College Internship Opportunities

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Mystic Aquarium’s internship program reflects our mission, “to inspire people to care for and protect our ocean planet through education, research and exploration.” Internships are available fall, spring and summer in most departments throughout our institution, allowing students of all academic majors to experience the unique character of the Aquarium and enhance their personal and professional development. See the "Get Involved/Internships" section for a full list of internship opportunities.

Our research team conducts research in many aspects of marine animal health, husbandry, and ecology. This is accomplished through detailed analysis of behavior, specimens, data records and a combination of field, in-house, and laboratory-based research projects that focus on animal behavior, ecology, infectious disease, neuro-immunology, and physiology. Research interns are a core component to the research team, and pursue these sciences by accomplishing many of the activities listed below.

Interns in Research

The internship for this department focuses on laboratory experience and data analysis. Mystic Aquarium’s intern program is designed to provide college students and recent college graduates with a dynamic educational opportunity while simultaneously providing career experience. Our unique program requires the completion of an independent project.

Daily Duties
• Videorecord, observe, describe and analyze animal behavior
• Prepare chemical solutions and biological reagents
• Assist with specimen collection
• Management of biological specimens
• Assist with biological assays and experiments
• Data entry and database management
• Data analysis, table and graph construction
• Report writing

Recent Projects
• Data collection of marine ornamental fish industry contacts in the Northeast
• Description and quantification of beluga whale behavior
• Description and quantification of fish behavior
• Validation of an automated hematology analyzer for use with cetacean and pinniped blood
• Gut passage rates in multiple elasmobranch species
• Health assessment and prevalence of Brucellosis in Point Lay, AK beluga whales
• Health assessment of wild bottlenose dolphins

Be sure to check out other internship opportunities at Mystic Aquarium.

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Our Mission

The mission of Sea Research Foundation, Inc., which includes Mystic Aquarium, Ocean Exploration Center and JASON Learning, is to inspire people to care for and protect our ocean planet through education, research and exploration.