- About
- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Engage
- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- Lifetimes dedicated to environmental science inspired Fu-Lin Chu Ph.D. '82, P '97, P '12 and William Chu P '97, P '12 to create a fellowship for graduate students.
  
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Ombuds Team

Alyson Hall

Ph.D. Student

Email: achall@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7367
Website: https://alyhall.weebly.com/
Office: Andrews Hall 304

Interests

Marine ecology, foundation species, seagrass meadows, climate change, science communication

Current Projects

I am currently working in the Coastal and Estuarine Ecology Lab, working with seagrass meadows! I am broadly interested in how anthropogenic impacts at a variety of scales impact foundation species functioning. Presently, I am studying how climate change and water quality are affecting how seagrass meadows in the Chesapeake Bay, USA.