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Tabitha Siegfried
Tabitha Siegfried is originally from Warrensburg, Missouri where she began her undergraduate degree studying biology at the University of Central Missouri. Tabitha has always loved marine life and the ocean, so she transferred to the University of West Florida during her junior year to study marine biology. As an undergrad she worked with PhD student Christina Toms on her dissertation project where she learned how to use Finbase for photo-identification purposes and was able to assist in conducting boat surveys, sighting dolphins. She also spent a week on St. Andros Island, Bahamas at the International Field Studies Forfar Field Station. She graduated in May of 2017 with her B.S. in Marine Biology. Tabitha entered the graduate program at the University of West Florida in the fall of 2018. Her graduate research focuses on developing the methodology for using underwater stereo-video cameras to obtain length measurement data on local sea turtles in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Tabitha Siegfried is originally from Warrensburg, Missouri where she began her undergraduate degree studying biology at the University of Central Missouri. Tabitha has always loved marine life and the ocean, so she transferred to the University of West Florida during her junior year to study marine biology. As an undergrad she worked with PhD student Christina Toms on her dissertation project where she learned how to use Finbase for photo-identification purposes and was able to assist in conducting boat surveys, sighting dolphins. She also spent a week on St. Andros Island, Bahamas at the International Field Studies Forfar Field Station. She graduated in May of 2017 with her B.S. in Marine Biology. Tabitha entered the graduate program at the University of West Florida in the fall of 2018. Her graduate research focuses on developing the methodology for using underwater stereo-video cameras to obtain length measurement data on local sea turtles in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Morgan DuBois
I am a graduate student in Dr. Piacenza’s lab. I was born and raised in Colorado, but I have always been fascinated with marine biology. I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Biology from St. Olaf College in Minnesota. I am interested in wildlife conservation biology and how animal behavior, ecology, and demography influence the effectiveness of management strategies. I am also interested in how all of those fields are impacted by climate change and other anthropogenic impacts. My research involves modeling the drift of juvenile sea turtles hatching from Florida to examine how variable climate conditions affect their survival rates.
I am a graduate student in Dr. Piacenza’s lab. I was born and raised in Colorado, but I have always been fascinated with marine biology. I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Biology from St. Olaf College in Minnesota. I am interested in wildlife conservation biology and how animal behavior, ecology, and demography influence the effectiveness of management strategies. I am also interested in how all of those fields are impacted by climate change and other anthropogenic impacts. My research involves modeling the drift of juvenile sea turtles hatching from Florida to examine how variable climate conditions affect their survival rates.