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Carmen Ritter

Carmen Ritter

Alumni

Biological Science Technician

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Carmen Ritter by the water

Carmen started work with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and MarineGEO in June 2018. She works on several long-term studies in the Chesapeake Bay region in collaboration with the Fisheries Conservation lab and can usually be found somewhere on the water or under it. In the lab, she currently focuses on epifaunal invertebrate identification for an NSF project on eelgrass wasting disease in eastern Pacific coastlines. 

Carmen has spent her life loving the ocean, and is passionate about preserving and protecting the animals that live below its salty surface. Before coming to MarineGEO, she earned her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University, sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a sailboat, and studied dolphin communities with the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program in Florida. Carmen is a PADI Divemaster, Discover SCUBA Diving Leader, and a USCG Merchant Mariner.

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The Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO), directed by the Smithsonian’s Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network (TMON), is a network of partners researching biodiversity as the heart of healthy, productive, coastal ecosystems, where marine life and people are concentrated and interact most. MarineGEO marshals the Smithsonian’s leadership in discovery and convening power to advance knowledge useful to decision-makers in supporting innovative management and protection of marine life.