Nicole is a Biologist with the Nearshore Marine Ecosystem Research Program at the Alaska Science Center. Her work focuses on sea otter behavioral ecology and aerial surveys using remote sensing throughout the Gulf of Alaska.
Professional Experience
2021 - Present Biologist, USGS Alaska Science Center
2020 - 2021 Alaska Sea Grant Fellowship, National Park Service
2017 - 2020 Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2015 - 2017 Wildlife Safari Coordinator, Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris
2014 - 2015 Terrestrial Vertebrate Research Field Technician, National Park Service, Channel Islands National Park
2014 Research Field Technician, Tulane University
2009 - 2014 Research Field Technician, University of California Santa Cruz and USGS Western Ecological Research Center
Education and Certifications
MSc 2020 Fisheries, University of Alaska Fairbanks
BSc 2010 Marine Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
Science and Products
Nearshore Marine Ecosystem Research
Science and Products
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Nearshore Marine Ecosystem Research
Nearshore ecosystems include many resources that are of high ecological, recreational, subsistence, and economic value. They also are subject to influences from a wide variety of natural and human-caused perturbations, which can originate in terrestrial or oceanic environments. Our research is designed to evaluate sources of variation in the nearshore and how they influence resources of high... - Multimedia