In this joint role I am conducting multiple research, conservation and management projects across Australia. These include shark and crocodile research and management, fisheries research on commercially important fish and their essential habitat associations, aquatic and terrestrial habitat assessments, and endangered species consultancy work at mine sites. My work requires extensive stakeholder engagement, such as fishers, tourism operators, Traditional Owners and government agencies. Using my skills in project and team management, remote field work, data collection, budgeting, report writing and networking, I actively contribute to the continued success of various long-term research and management projects.

In this joint role I am conducting multiple research, conservation and management projects across Australia. These include shark and crocodile research and management, fisheries research on commercially important fish and their essential habitat associations, aquatic and terrestrial habitat assessments, and endangered species consultancy work at mine sites. My work requires extensive stakeholder engagement, such as fishers, tourism operators, Traditional Owners and government agencies. Using my skills in project and team management, remote field work, data collection, budgeting, report writing and networking, I actively contribute to the continued success of various long-term research and management projects.

I am studying the in the biological and environmental drivers of large-scale movements and habitat use in sharks and rays. My goal is to develop a multi-method approach that helps to make sense of complex patterns of individual differences within species and how these patterns of habitat use are related to things like climate change, diet, environmental factors, and genetics.

During my time at the field station I did a research project on juvenile lemon shark personality. I used active and passive acoustic tracking to see how different shark personalities affect refuge use at high tide within mangrove systems. I also trained and coordinated volunteers for this projectAdditionally, I helped with all other aspects of scientific research and outreach at the Bimini Biological Field station, including: longline sets, tagging and measuring sharks (tiger sharks, lemon sharks, bull sharks, blacknose sharks, Atlantic sharpnose sharks, nurse sharks, blacktip sharks), public tours of the station, stingray catching and PIT tagging, as well as population assessments of local elasmobranchs.

During my time as a research intern at Dr. Neil Hammerschlag's shark lab, I generally assisted with field work and data collection, this included:- catching and tagging of sharks (including acoustic tags and satellite tags)- measuring sharks, taking stable isotope and DNA samples- community outreach to push shark conservation(shark species included: Great hammerhead, tiger shark, lemon shark, bull shark, blacktip shark, nurse shark)

- Assisted in catching and drawing blood from 3 species of sea turtles (including Eretmochelys imbricata, Chelonia mydas, Lepidochelys olivacea)- taking observational data on social behavior in Scalloped hammerheads while scuba diving

- Behavioral observations of great white sharks in South Africa. From the boat as well as underwater- Photo identification of individual sharks using scars and other unique appearance features