Our Members

We now have 140+ members representing more than 11 countries! We are beyond excited to welcome them.
Here are just a few:

Sabrina Van Eyck (she/her)
Email: vaneyck.sabrina@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Conservation and Physiology
Education: B.S. in Marine Biology
Location: California, USA

Jennie Janssen (she/her)
Email: jjanssen@aqua.org
Research Area of Interest: Shark Husbandry
Education: M.S. in Biology
Location: Baltimore, MD, USA

Larissa Tabb (she/her)
Email: larissatabb@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Conservation
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: New Britain, CT, USA

Devanshi Kasana (she/her)
Email: dkasa003@fiu.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Fisheries, Conservation, and Ecotoxicology
Education: PhD candidate
Location: Miami, FL USA

Lily Rios-Brady (she/her)
Email: ltriosbr@coastal.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Movement Ecology
Education: Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies M.S. student 
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA

Jean Utzurrum (she/her)
Research Area of Interest: Fisheries, Policy, Taxonomy, Batoids
Education: Marine Biology M.S. student
Location: Philippines

Nilanjana Das (she/her)
Email: dasn@go.stockton.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Physiological Ecology
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: New Jersey, USA

Glorimar Franqui-Rivera 
Email: glorimar.franqui1@upr.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Fisheries and Ecology
Education: M.S. student
Location: Puerto Rico

Taylor Kallmann (she/her)
Email: taylorkallmann@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Conservation and Behavior
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: San Diego, CA, USA

Marissa Steffani (she/her)
Email: lmarissastefani@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Public attributes towards sharks
Education: AA Sociology completing
Location: California, USA

Inari Moore (she/her)
Email: mooreinari@icloud.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark and Coral Ecology
Education: Attending Dalhousie next year
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Vicky Fong (she/her)
Email: vfong@berkeley.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark and Ray Conservation
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: Berekley, CA, USA

Deborah Santos De Azevedo (she/her)
Email: deborah.s.azevedo@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Behavior, SKin Microbiome, and Fisheries
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: Boca Raton, FL, USA

Stephanie Bellinghausen (she/her)
Email: skbellinghausen@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Reproduction
Education: M.Sc. Wild Animal Biology, Veterinary student
Location: Edinburgh, UK

Annabel Gong (they/them/theirs)
Email: agong@sandiego.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Movement Ecology
Education: Environmental and Ocean Sciences M.S. Student 
Location: San Diego, California, USA​

Savannah Debauche (she/her)
Email: savannahdebauche@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Movement Ecology, eDNA
Education: B.A. in Coastal Environmental Science 
Location: St. Augustine, FL, USA

Dana Braxton (she/her)
Research Area of Interest: Ocean Acidification, Shark Biology and Physiology
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: Kentucky, USA

Tori Spencer (she/her)
Email: tspencer4256@yahoo.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Movement Ecology and Associate Species Interactions
Education: PhD Candidate
Location: Texas, USA

Lauren Eve Simonitis (she/her)
Email: laureneve@tamu.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Sensory Biology
Education: PhD Candidate
Location: Galveston, TX, USA

Ana Silverio (she/her)
Email: anasilverio@utexas.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Fisheries and Population Dynamics
Education: B.S. in Marine Science
Location: Texas, USA

Armani M. (she/her)
Research Area of Interest: Shark Psychology and Behavior
Education: B.A. in Marine Biology
Location: Torrance, CA, USA

Kayla Vidal (she/her)
Email: kaylagolas@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark/Marine Conservation and Ecology
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: New Jersey, USA

Peyton Thomas (she/her)
Email: pat3805@uncw.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Muscle Physiology
Education: PhD Candidate
Location: Wilmington, NC, USA

Gina Badlowski (she/her)
Email: ginabadlowski@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark bioacoustics
Education: M.Sc. student
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Gloria Manga-Ebenque (she/her)
Email: gloriamanga@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Ecology, Conservation, Behavior, and Microbiome
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: Toronto, Canada

Damia Ramirez (they/them)
Email: damia@udel.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Conservation and Physiology
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: Delaware, USA

Lexi Raiford (she/her)
Email: alexis.raiford@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Conservation
Education: B.S.  Liberal Studies, minor in Marine Biology
Location: Tamarac

Ayanah Lugo (she/her)
Email: ayanahvl@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Physiology
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: Miami, FL, USA

