Kelsey Schultz graduated from The Ohio State University in 2014 with a BS in Biology. Directly following graduation, she entered into the Three Seas master’s program at Northeastern, where she focused on the effects of oyster density, biomass, and tidal height on biogeochemical cycling on natural oyster reefs.
After receiving her master’s degree, Dr. Schultz was hired as the research technician for the Grabowski Lab, where she worked for 2.5 years before transitioning into her PhD in the fall of 2018. Dr. Schultz’s dissertation research uses a SES perspective of the oyster industry to understand how to more efficiently provide ecosystem services to increase human well-being and ecosystem health and function.