2025
Dr. Gregg Moore recieved the UNH Excellence in International Engagement Award due to his career-spanning dedication to international engagement of citizens, students, faculty, and government officials. Dr. Moore's work enhances coastal resilience by coupling restoration, education, and outreach. He has worked in 15 nations (13 Caribbean countries, the United Arab Emirates, and Bangladesh), trained international graduate students, funded and mentored international undergraduate interns, and engaged thousands of citizens in the countries where he has worked. His international work, presently centered in the Caribbean, is successful in part because of the strong partnerships and relationships that he and his team have forged with local agencies.
2024
Alexandria (Alex) Sangermano, a current Doctoral student in UNH’s Marine Biology Graduate Program, recently completed her Masters of Science at UNH in 2024. Continuing her professional trajectory, she joined the newest cohort of NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management’s Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship. The Davidson Fellowship emphasizes professional development, mentoring, and innovation while pairing graduate students with one of the 30 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs) across the country. Alex has begun her doctoral research in Marine Biology while working closely with the Jobos Bay NERR in Puerto Rico. She is actively conducting baseline mangrove habitat assessments using in-person field surveying techniques and underwater passive acoustic monitoring. The Davidson Fellowship will support the first two years of Alex’s Doctoral research.
Senior MEFB student, Gabrielle Jarrett, impressed the judges at the 2024 UNH Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) with her original research presentation entitled “Patterns of microplastic deposition in salt marshes of the Hampton-Seabrook Estuary” . The judging panel commented on the rigor of Gabrielle’s experimental design, the quality of her vibrant visual presentation, and her poised and effective science communication. Her attention to detail earned her First Prize in the oral presentations with a generous cash award.
2023
Nia Jeffers (Marine Biology, MS), was honored for her work in mangrove restoration at WELL/BEINGS’ sixth annual full circle benefit. The event, held in New York City, was dedicated to those working to save the mangroves.
In the Spring of 2023, Nia Jeffers (Marine Biology, MS), received the 2023 Graduate Research Conference Sustainability Track Award for the presentation of her thesis work (The Effects of Mangrove Habitat Restoration Methods on Red Mangrove Seedling Vigor and Survivorship in the Virgin Islands (UK)). The award recognizes research that spans a diverse set of disciplines and topics, contributing to one (or more) of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
2022
Cate Wardinski (MEFB ’22), accepting the Dean Williamson Award at 2022 University Awards Ceremony. The Dean Williamson Award is given to only one senior each year “who has been outstanding and well-rounded in extracurricular activities, scholarship, athletics, and loyalty to the University.” Cate was proudly nominated by Masters Candidate, Hanan Mogensen, and co-nominated by Gregg Moore.
Dr. Moore’s collaborative work addresses the major sustainability challenge of coastal disturbance due to climate change. It is transdisciplinary in exploration of anthropogenic management of invasive species, implementation of restoration and management actions on landscape scales, and social-environmental justice.
2015 to 2020
From 2015 to 2019, Dr. Moore received the annual 1937 Professorship in Marine Biology from UNH, recognizing his excellence in teaching and research in marine biology within the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering and its associated laboratories.
In 2017, with the National Wildlife Federation, Dr. Moore was a co-recipient of the Environmental Merit Award in the Environmental, Community, Academia & Nonprofit category for his participation in the "Community Risk Reduction through Comprehensive Coastal Resiliency Enhancement for the Upper North Shore, Massachusetts" project.
In 2015, Dr. Moore was selected as the recipient of the coveted Stickleback Award in recognition for his exemplary service to NEERS. For more information on the award, go to the NEERs website.
Nominations
In 2021 and 2022, Dr. Moore was a finalist nominee for the UNH Excellence in International Engagement Faculty Award.