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Meet Anna Mercer, Ph.D. ’15 - 10 Under 10 honoree from the Graduate School of Oceanography!
Anna earned her Ph.D. in fisheries oceanography from the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. Her career has focused on expanding fishermen’s involvement with scientific data collection and application, and she continues this charge in her position as the chief of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center Cooperative Research Branch and the director of the NEFSC Narragansett Laboratory.
As part of her research programs, Anna has spent hundreds of days on fishing vessels collecting data and learning from the men and women who harvest seafood. Mercer’s work and research have been at the forefront of applying collaboratively collected data to the assessment and management of fisheries resources.
Favorite URI memory? A URI wedding day! Anna and her husband (a fellow URI GSO graduate) got married surrounded by friends and family on URI’s Alton Jones campus.
Anna earned her Ph.D. in fisheries oceanography from the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. Her career has focused on expanding fishermen’s involvement with scientific data collection and application, and she continues this charge in her position as the chief of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center Cooperative Research Branch and the director of the NEFSC Narragansett Laboratory.
As part of her research programs, Anna has spent hundreds of days on fishing vessels collecting data and learning from the men and women who harvest seafood. Mercer’s work and research have been at the forefront of applying collaboratively collected data to the assessment and management of fisheries resources.
Favorite URI memory? A URI wedding day! Anna and her husband (a fellow URI GSO graduate) got married surrounded by friends and family on URI’s Alton Jones campus.
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8 months agofrederickmattera
The Best, well deserved! You are changing the scope of Cooperative Research. Dream come true for our industry. Keep rattling the Tree!!
8 months agolady_rebecca_ikejime
Anna Mercer is exactly the kind of leader the fisheries science world needs more of. I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with her, and she consistently brings a level of professionalism, communication and respect that makes real industry collaboration possible. She actively pursues fishermen’s perspectives and pushes for their meaningful involvement in data collection. Grateful to work alongside her.
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