Caroline Wiernicki

Caroline is serving as the Knauss Marine Policy Fellow in the Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy. During her fellowship she will be working on interagency policy, with issue topics relating oceanography, meteorology, precise time, and astrometry.

Caroline obtained degrees in Environmental Science (BS) and English (BA) from Duke University. While at Duke, she worked on research projects including the spread of invasive seagrass in the Caribbean, competing population dynamics of seals in the West Atlantic, and community-based conservation practices in small scale fisheries in the Gulf of California. After completing her undergraduate study, she returned home to Maryland, obtaining her M.S. degree from University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. Her master’s work focused on the disturbance ecology of black sea bass off the coast of Maryland, using acoustic telemetry coupled with an oceanographic model to track changes in black sea bass movement behavior in response to summer storm events. In her free time, Caroline enjoys running, reading, and any activity that gets her out on or in the water.