ODU Ecological Ph.D. Candidate Jem Baldisimo Works to Sustain Marine Biodiversity

Jem Baldisimo is pursuing a Ph.D. in Ecological Sciences at Old Dominion University and is a Fulbright Scholar and a Virginia Sea Grant Graduate Student Research Fellow. Recently, she was awarded the Ecological Society of America’s 2024 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). Because of Baldisimo’s advocacy work and her interest in science policy, she and the other awardees will travel to Washington, D.C., to advance their scientific careers in policy, communication, and career training. She takes being a woman of color in science very seriously and believes her Filipino heritage and her mentors helped shaped who she is today.