Research Interests
Marine mammal behavioral and acoustic ecology
Ocean noise
Offshore renewable energy
Ocean noise
Offshore renewable energy
Selected Grants
Cuvier's beaked whale integrated ecosystem study: Systematic use of novel eDNA methodology to characterize and compare beaked whale populations and their associated prey community across regions
ResearchCo-Project Leader · Awarded by Kelp Marine Research · 2023 - 2027Atlantic Behavioral Response Study II 2024 - Continuously Active Sonar
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2023 - 2026Towards an Understanding of the Cumulative Effects of Multiple Stressors on Marine Mammals ¿ an Interdisciplinary Working Group with Case Studies
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of St. Andrews · 2020 - 2025REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems
ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2025North Atlantic Right Whale Tagging and Tracking 2018-2019
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2018 - 2024Merrill Seagrant
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2022 - 2024Reducing Impacts to Marine Mammals from anthropogenic Sound in the Gulf of Mexico
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by California Ocean Alliance · 2022 - 2023Atlantic Behavioral Response Study
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2021 - 2023Tagging, Acoustic Monitoring, Logistics, Work Plan Development, Data Management, Analysis and Reporting for the North Atlantic Right Whale Tagging and Tracking on the Southeast US Calving Grounds FY17
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2017 - 2023Spatial and Acoustic Ecology of Marine Megafauna (SPAM)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Wilmington · 2017 - 2022Autonomous Passive Acoustic Monitoring MCAS Cherry Point Post Hurricane Recovery
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2020 - 2021Acoustic Startle Responses as Aversive Reactions and Hearing Indicators in Cetaceans
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of St. Andrews · 2016 - 2021Collaborative Research: Foraging behavior and ecological role of the least studied Antarctic krill predator, the Antarctic krill predator, the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2017 - 2021Atlantic Behavioral Response Study
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2020 - 2021Acoustic, Behavioral and Foraging Ecology of Cetaceans off the Coast of Brazil A Baseline Study
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Socioambiental Consultores Associados Ltda. · 2016 - 2021Atlantic Behavioral Response Study
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2019 - 2020Extended Duration Acoustic Tagging of Right Whales
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Syracuse University · 2019 - 2019Megafauna Motion Tag
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Geographic Society · 2017 - 2019Atlantic Behavioral Response Study
ResearchFaculty Member · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2017 - 2018Conservation X Labs Tech Prize
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Conservation X Labs · 2018 - 2018Evaluating the Behavioral Response of Sea Turtles to Faurnaguard Turtle Module (Van Oord)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Florida State University · 2016 - 2018North Atlantic Right Whale Tagging and Tracking on the Southeast US Calving Grounds - 2016 - 2017
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2016 - 2018LTER Palmer, Antartica (PAL): Land Shelf Ocean Connectivity, Ecosystem Resilience and Transformation
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Oregon State University · 2014 - 2017Autonomous Passive Acoustic Monitoring/Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2015 - 2016Studies to Inform the Delineation of Wind Energy Areas within the Published Areas of Interest for North Carolina
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2016North Atlantic Right Whale Tagging and Tracking on the Southeast US Calving Grounds - 2015 - 2016
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2015 - 2016Delphinid Cetaceans: Quantifying Behavioral Ecology and Response to Predators Using a Multi-Species Approach
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program · 2011 - 2016North Atlantic Right Whale Tagging and Tracking on the Southeast US Calving Grounds
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2013 - 2015A moored system for measuring the temporal variability of prey fields of deep diving predators off Cape Hatteras and response to Gulf Stream fronts
EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2013 - 2015North Atlantic Right Whale Tagging and Tracking on the Southeast US Calving Grounds
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2013 - 2015A Low-Cost UAV Imaging System for Large Whale Health Assessment
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Association of Zoos and Aquariums · 2013 - 2014A SAFE vessel: Advancing research capabilities to the Gulf Stream
EquipmentCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2013 - 2014RAPID: Linking the movement patterns and foraging behavior of humpback whales to their prey across multiple spatial scales within the LTER study region
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2012 - 2013Duke University Seminar on Methods in Marine Bioacoustics
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2012 - 2013Collaborative Research: The ecological role of a poorly studied Antarctic krill predator: the humpback whale/Megaptera novaeangliae
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2008 - 2012Prey Fields and habitats of deep diving odontocetes: 3D characterization and modeling of beaked and sperm whale foraging areas in the Tongue of the Ocean
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2008 - 2012Use of multi-frequency acoustics to study cetacean foraging ecology
EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2008 - 2010External Relationships
- Equinor
- International Union for the Conservation of Nature
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