veronica malabanan lucchese

university of maryland center for environmental science

major / minor: environment and society

graduation year: 2026

veronica malabanan lucchese is a noaa-lmrcsc fellow ii and a second year phd student studying environment and society at the university of maryland's center for environmental science. passionate about life sciences, environmental justice, and public education, veronica is dedicated to improving environmental management practices and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. her dissertation work will focus on using social network analysis and ethnographic film to address environmental injustice in the chesapeake bay. highlighting the potomac, patuxent, and patapsco river watersheds, her work will utilize coding, webscraping, inperson surveying, and science communication tools to reach a broad demographic.

from 2019-2022, she worked as a noaa contractor for the northeast fisheries science center and the southeast fisheries science center. her work as a federal contractor focused mainly on scientific communications, outreach, website design, and economic data analysis. she recieved her bachelors degree from the university of miami's rosenstiel school of marine and atmospheric science and majored in marine affairs, geology, and anthropology.

through her role at ian, she will assists indicator analysis for the 2023 chesapeake bay report card and the creation of communications products such as short films and social media content. her work will contribute to the international coast card project.