Education
•Doctorate in Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, 2018;
Dissertation Title: Ecology and Conservation of Mobulid Rays in the Indo-Pacific
Dissertation Title: Ecology and Conservation of Mobulid Rays in the Indo-Pacific
•Masters in Marine Biology Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, 2015
•Bachelors in Marine Biology, Indiana University, 2010; Thesis Title: Methods for Management: Monitoring
Marine Resources
Marine Resources
Teaching Experience
•2015-2016: Guest Lecturer, Elasmobranch biology, ecology and conservation, in UCSD undergraduate course Life in the Oceans
•2015: Guest Lecturer, Mobulid Rays: biology, cology and conservation, in UCSD Academic Connections
college preparatory class Introduction to Marine Biology
college preparatory class Introduction to Marine Biology
•2011: Instructor, Indiana University Office of Underwater Science & Peace Corps: Scientific Diver Training of P.C. Marine Interest Group
•2009-2010: Adjunct Lecturer, Indiana University Office of Underwater Science: Scientific Diving and Data
Collection
Collection
Professional Society Memberships
•2014-Present: Society for Conservation Biology
•2013-Present: American Elasmobranch Society
•2010-Present: The Explorers Club
Professional Service
Peer reviewer for: Ecological Applications, Coral Reefs, PLoS ONE, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry