Alumni Spotlights

Many of our past participants credit their NOSB experience with shaping their academic and career paths after high school. Read their stories to find inspiration for your own journey with the NOSB and beyond. Are you a former NOSB student? We’d love to hear from you! Your input will help us shape further alumni engagement efforts and may be used in communications about the program, pending your approval.

  • October 22, 2025

    Sarvesh Garimella, Ph.D.

    Sarvesh Garimella, Ph.D. Chief Scientist & Chief Technology Officer, MyRadar LinkedIn My name is Sarvesh Garimella, and I am the Chief Scientist and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at MyRadar. We provide real-time alerting and visualization services to help people facing inclement weather and other environmental hazards. We [...]

  • November 20, 2020

    Richelle Tanner

    “As I continue to work with [the] NOSB as a question writer and uber judge at the Sea Lion Bowl, I really see the benefits of this program for high school students, whether they come out of it as scientists or not.

  • November 20, 2020

    Eileen Audette

    The NOSB had a special impact on Audette’s life and career by providing the platform she needed to begin her journey as a scientist. She recalls “[the] NOSB piqued my interest in exploring our oceans and...

  • November 20, 2020

    Joshua Leung

    Although he is not in an ocean-related career, Leung still declares, “My NOSB experience has two main take-aways that still impact me today. One is a greater appreciation of the oceans and issues surrounding them.

  • November 19, 2020

    Robert Letscher

    In 2002 and 2003, Robert Letscher competed in the Bay Scallop Bowl with his team from Mount Sinai High School in Mount Sinai, New York. A new teacher at his school, fresh from graduate school at SUNY-Stony Brook with a M.S. in Marine Biology, began teaching...