Adeline Shelby

2025 Long-Term Workforce Fellow
Master of Science in Marine and Environmental Science,
December 2024

After earning her Master of Marine and Environmental Science from the University of the Virgin Islands in Fall 2024, Adeline quickly secured a long-term Securing STEM Island Pathways fellowship under the mentorship of her thesis advisor, Dr. Tyler Smith.

As a member of the Smith Lab, she will play a key role in critical initiatives like the Territorial Coral Reef Monitoring Program and the Endangered Coral Mapping Project.

“I am grateful for this opportunity, which not only allows me to refine my fieldwork skills as a scientific diver but also contribute invaluable habitat assessment and species monitoring data for the Caribbean region.” – Adeline Shelby