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Awards & Achievements

UC Davis News Item Bodega Marine Laboratory Students Receive NOAA’s Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship
According to NOAA, Fish’s work on deep sea corals, the record keepers of climate change, will help inform the management of the sanctuary’s deep water habitat.
NOAA Profile Tree rings & deep-sea corals: Coral skeletons teach Foster Scholar Carina Fish about the past ocean
“We don’t know much about deep-sea corals in general. They are pretty hard to access: you need a ship and two robots just to get down there,” Fish says. “Deep-sea exploration is like going to the moon. The novelty of exploring [the deep sea] is still valuable.”
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Ford Foundation Fellowships Scholar Award List, 2018
The following 123 outstanding scholars have been awarded fellowships in the 2018 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs competition administered by the Fellowships Office of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The programs seek to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

Science Communication

Current Research Primer: Deep Sea Corals Teaching high school?
Have students discover ocean stories through NOAA's high school lesson plan on deep sea coral communities
Current Research Primer: Coral Skeleton Stories Teaching high school or middle school?
Have students discover the history of the ocean through the skeletons of corals with NOAA's lesson plan on coral cores.
Harvard SEAS Outreach Carina Fish explains her research on soft robotics in the lab of Professor George Whitesides, summer 2010
The California Aggie, Science News UC Davis Grad Slam competition features graduate research
Carina Fish, a first-year geology Ph.D. student, took third-place at the event and a $250 prize for her presentation of “Surface-Deep Connections: Ocean Acidification.” Fish recalls the competition as an exciting experience that introduced her to new people and research outside of her department.
UC Davis Graduate Research Watch Carina Fish compete for the top spot in the final round of the 2017 UC Davis Grad Slam competition
UC Davis Graduate Research Watch Carina Fish win third place in the final round of the 2017 UC Davis Grad Slam competition

News & Noteworthy

California Sea Grant Q&A with Carina Fish
Community needs and values are a focal point when I consider my research questions. I also consider which stakeholders are and have been the power brokers dictating what of the environment is used or where and how conservation has been applied
UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute Spotlight on the Scientists: Carina Fish
“That’s when I first fell in love with geochemistry as a toolset,” she says. “You can learn so much about the Earth just by looking at the chemistry of the things around you.”
South Florida PBS Changing Seas episode 1101
Cordell Bank is a hotspot for marine life. Cold, nutrient-rich waters welling up from the deep fuel the base of the marine food chain in the region
UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute Congratulations Carina on Grad Slam, her recent Nautilus cruise, and the Ford Fellowship!
E/V Nautilus Live 2018 Expedition Profile Carina Fish, Science/Data Team
I am fascinated by how humans are impacting the ocean, and particularly, below the surface waters. As a marine biogeochemist, I track human-induced changes to the deep sea by looking at the chemical composition of coral skeletons, their food source, and the water itself. While we have studied the effects of ocean acidification on the surface ocean, its effects - and that of climate change in general - on the deep ocean remains largely unknown.
Sierra Club The Paleo Climate of California, what ancient coral can tell us about climate change
Tree rings and coral rings are a bridge to our understanding of deep time
Sea Education Association Semester SSV Corwith Cramer Voyage Blog, August 26th, 2013
The Island School The Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Connection: Carina Fish, Island School Fall 2007 alumna
"I still, in part, credit The Island School for my love of the outdoors, my impetus for choosing my two departments in college (Earth & Planetary Sciences and Environmental Sciences & Engineering), and my passion for the ocean."

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