Photo Credit: Megan Wallen
Former Graduate Students:
Dr. Taylor Evans
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stony Brook University, USA
PhD 2021, Lifetime stability, maternal effects, and fitness outcomes of socio-ecological strategies in wild bottlenose dolphins
Dr. Caitlin Karniski
Senior Specialist & Scientific Writer, PacBio, USA
PhD 2019, Effects of Senescence on Reproduction and Behavior in Bottlenose Dolphins
Dr. Madison Miketa
Wildlife Scientist, Humane Society International, USA
PhD 2018, Social and behavioral responses to environmental stressors in bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia
Dr. Megan Wallen
Marine Mammal Specialist, NOAA, USA
PhD 2016, Social factors affecting female behavior, ecology, and fitness in wild bottlenose dolphins
Dr. Ewa Krzyszczyk
Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University, UK
PhD 2013, Age determination, life history and juvenile behavior in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Australia
Dr. Eric Patterson
Cetacean and Pinniped Conservation Lead, NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources, USA
PhD 2012, Ecological and life history factors influence habitat and tool use in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)
Dr. Margaret Stanton
Assistant Professor, University of New England, USA
PhD 2011, Social networks and fitness consequences of early sociality in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)
Dr. Yi-Jiun Jean Tsai
Assistant Project Scientist, University of California- Davis, USA
MSc 2010, Dispersal in bottlenose dolphins: bisexual locational philopatry, male-biased mother-offspring disassociation, and the role of fission-fusion dynamics
Dr. Quincy Anne Gibson
Associate Professor, University of North Florida, USA
PhD 2007, The development of social patterns in wild bottlenose dolphin calves (Tursiops sp.)
Dr. Brooke L. Sargeant
Biotech Associate at Seed IP Law Group, Seattle, USA
PhD 2005, Foraging development and individual specialization in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)
Dr. Jana J. Watson-Capps
Consultant, Jana Watson-Capps and Associates LLC, Colorado, USA
PhD 2005, Female mating behavior in the context of sexual coercion and female ranging behavior of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia
Other Alumni:
Katie Knotek
Coastal Environmental Science Intern, Bald Head Island Conservancy, USA
Anna Jorgensen
Masters Student, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Shaelynn Sleater-Squires
PhD Student, University of California – Los Angeles, USA
Dr. Lars Bejder
Director of the Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii, USA
Dr. Michael Heithaus
Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences & Education (CASE) and Professor, Florida International University, USA
Dr. William Sherwin
Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Anna Kopps
Research Associate, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Lara Delgado
PhD Candidate, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Lynne Barre
Marine Biologist at NOAA Fisheries, Washington State, USA
Cindy Flaherty-Stamm
Math-Science Department, Lyons Township High School, Illinois, USA
Dr. Per Berggren
Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Dr. Vincent Janik
Professor and Director of the Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI), University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Dr. Amy Samuels
(Deceased) see article in her memory here
