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Teaching

TEACHING ASSISTANT

2020 - Field Problems in Ecosystem Science and Policy ( ECS-112 ), University of Miami

2019 - Introduction to Earth’s Ecosystems (ECS-111), University of Miami

2019 - Summer Scholars Program: Shark Research Academy, University of Miami

2014 - Introduction to Organismal Biology (BIOL-111), McGill University

2014 - Cell and Molecular Laboratory (BIOL-112), McGill University

COURSE INSTRUCTOR

2017, 2022 - Fiji Shark Studies (field course), Broadreach Summer program, in Pacific Harbor Fiji
(3 weeks, 3 sessions)

2016 - Caribbean Marine Biology (field course), Broadreach Summer program, in Sint Maarten
(3 weeks, 3 sessions)

GUEST LECTURES

I have been invited to give guest lectures and research seminars at 15+ academic and research institutions across Canada and the USA.

STUDENT MENTORSHIP

2024:  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - A. Jean (Summer student fellow)

 

2020-2023:  University of Miami - S. Orndorff (Undergraduate senior honors thesis), T. Ortner (Undergraduate researcher), D. Reynolds (Undergraduate senior honors thesis)

2018-2022: University of Miami - Females In Natural Sciences (F.I.N.S.): trip leader and mentor 

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

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

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Service & Professional Development

  PEER REVIEW

  • Animal Behavior

  • Biological Conservation

  • Environmental Biology of Fishes

  • Conservation Physiology

  • Endangered Species Research

  • Hydrobiologia 

  • Journal of Geophysical Research

  • Journal of Thermal Biology

  • Nature

  • Nature Climate Change

  • PLOS One

  • Total Science of the Environment

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  CERTIFICATIONS & WORKSHOPS

  • Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Graduate Student Training

  • University of Miami Racial and Cultural Competency Training 

  • OceanHackWeek Participant

  • Motorboat Operator Certification Course (MOCC) 

  • Marine Megafauna Task Team Workshop at OceanObs’19 conference

  • British Ecological Society Animal Movement R Workshop Participant

  • IACUC CITI Animal Care

  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System Training

  • DAN First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries

  • PADI: Rescue Diver, Advanced Open Water

© 2026 by Laura McDonnell

Current Affiliation(s)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Biology & Physical Oceanography

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