Academic Mentoring
Captain Adey and his all-student crew putting the finishing touches on a converted Norwegian Fishing vessel, the Bjorneng, before working the European North Atlantic Coast from Portugal to northernmost Norway from 1967-1970.
TOP IMAGE: Research vessel, Alca i.
As described in the Maritime Career section, from his early days as a graduate student, Dr. Adey needed to cover long stretches of coast with SCUBA. And since the target of his studies were seaweeds, including corallines, he needed to carry out studies while the specimens were still alive with their color and texture. Thus, the floating laboratory concept evolved. Since the capability of handling distant seaways was also necessary, reconfigured fishing vessels or even newly built boats were acquired, depending on the waters to be covered. However, with a dual role of captain and scientist, a crew was necessary, and the primary choice was students. From undergraduate to graduate and post docs, dozens of students, from many universities, have passed through Dr. Adey’s laboratories, most recently the Marine Systems Laboratory, becoming mariners, as well as students, before passing on to careers in science, engineering and conservation.
A Professor and a Captain
Mentees
Students and post-docs for which Dr. Adey provided lab or ship time support and funding through SI grants or contracts and/or was an external committee member (MS and PhD).
Master’s Degrees
Randolph Burke, USF, 1981; David Robichaux, UMD, 1984; Silvana Campello, GWU, 1985; Timothy Goertemiller, GTU, 1989; Michael Brittsan, UMD, 1989; Danielle Lucid, UMD, 1989; Leyla Lange, UMD, 1997; Allegra Small, GWU, 2001; Susan Lutz, Hood College,2005.
Pre-Doctoral
Phillip Lebednik, 1967-1969, U.Wash., PhD 1972; Catherine Agegian, 1983, PhD, U. Hawaii,1985; Roberta Townsend, U. Melbourne, 1989; Rafaella D. Geronimo, 1998, Catania, Univ.; Thew Suskiewicz, Laval University, field work supervision 2010- present; David Belanger, Memorial University of NF, laboratory and field supervision, 2013-2014.
PhD
Robert Steneck, Johns Hopkins, 1982; Peter Griffiths, UMD, 1982; John Hackney, GTU, 1988, R. Craig Shipp, U. Maine, 1989; Regas Santos, GWU, 1989; Michael McKinstry, GTU, 1991; Matt Finn, GTU, 1996. Dail Laughinghouse U. Maryland, 2012.
Post Doctoral
Susan Brawley, 1981-1983; Mark Hay, 1981; Susan Williams, 1983-1984; John Hackney, 1989; Robert Carpenter, 1989; Regas Santos 1991; Rupert Craggs, 1994. Steven Dean Calahan, 2013 –2016; Jazmin Hernandez-Kantun, 2013 – 15; Merinda Nash, 2015 – 2017.
Dr. Adey and two of his students replacing a drill string into a bore hole on an algal ridge on the island of St. Croix. Bob Steneck (center) went on to get his PhD and became a professor at the University of Maine. Randy Burke (right) also went on to get his PhD and became a geologist for the North Dakota Geological Survey.
Having been flown in on the Marine Systems Laboratory Albatross amphibian, Dr. Adey and postdoctoral fellow Susan Williams are collecting sea grasses in a Bahamian lagoon. The seagrasses were a key experimental element for the Natural History Museum’s Coral Reef Exhibit.
Capt. Adey and his all-student crew on their arrival in Washington, D.C. after their two month Round Caribbean coral reef research cruise.
Marine Systems Laboratory students collecting block (ecological) samples on the Eastern Shore of Virginia for the Chesapeake Bay Mesocosm at the National Museum of Natural History. The research vessel Marsys Resolute, anchored offshore, will carry the samples in temporary microcosms back to Washington, D.C.
Capt. Adey and the crew of the research vessel Alca i displaying some rare kelp specimens after a dive in northernmost Newfoundland.
Dr. Adey and his Marine Systems Laboratory students, staff and colleagues at a 2014 reunion held at the Darling Marine Center of the University of Maine.