I am a scientist passionate about protecting coastal ecosystems and the people who depend on them.
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I study applied fish ecology as a PhD candidate in the Coastal Ecology and Conservation Lab at University of Michigan.
My research is centered around fish and fisher behavior in small-scale fisheries in French Polynesia and the Caribbean.
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[Nov 2024] Our Eco Apps paper was just published online as an open access article! Here is the University of Michigan news release.
[Oct 2024] I designed a sticker for World Mental Health Day. Check it out on UM Ecology and Evolutionary Biology homepage!
[Sept 2024] I attended the NMFS-SG Symposium and American Fisheries Society Symposium in Honolulu, HI. My talk on artificial reef fisheries production won Best Student Paper Award for Fish Habitat and our film Fish for Tomorrow won the Audience Choice Award!
[August 2024] My research using an individual-based model to quantify the effects of fish size structure and behavior was accepted for publication in Ecological Applications.
[June 2024] I returned from shooting a short film on fisheries and climate change in The Bahamas. The film was generously funded by the 2024 UM EEB Science for the People Award.
I acknowledge that my field research is conducted in post-colonial nations with histories of oppression and resource and knowledge extraction. Here are some resources that I find useful: de Vos 2020, Asase et al. 2021, Stefanoudis et al. 2021