Moriah Moore Email & Phone Number

Dickinson, Texas, United States

• Conducting field sampling including the use of gill nets, bag seines, trawls, oyster dredges• Analyzing water quality with a YSI meter as well as collecting water samples for turbidity analyzation• Trailering, launching, operating, and retrieving research vessels• Maintaining research vessels, trailers, and trucks• Identifying and measuring various marine vertebrates, invertebrates, and plant life• Entering data into a state database• Conducting fisherman interviews for creel surveys• Public outreach via webinars and zoom meetings

Clearwater, Florida, United States

• Solicited businesses and individuals for donations benefiting shark research and public education on marine conservation• Distributed donation receipts and letters• Organized and scheduled annual conference, Cruising for Conservation, open to the public and held aboard a cruise ship• Organized all conference logistics including scheduling speakers, presentation locations, presenter-led field trips, and transportation• Developed marketing material for conference• Purchased promotional merchandise• Developed judging rubric for student poster presentation competition• Developed and presented marine conservation information to the general public and grades 4 - 12

Clearwater, Florida, United States

• Maintained student calendar, scheduling, and billing• Organized all portions of study abroad including: lodging, meals, activities, and transportation• Taught Tropical Marine Ecology in Costa Rica and Nicaragua• Developed and taught curriculum on tropical marine ecology in northwestern Costa Rica and southwestern Nicaragua including fish identification, invertebrate identification, local ecosystems, upwelling ecology, sea turtles, elasmobranchs, conservation, local geology, and cloud forest ecology

Clearwater, Florida, United States

• Captained and maintained research vessels• Applied for all relevant permits (state, state park, and federal)• Applied for appropriate Coast Guard vessel exemptions• Prepared all annual reports as per permitting requirements• Submitted daily float plans for multiple vessels• Maintained property for student housing• Maintained student housing schedule and payments• Maintained classroom property• Purchased and sold company merchandise• Maintained student waivers, photo release documents, and other legal paperwork• Submitted weekly reports to state parks• Developed marketing materials to promote business and specific programs• Maintained student calendar, scheduling, and billing• Completed letters of recommendation for select students• Developed all lectures on shark and ray biology, physiology, identification, and conservation; estuaries; seagrass bed ecology; mangrove ecology; ecotoxicology; fisheries biology; aquaculture; sea turtle biology and conservation; manatee biology and conservation; marine pollution; scientific research techniques; red tide; and others for college students• Lectures given in both classroom and field settings to college students• Completed and distributed student evaluations• Assigned grades• Developed public handout materials and public presentations• Presented research materials to the general public and grades 4 - 12

Master Of Science, Coastal Marine And Wetland Studies

Thesis • A Tangle Net Study on Relative Abundance and Habitat Preference of Elasmobranchs in North Inlet Estuary, South Carolina • Grain.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Marine Biology

• Graduate of the UWF Honors Program • Winner of the President’s Award and Best in Show winner for achievement in scientific research.