She has lead scientific field research expeditions in over five countries around the world, inclusive of everything from planning to execution.

• Research permits.

• Project development.

• Logistics and bookings.

• Shark tagging.

• Mola mola tagging.

• Sea turtle tagging.

• Blue carbon sampling.

• Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (shallow & deep-sea).

• Sample preparation for analysis.

Being a part of the opening team for OdySea Aquarium, she had the privilege of being a part of the construction and opening process, before continuing with the team for over six years. During this time, she developed skills in all critical areas of animal husbandry.

• Routine and emergent animal procedures.

• Daily husbandry care.

• Behavior Approximation Plans (BAPs) - formation and execution.

• Life Support Systems assembly and maintenance.

Species she’s worked with included but was not limited to:

• Teleosts: hundreds of species from all major oceans and environments.

• Elasmobranchs: Stegostoma tigrinum, Hemiscyllium ocellatum, Triaenodon obesus, Carcharias taurus, Rhinoptera bonasus, Neotrygon kuhlii, Rhinobatos rhinobatos (as some examples).

• California sea lions.

• African penguins.

• Green sea turtles.

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Depth Range Extension for the Misty Grouper Hyporthodus mystacinus Documented via Deep-Sea Landers throughout the Greater Caribbean

First records of the roughskin dogfish Centroscymnus owstonii in the greater Antilles, central Caribbean Sea, Western Atlantic Ocean

Addressing distributional and taxonomic uncertainty in the deep-sea giant isopod genus Bathynomus with an integrated observational and molecular framework