Dr. Vincente Faria joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin on the podcast to discuss his graduate work on sawfish with Dr. Gavin Naylor. Dr. Faria talks about how he met Dr. Naylor and why he decided to choose sawfish as his focus animal when he wanted to do genetics.
Dr. Faria discovered a number of new sawfish species during his graduate career.
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Dr. Josh Moyer recently graduated with a Ph.D. studying feeding morphology in sharks, but his career path was ignited and highly influenced by writing a letter to Dr. Eugenie Clark, a famous shark biologist by which people (young and old) were inspired to pursue shark science as a career path.
Josh went to an undergraduate college nearby as Dr. Clark suggested and it is where he met Dr. Dominique Didier. Dominique was studying ghost sharks at the time, which piqued Josh’s interest.
Josh ended up conducting his undergraduate thesis with Dominique and went on to do a Master’s and a Ph.D. in shark science.
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Brian Gervalis joins Andrew Lewin on this bonus episode to discuss his time as a graduate student under the supervision of Dr. Lisa Natanson. Brian is a Fisheries Scientist for an environmental consulting firm where he predominantly works on projects related to the emerging offshore wind industry.
Brian discusses how he got into environmental consulting and how working with Lisa helped drive his career forward.
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Dr. Kelsey James sits down with me to discuss her experience in doing her Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Lisa Natanson.
Kelsey describes the intensity at which Lisa approached her work and how she uses that intensity as a Fisheries Biologist for NOAA in La Jolla, California.
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Dr. Gavin Naylor joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin on the podcast to discuss his career in shark science.
Gavin takes us through his childhood from growing up exploring Africa to becoming a shark scientist.
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Sarah Fowler joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin on the podcast to discuss how she got her start in Shark Science and how she was co-chair IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group even though she wasn’t a shark scientist at the time.
Sarah used her experience as a marine scientist to bring together researchers and practitioners from all over the world to provide the group with information on sharks in their region.
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Dr. Dominique Didier joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin to discuss her career studying Chimeras. She decided to study these mysterious animals because nobody else had studied them previously.
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Dr. Michelle Heupel joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin on the podcast to discuss how she flew across the world and back, then back again to pursue shark science, and now is the Director of the Integrated Marine Observing System at the University of Tasmania.
Michelle talks about how she got first inspired to work in oceans as well as how she dealt with moving across the world multiple times to pursue her career.
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Dr. Lisa Natanson joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin on the episode to discuss her role in the Apex Predator Program and her research on the aging of sharks and how it changed the game on aging fish.
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Dr. Greg Skomal is known for building the shark science program for the State of Massachusetts as well as his work on shark week.
Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin interview Greg on his career. They discuss how the aquarium hobby helped drive Greg’s passion for the Ocean, his books, and his career advice in science and on television.
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Website: mass.gov/marinefisheries
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