I
am a PhD student at the University of Hawaii Manoa. My research is concerned
with the reproductive strategies of Hawaiian sharks, particularly the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus. This work
is being done under the joint supervision of Dr. Kim Holland,
Dr. Brian Bowen, and
Dr. Rob Toonen at the
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. For a full description of the sandbar
shark project, click here. I'm also studying the
global phylogeography of another marine predator, the great barracuda (Sphyraena
barracuda). For information on how you can help discover speciation patterns
in this amazing animal, click here.
This
work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellowship. I
worked from 2003-2006 to develop curricula that will help K-12 educators use
shark biology in their teaching. To learn more about my project, click
here.
I
am currently a research assistant with Dr. Cindy Hunter and the Hawaii
Coral Reef Initiative, working to aquaculture native sea urchins in an
effort to combat the spread of alien algae in Hawaii's coral reefs. To learn
more about our efforts, click
here.
