Joel Bostic

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Joel Bostic

Fellowship Institution:

Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Advisor:

David Nelson

Start Year:

2016

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Joel Bostic is a Ph.D. student in the Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences Graduate Program at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory. Joel is researching the effect of land use patterns on the export of nutrients in streams within the Chesapeake Bay watershed with Drs. David Nelson and Keith Eshleman. Joel received a B.S. in science education from Western Carolina University and a M.S. in marine science from the University of South Carolina. When he’s not doing research, Joel enjoys hanging out with his wife and young son, trail running in the mountains, and whitewater kayaking.

 

Blog Posts

See Joel's posts to Fellowship Experiences, Maryland Sea Grant's blog written by and about graduate fellows and their research:

"Running and Work-Life Balance"

"What They Will Remember Ten Years From Now"

"My Nontraditional Path to Science Started Outdoors"

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