Teaching
TEACHING ASSISTANT
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2020 - Field Problems in Ecosystem Science and Policy ( ECS-112 ), University of Miami
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2019 - Introduction to Earth’s Ecosystems (ECS-111), University of Miami
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2019 - Summer Scholars Program: Shark Research Academy, University of Miami
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2014 - Introduction to Organismal Biology (BIOL-111), McGill University
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2014 - Cell and Molecular Laboratory (BIOL-112), McGill University
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
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2017, 2022 - Fiji Shark Studies (field course), Broadreach Summer program, in Pacific Harbor Fiji
(3 weeks, 3 sessions)
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2016 - Caribbean Marine Biology (field course), Broadreach Summer program, in Sint Maarten
(3 weeks, 3 sessions)
GUEST LECTURES
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I have been invited to give guest lectures and research seminars at 15+ academic and research institutions across Canada and the USA.
STUDENT MENTORSHIP​
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2024: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Amenya Jean (Summer student fellow)
2020-2023: University of Miami - Samantha Orndorff (Undergraduate senior honors thesis), Tiffany Ortner (Undergraduate researcher), Delaney Reynolds (Undergraduate senior honors thesis)
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​2018-2022: University of Miami - Females In Natural Sciences (F.I.N.S.): trip leader and mentor
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2018-2022: Supervision and/or training of >50 undergraduate and 5 graduate students in shark tagging and handling experimental protocols for a variety of shark species in Florida
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2012-2018: Supervision and/or training of >20 undergraduate and 10 graduate students in care and physiology experimental protocols for a variety of Canadian, African and South American freshwater fishes
Service & Professional Development
PEER REVIEW
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Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Discoveries (specialty section of Frontiers in Marine Science)
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Conservation Physiology
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Endangered Species Research
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Hydrobiologia
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PeerJ - Life and Environmental Sciences
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PLOS One
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Total Science of the Environment
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Nature Climate Change
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CERTIFICATIONS & WORKSHOPS
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Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Graduate Student Training (2021, 2022)
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University of Miami Racial and Cultural Competency Training (2021)
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OceanHackWeek Participant (2021)
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Motorboat Operator Certification Course (MOCC) (2020)
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Marine Megafauna Task Team Workshop at OceanObs’19 conference (2019)
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British Ecological Society Animal Movement R Workshop Participant (2019)
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IACUC CITI Animal Care (2018, recert 2022)
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Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System Training (2015)
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DAN First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries (2015)
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PADI: Rescue Diver (2011), Open Water (2007)
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