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Belize

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Belize City/Glover'S Atoll

Lead WCS Belize’s coastal habitat and fisheries monitoring efforts, strengthen the marine science component of programs and disseminate results of research and monitoring through technical reports and peer-reviewed papers, outreach materials, and attendance at meetings and workshops.Provide scientific oversight, strategy and direction to the research conducted at the Glover’s Reef Research Station.Advise the Country Director on the scientific and technical aspects of the WCS… Show more Lead WCS Belize’s coastal habitat and fisheries monitoring efforts, strengthen the marine science component of programs and disseminate results of research and monitoring through technical reports and peer-reviewed papers, outreach materials, and attendance at meetings and workshops.Provide scientific oversight, strategy and direction to the research conducted at the Glover’s Reef Research Station.Advise the Country Director on the scientific and technical aspects of the WCS Belize Marine Program as part of the ongoing strategic review and adjustment of the program.Coordinate training of students in relevant field courses, using the Glovers Reef Research Station as a platform, and assist with the development of field courses. Show less

Chicago, Usa/The Bahamas

Investigated Queen conch (Strombus gigas) and spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) populations within critical seagrass and coral reef communities in the central Bahamas using holistic resource management and conservation approaches.Re-designed and taught a 5-week lecture/laboratory and 20-day field-based (R/V Coral Reef II) introduction to the tropical environments of the Bahamas in the context of general biological, ecological and oceanographic principles and ongoing applied field research.

South Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands

Supervised field-based undergraduate research focusing on Queen conch fisheries, seagrass habitats, spotted eagle ray populations and marine protected areasTaught the principles of marine ecology including interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of tropical marine organisms found in mangroves, seagrass, & coral reefs as well as the ecological basis for marine protected areas management.Introduced basic methods (experimental design; field techniques, data… Show more Supervised field-based undergraduate research focusing on Queen conch fisheries, seagrass habitats, spotted eagle ray populations and marine protected areasTaught the principles of marine ecology including interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of tropical marine organisms found in mangroves, seagrass, & coral reefs as well as the ecological basis for marine protected areas management.Introduced basic methods (experimental design; field techniques, data analysis) for the study of marine populations and coastal ecosystems. Show less

Tampa, Florida

Investigated invertebrate population and trophic dynamics within sandy beach ecosystems in the context of natural variation of physical parameters, impacts of chronic urbanization and oil contamination as a result of the Deepwater Horizon spill.

Malaysia/Indonesia/Solomon Is.

Lead fisheries, habitat, coastal community assessments as well as livelihood and habitat restoration efforts in tsunami /earthquake impacted communities with local staff and collaborators in Aceh, Indonesia. Also assisted in the development of similar efforts in the Western Solomon Islands.Team leader for the design of an information and management support system for the Pacific region (ReefBase Pacific) and supervised staff based in Suva, Fiji and Penang, Malaysia

Tampa, Florida

Compared seagrass restoration and recovery evaluation techniques.Examined barrier island trophic structure and types of omnivory amongst native (ghost crab, raccoon) and non-native (feral hogs, rats) coastal consumers using stable isotopes (13C, 15N) and diet mixing models.

Caribbean Region - Antigua, Belize, Dominican Republic,Honduras, Jamaica, Panama

CARICOM Fisheries Resource Assessment & Management Program, Belize City, Belize.• Reported on biology, stock status and management options for Queen conch, “Lobster & Conch Training Workshop”, Jamaica (1995).• Provided training on data collection and analysis during “Queen Conch Stock Assessment and Management Workshop”, Belize (1999).• Provided technical support to Queen conch survey, Antigua & Barbuda (2000).• Senior consultant to “Lobster and Conch Terminal Workshop”… Show more CARICOM Fisheries Resource Assessment & Management Program, Belize City, Belize.• Reported on biology, stock status and management options for Queen conch, “Lobster & Conch Training Workshop”, Jamaica (1995).• Provided training on data collection and analysis during “Queen Conch Stock Assessment and Management Workshop”, Belize (1999).• Provided technical support to Queen conch survey, Antigua & Barbuda (2000).• Senior consultant to “Lobster and Conch Terminal Workshop”, Dominican Republic (2001).Fisheries Division, Kingston, Jamaica.• Conducted stock assessments and provided management recommendations for the sustainable use of Queen conch (S. gigas) resources on coastal fishing grounds (1998).Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Balboa, Panama.• Conducted assessments & provided management recommendations for Queen conch (Strombus gigas.) and spiny lobster (Panulirus argus, P. guttatus) populations within the Cayos Cochinos Biological Reserve, Honduras (1997, 1998).• Conducted assessments & provided management recommendations for spiny lobster (Panulirus spp.), conch (Strombus spp.) and crab (Mithrax spinosissimus) populations in Bocas del Toro, Panama (2003). Show less

South Caicos, Turks And Caicos Islands

Lead Instructor, Principles of Resource Management• Introduction of practical tools used in addressing complex environmental problems including guidelines for ecologically sustainable development, fisheries management and protected-area planning and management.Co-Instructor, Tropical Marine Ecology• Discussion of interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of tropical marine organisms found in mangroves, seagrasses, & coral reefs.Co-Instructor… Show more Lead Instructor, Principles of Resource Management• Introduction of practical tools used in addressing complex environmental problems including guidelines for ecologically sustainable development, fisheries management and protected-area planning and management.Co-Instructor, Tropical Marine Ecology• Discussion of interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of tropical marine organisms found in mangroves, seagrasses, & coral reefs.Co-Instructor, Environmental Policy & Socioeconomic Values(4 semesters) • Provided insight into the broad social context surrounding effective approaches to natural resource management and supporting policy.Lead Instructor, Directed Research• Introduced basic methods for the study of marine systems (experimental design; field techniques, data analysis) and supervised field-based study. • Supervised field-based student research focusing on Queen conch and lobster fisheries, seagrass habitats, spotted eagle ray populations and marine protected areas. Show less

Providenciales, Turks And Caicos Islands

Developed “Offshore Production” of world’s only Queen conch (Strombus gigas) mariculture operation; developed and refined data collection, animal care and harvest protocols.Designed, constructed and maintained 25 hectares of sub-tidal enclosures and predator exclusion systems.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Benthic Ecology

Patterns & effects of disturbance in Caribbean macrophyte communities

Master'S Degree, Fisheries Ecology

An assessment of the biological characteristics, abundance, & potential yield of the Queen conch fishery on Pedro Bank off Jamaica

Bachelor'S Degree, Ecology/Marine Biology/Zoology

Honours Project: Impact of invasive bio-fouling Zebra Mussels on native Unionid bivalve condition factor