and wetland plants respond to environmental change and anthropogenic perturbations.

• 2017-Pres, C:N:P ratios and plant biomass in a subarctic peatland, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

• 2015-2016, Aquatic plant ecophysiology, Elon University, Elon, NC.

• 2016, Sea urchin thermal tolerance, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bocas Del Toro, Panama.

• 2016, Coastal mangrove zooplankton communities, School for Field Studies, Bocas Del Toro, Panama.

Current Project

Information to come

Publications

• Touchette, B.W., Nighswander, G., McCabe, S., Kneppers, M. (In Prep). Diurnal variations in photosystem II performance in emergent wetland plants (Eleocharis quadrangulata, Ludwigia peploides, Sagittaria latifolia) is largely driven by environmental temperatures.

• Collin, R., Rendina, F., Goodwin, V., McCabe, S. (In Prep). Thermal Tolerance and Thermal Performance Curves Show That Caribbean Sea Urchins Live Near the Optimal Temperatures for Performance.

Honors and Awards

• Magna Cum Laude, Elon University

• Red Oak Award: Outstanding Graduate in Environmental Studies, Elon University

• Kappa Alpha Omicron, Environmental Honors Society

• Student Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE), Scholar, Elon University

• Emily M. & Kelsey A. Edwards Endowed Scholarship, Elon University

• New York Times Scholarship, New York Times

• Photography awards and publications