The 74 finalists selected for the 2022 Knauss Fellowship Program organized by NOAA and Sea Grant, were announced publicly last week, and the list includes School of Marine and Environmental Affairs alumna Alanna Greene ’21.

Finalists will be placed in federal government offices in Washington, DC beginning in February 2022. The full list of finalists and information on the fellowship can be viewed here.

Washington Sea Grant noted, “Alanna is a recent master’s graduate of the UW School of Marine and Environmental Affairs who is interested in the intersection between marine science, policy, and communication. As an undergraduate at the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, she researched the impacts of low pH on stress related gene expression in the Olympia oyster to discern the effects of ocean acidification on marine invertebrates and researched how urban development has led to changing parasite assemblages along the West Coast. Through her master’s capstone project, Alanna provided policy recommendations to improve habitat connectivity in Washington and British Columbia. She also advanced science communication efforts throughout UW and the broader community, as she co-founded FieldNotes, an undergraduate research journal, and Earth Tones, a podcast about humans and the environment.”

Congratulations Alanna!