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elasmobranch, shark, animal welfare, comparative anatomy, nociception, pain perception
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Biography

I am an up-and-coming elasmobranch researcher at Boston University with a passion for animal welfare. Since my freshman year at BU, I have held an undergraduate research position in Professor Phillip Lobel's Fish Lab, where I completed my honor's thesis: "An Examination of the Effects of Penetrative Tagging Methodologies on Elasmobranchs". I have previously held an internship as an aquarist in the temperate gallery at the New England Aquarium in Boston. I have also tagged Floridian elasmobranch species with the Coastal Marine Education Research Academy in Clearwater, Florida. From these experiences, I have become heavily invested in researching elasmobranch welfare.

I want to use my research to raise awareness of the nociceptive capabilities and possible pain perception in elasmobranch fishes so as to promote the collection of high quality data. My current research uses comparative anatomy of different elasmobranch species in order to identify nociceptive system deviations between species.

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Employment (3)

Boston University: Boston, US

2020-09 to present | Undergraduate Researcher (Boston University Marine Program)
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New England Aquarium: Boston, Massachusetts, US

2022-05 to 2022-08 | Aquarist Intern - Temperate Gallery (Galleries)
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Coastal Marine Education Research Academy: Clearwater, Fl, US

2022-06 to 2022-06 | Program Participant
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of North Carolina Wilmington: Wilmington, North Carolina, US

2024-08-12 to present | Masters (Department of Biology and Marine Biology)
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Boston University: Boston, MA, US

2020-09 to 2024-05 | Bachelor of Arts in Marine Science; Minor in Japanese Language and Literature (Boston University Marine Program)
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Professional activities (4)

American Elasmobranch Society: Bradenton, Fl, US

2023 to present | Student Member
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American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists: Lawrence, US

2022 to present | Student Member
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Boston University: Boston, US

2024-05 | Lara Vincent Prize for Original Research (Boston University Marine Program)
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American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists: Lawrence, US

2024-05 | Cashner Student Award
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Funding (1)

The Effects of Penetrative Tagging on Elasmobranchs

2024-04 to present | Award
Boston University Marine Program (Boston, MA, US)
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Grace Hicks

Works (1)

An Examination of the Effects of Dorsal Fin-Mounted SPOT on Carcharodon carcharias, the Great White Shark

Fishes
2024-06-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Grace Hicks; Phillip S. Lobel
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