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I am a PhD candidate in the Marine Science and Conservation program. My research interests broadly center around conservation biology and conservation policy, primarily through the lens of protected species bycatch. I am particularly interested in conducting bycatch assessments in international commercial fisheries, especially those managed by regional fisheries management organizations, and modeling bycatch rates in data-poor scenarios. I am equally as interested in the policy and management angle to these human-wildlife conflicts, and enjoy exploring efficacy of regulations and working with managers to strengthen policy and management surrounding protected species.

My strong interests in bycatch, policy, and management are influenced from my prior work experience, including as a former NOAA Knauss Marine Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, an MMPA analyst as a contractor at the National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources, and as a science communicator at Oceana. I hold a Master of Coastal Environmental Management from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. 

Recent Publications


Bycatch in drift gillnet fisheries: A sink for Indian Ocean cetaceans

Journal Article Conservation Letters · March 1, 2024 In 1992, the UN banned the use of large-scale pelagic driftnets on the high seas (UNGA Resolution 46/215). Three decades later, however, drift gillnets remain one of the primary fishing gears in the Indian Ocean, accounting for approximately 30% of tuna ca ... Full text Cite

GEOAI FOR MARINE ECOSYSTEM MONITORING: A COMPLETE WORKFLOW TO GENERATE MAPS FROM AI MODEL PREDICTIONS

Conference International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives · June 22, 2023 Mapping and monitoring marine ecosystems imply several challenges for data collection and processing: water depth, restricted access to locations, instrumentation costs or weather constraints for sampling, among others. Nowadays, Artificial Intelligence (A ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Reducing marine mammal bycatch in Arabian Sea gillnetfisheries: A Pakistani case study

ResearchPI-Fellow · Awarded by National Geographic Society · 2022 - 2025

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