Lab Alumni

Team of the Marine Turtle Research, Ecology, and Conservation Group

Meet the postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, undergraduate students, and field assistants who have been part of the Marine Turtle Research Ecology and Conservation Group over the years.

Postdoctoral Researchers and Graduate students

Dr. Natalie Wildermann

2017-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow, FSU. Spatial ecology of sea turtles

Alexa Putillo

2020, MSc, FSU. Blood Biochemistry profiles of juvenile green turtles from the Bahamas with potential influence of diet.

Barry Walton

2020, MSc, FSU. Determining the influence of abiotic factors on spatiotemporal patterns of marine catfish within Florida.

Tayla Lovemore

2020, MSc, FSU. Assessing the effectiveness of different sea turtle nest protection strategies against coyotes.

Lindsay Hooper

2020, MSc FSU. Compliance of dolphin ecotours in southwest Florida to the NOAA marine mammal viewing guidelines.

Dr. Matthew Ware

2019, PhD, FSU. The effects of beach and species management actions on the nesting and incubation environment of sea turtles in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Natalie Montero

2018, MSc, FSU. Influences of the local climate on loggerhead sea turtle hatchling output.

Anthony Gillis

2018, MSc, FSU. Foraging ecology and diet selection of juvenile green turtles in the western Bahamas: insights from stable isotope and prey mapping.

Dr. Kimberly Riskas

2018, PhD, JCU.

Dr. Jess Williams

2016, PhD, JCU. Searching for practical solutions to sea turtles poaching in Mozambique.

Dr. Christopher Cleguer

2015, PhD, JCU. Informing Dugong Conservation Across Multiple Spatial-Temporal Scales in a Tropical Reef Ecosystem: New Caledonia as a Case Study.

Christian Gredzens

2013, MSc, JCU. The spatial ecology of marine megafauna.

Jessica Morris

2013, MSc, JCU. Towards an understanding of the global effort to understand the impacts of climate change on sea turtles.

Julie Jourdan

2011, MSc, JCU/Université de Montpellier. Effectiveness of different management strategies to mitigate the impacts of projected increases in temperature on sea turtle reproductive output.

Undergraduate Students and Field Assistants

Julia Basini

Field Assistant, 2020 – 2021.

Cláudio André Vieira

Field Assistant, 2021.

James Broome

2020. Directed Individual Studies.

Haley Evans

2020. Directed Individual Studies, UROP.

Alexis M’sadoques

2020. Directed Individual Studies.

Camille Kynoch

2018–2021. Directed Individual Studies, UROP.

Elizabeth Sutton

2020. Directed Individual Studies.

Kayla Broyles

2019–2020. Directed Individual Studies.

Nora Jolowsky

2019. Undergraduate Research Program Intern.

Adrian Luksza

2019. Directed Individual Studies.

Maya Tiseth

2019. Undergraduate Research Program Intern.

Blaine Lessard

2019. Directed Individual Studies.

Kristen Batalla

2019. Directed Individual Studies.

Gabriella Lirio

2019. Directed Individual Studies.

Abigail Baker

2019. Directed Individual Studies.

Kristine Locke

2019. Directed Individual Studies.

Ashley Jackson

2019. Directed Individual Studies.

Emily Mila

2019. Directed Individual Studies

Taylor Fant

2019. Directed Individual Studies.

Trevor Hope

2019. Directed Individual Studies.

Kelly Solluri

2019. Directed Individual Studies.

Abbey Townsend

2018-2019. Undergraduate Research Program Intern (UROP).

Giuliana Antunez

2018. Directed Individual Studies.

Joseph Miguez

2018. Directed Individual Studies.

Andrew Ibarra

2018. Directed Individual Studies.

Matthew Aguiar

2018. Directed Individual Studies.

Breanna Muszynski

2018. Directed Individual Studies.

Ellie Rill

2018. Undergraduate Research Program Intern (UROP).

Andres De La Fe

2018. Directed Individual Studies.

Valencia Beckwith

2017-2019. Directed Individual Studies.

Alexandra Lee

2017-2018. Undergraduate Research Program Intern (UROP).

Sophia Fonseca

2017. Directed Individual Studies.

Emma Guss

2017. Directed Individual Studies.

Tayla Lovemore

2017. Directed Individual Studies.

Elizabeth Thomas

2017. Directed Individual Studies.

John Zito

2017. Directed Individual Studies.

Briana Garris

2016–present. Noyce SOAR internship.

Emily Drobes

2016. Directed Individual Studies.

Sam Garrison

2016-2017. Directed Individual Studies.

Alan Soroka

2016. Undergraduate Research Program Intern (UROP).

Amber Halstead

Spring 2016. Directed Individual Studies.

Raiden Thaler

2015. Undergraduate Research Program Intern (UROP).

Dora DeMaria

2015. WIWSE Research Experience Program.