From as far back as I can recall I’ve always wanted to be involved in wildlife research. I took on a sincere interest in Biology (combined with a deep appreciation and some abilities in art) throughout my high school years, followed by the pursuit of a BSc degree in Biology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Without any real perception of opportunities to pursue wildlife research, I fell back on what seemed to come easy to me and remained at UBC to earn a BEd in Secondary Science Education in 1991.
After having taught high school Biology, Chemistry and Science in Canada, Fiji and Korea, and after a growing dissatisfaction with teaching at that level, I decided to continue my education to eventually teach at the tertiary level. Within 13 months of returning from Korea and having checked into the University of Guam, universities in the Philippines, Africa, the U.S., and Australia, I enrolled at Central Queensland University and moved south to Queensland, Australia in September of 1997. In May of 2002, my wife, Sabine, and I graduated from graduate studies at CQU together.
My most recent focus has been on marine turtles in Honduras. As endangered species, both the hawksbill and the green turtle are in need of conservation efforts to enhance and protect their dwindling populations. Along with a number of volunteers and the assistance of the Reef House Resort on Roatan, we’ve been working towards tagging and obtaining measurements for marine turtles captured by local fishermen.
Long-term goals include educational efforts about marine turtle populations throughout Honduras, investigating physiological features of captured marine turtles, satellite tracking migration movements, and monitoring nesting beaches.
Sea turtle biology, Ecology, Ecophysiology, Conservation.
Satellite Tracking (Jeff Seminoff), Sea turtle physiology, Migration development (Lohmanns).
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Diving with juvenile hawksbills to collect in-water observations of behavior.
