From DMC to DC: Noah Oppenheim will engage with fisheries policymakers - Boothbay Register
Noah Oppenheim, a graduate student at the University of Maine Darling Center in Walpole, has been awarded a Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship. The one-year paid fellowship provides a unique educational experience to graduate students interested in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources, and in national policy decisions affecting those resources. Oppenheim's legislative fellowship begins in February 2016. “I am humbled and grateful for the opportunity to pursue a career in marine affairs at the federal level through the Knauss Fellowship,” said Oppenheim, a candidate for the dual Master of... Rick Wahle, a research professor in UMaine's School of Marine Sciences, is Oppenheim's adviser. "He's a great fit for the Knauss Fellowship because he's eager to engage with stakeholders and policymakers in translating the findings and implications of new developments in fishery science. Earlier this spring, the UMaine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture presented Oppenheim with the George F. Dow Graduate Scholarship. He has been supported by Maine Sea Grant and the National Science Foundation's Coastal. Source: www.boothbayregister.com
