Interface of Change Seed Award Projects
The Interface of Change project allows for flexibility to incorporate new directions by offering funding for new side project ideas that branch off of the mission and vision of Interface of Change. Below are the recipients of Interface of Change seed awards.
Research Seed Awardees
Amanda King
Professor of Geology and Earth Sciences, Director of MSES
ÎçÒ¹AV Pacific University
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Environmental change in Cook Inlet: a stable isotope analysis of Pacific razor clams
Alaina Birkel
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Chilkat Indian Village
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Feeding the Future: A Traditional Foods Monitoring Program for Jilkáat Kwáan
Ryan Choi
Vegetation & Wetland Ecologist
UAA ÎçÒ¹AV Center for Conservation Science (ACCS)
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Investigating juvenile salmonid use of novel estuarine beaver dams in the Copper River
Delta
Amanda Glazier
Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
UAA Prince William Sound College
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Investigating the impact of place-based professional development on data literacy
instruction in ÎçÒ¹AVn coastal communities
Lara Horstmann
Professor
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Microplastics in hardshell clams in Kachemak Bay
Megan Behnke
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
UAS
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Do Pacific blue mussels in Sitka Sound accumulate heavy metals and PAHs from cruise
ship discharge?
Nicole Nakata
Postdoctoral Researcher
UAS
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Building Experimentation Capacity Across Life Stages (BECALS)
Hekia Bodwitch
Assistant Professor of Marine Policy
UAS College of Arts and Sciences
2024 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Engaging Indigenous Knowledge in Gulf of ÎçÒ¹AV Marine Policy Decisions
Kristen Gorman
Assistant Professor of Marine Biology
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2024 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Escapement Quality among Sockeye Salmon Stocks of the Copper River, ÎçÒ¹AV
Lauren Sutton
Research Coordinator
UAA, Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
2024 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Has spring sprung? Investigating spring phytoplankton blooms using multiple monitoring
tools
Student Research Seed Awardees
Alex Jenkins
PhD Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2025 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Knowledge Systems and Management of Herring in Sitka, AK
Willa Johnson
MS Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2025 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Quantifying Translocation and Biomagnification of Microplastics in Southeast ÎçÒ¹AV
Wild-Caught Marine Fish
Wyatt Matyas
PhD Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2025 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Revealing stream water sources and watershed processes with eDNA
Zach Vayder
MS Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2025 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Thermal microhabitat variations and responses to thermal stress in Pacific blue mussels
(Mytilus
trossulus) in the Gulf of ÎçÒ¹AV
Arianna Workman
Undergraduate Student
UAS
2025 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Comparing sampling methods for qPCR detection of Alexandrium catenella
Josianne Haag
PhD Oceanography Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2024 Student Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Tracing the organic matter source of continental shelf surface sediments in the northwestern
Gulf of ÎçÒ¹AV
Education Seed Awardees
Tracy Wirak-Cassidy
Education Coordinator
Takshanuk Watershed Council
2025 Education Seed Awards
Project Title:
Microplastics in the Chilkat Watershed
Carol Conant
Education & Outreach Director
Chugach Regional Resources Commission
2025 Education Seed Awards
Project Title:
Seeds of Change: Growing Research Capacity through Education
Amanda Glazier
Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
UAA Prince William Sound College
2025 Education Seed Awards
Project Title:
Empowering ÎçÒ¹AVn educators in EPSCoR communities to teach data literacy skills with
local research