Aura Manjarrez (she/her)
Email: manjarreaura@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Ecology and Conservation
Education: B.S. in Mass Communications, Currently pursuing a B.S. in Ecology and Environmental Conservancy
Location: Mexico, USA

Ariana Rodriguez (she/her)
Research Area of Interest: Conservation Science
Education: High School Student
Location: Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Jaylee Anne Soto Feliciano (she/her)
Research Area of Interest: Shark Behavior
Education: Undergraduate student 
Location: Florida, USA

Maria (she/her)
Research Area of Interest: Shark Physiology, Learning Behavior, and Isotopes
Education: Marine Biosciences M.S. student
Location: Delaware, USA

Lucía Ramírez-Joseph (she/her)
Email: lucia.ramirezjoseph@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Elasmobranch Physiology and Conservation
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: Raleigh, N.C. - San Juan, P.R.

Chelesia Clarke  (she/her)
Email: chelesiaclarke@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Movement Ecology
Education: B.S. in Environmental Science
New Jersey, USA

Luz Saldaña-Ruiz (she/her)
Email: luzerandisr@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Chondrichthyan Ecology, Fisheries and Conservation
Education: PhD, Marine Ecology
Location: Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

Tatyana Brewer-Tinsley (she/her)
Email: tatyanabtinsley@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Ecology, Physiology, and Conservation
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: Florida, USA

Leela Mitra (she/her)
Email: leela.mitra402@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Behavior and Conservation
Education: B.A. in Political Science
Location: New York, NY, USA

Angelique Rolle (she/her)
Email: angelique_rolle@yahoo.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Ecology
Education: Marine Science A.S.
Location: The Bahamas

Kela (she/her)
Email: kela.kami.mc@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Human Perception and Behavior in Shark Conservation
Education: Masters student
Location: South Florida, USA

Wesley Martin (she/her)
Email: wmmartin@email.uscb.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Movement Ecology
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: Beaufort, SC, USA

Monike Castro (she/her)
Email: momo.castro21@yahoo.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Ecology, Conservation, Behavior, and Physiology
Education: B.A. Marine Biology
Location: Fresno, CA, USA

Nina Merz(she/her)
Email: nina.merz10@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Conservation and Ecology
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: maputo, Mozambique and Durham, England

Anshika Bagla (she/her)
Research Area of Interest: Shark Paleoecology
Education: B.A. in Biology
Location: California, USA

Fola-Matthews Omolara Opeyemi (she/her)
Email: larafolamatthews@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Biology and Ecology
Education: Graduate Degree
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Monica Bacchus (she/her)
Email: mb3984@nova.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Movement Ecology and Physiology
Education: Graduate Student
Location: South Florida, USA

Daphne Nyachaki Bitalo (she/her)
Email: writerblique@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Population Dynamics
Education: PhD 
Location: Uganda

Nicole Milligan (she/her)
Email: nicolemilligan3@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Conservation
Education: B.S. in Marine Biology
Location: Providence, RI, USA

Miasara Andrew (she/her)
Email: miasara.andrew@yahoo.com
Research Area of Interest: Shark Physiology and Conservation
Education: Graduate Student
Location: Miami, FL

Montana Caller (she/her)
Email: montanacaller@live.co.uk
Research Area of Interest: Shark Bycatch, Marine biogeography, and Fisheries Sustainability
Education: B.S. in Marine Science
​Location: London, UK

Estrella VG (she/her)
Research Area of Interest: Trophic Ecology
Education: B.S. Biology
Location: Mexican Pacific

Michelle Schärer-Umpierre (she/her)
Research Area of Interest: Shark Ecology, Fisheries Interactions and Aggregations
Education: PhD
Location: Puerto Rico

Nika Sarraf (she/her)
Email: nikasarraf@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Movement Ecology and Physiology
Education: Undergraduate Student
Location: Austin, TX, USA

Vianey Leos Barajas (she/her)
Email: vianey.leosbarajas@utoronto.ca
Research Area of Interest: Statistics, Movement Ecology
Education: PhD
Location: Toronto, Canada

Mackenzy (she/her)
Email: mackenzy.fields@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: All Things Shark
Education: Undergraduate student
Location: Miami, Fl, USA

Jordan Penn (she/her)
Email: jordanhpenn@gmail.com
Research Area of Interest: Fisheries Science
Education: B.S. Marine Biology
Location: Reading, PA, USA

Elaina LaVon Smith (she/her)
Email: elsmith1@mix.wvu.edu
Research Area of Interest: Shark Reproduction
Education: B.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Resources
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA