Heithaus Lab

Publication Alert 🚨 New @nature paper from @globalfinprint! We are so proud to be part of the largest effort to assess the global status and conservation potential of reef sharks & rays! @VulcanInc @peclabfiu @FIUCASE @aims_gov_au @DalhousieU @ecology_lab go.nature.com/32WxYhd

#SharkFest has begun. Learn more about one of the ocean's most legendary predators in the four-week event now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu and continuing on National Geographic. For even more Sharkfest go to on.natgeo.com/3CScYsC

Congratulations to all our co-authored lab members and the rest of the @globalfinprint collaborators on this new publication in Science!

Please welcome our newest PhD, Dr. Frances Farabaugh! @nffarabaugh successfully defended her dissertation “Spatial patterns of reef shark & predatory teleost abundance and communities in the worlds largest shark sanctuary.” Congratulations and we are so proud of all your work!

@SaraCasareto successfully passed her proposal defense for her dissertation project “Patterns of coexistence in a multi-species shark nursery across environmental gradients within a human dominated estuarine system.” Congratulations and we look forward to all your research!

Congratulations to Dr. Laura Garcia Barcia for successfully defending her dissertation this past February! Her presentation was titled “Investigating Mercury and Selenium Interactions in Sharks and Shark Derived Products to Improve Health Risk Assessments”.

@fiuboswelllab and @heithauslab in the Keys for the Permit Project! 🎣

Congratulations to PhD candidate, @liberty_boyd, for successfully defending her dissertation proposal “Factors influencing fine-scale movements and behavior of green turtles”!!

WE'RE HIRING! The #SharkConservationFund currently has 2️⃣ positions for you to join our team: 🦈 Shark Biodiversity Initiative Manager 🦈 Intern for Policy and Research (Part-Time) Got what it takes? Apply today! 📃🖊️ sharkconservationfund.org/work-with-us/ #SharkConservation #ConservationJobs

✨I successfully defended my dissertation this past Friday. Special thanks to my family, friends, lab mates @heithauslab , advisor @MikeHeithaus , and committee members @ecology_lab #phdone #labtraditions #latinainstem #phdlife

Congratulations to @VallllPaz for successfully defending her dissertation- “Investigating Trophic Interactions, Habitat Use, and Pollution Loads of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Florida Coastal Everglades” We are so proud of you!!

Kristine Zikmanis, PhD candidate, recently completed her goal of acoustically tagging 40 juvenile bull sharks. She hopes to learn how these sharks respond to seasonal & tidal changes in salinity & temperature to predict how bull sharks respond to an ongoing restoration project.

Check out PhD Candidate, Kristine Zikmanis, present on her juvenile bull shark acoustic tracking research as part of the Davidson Fellowship Gulf National Estuarine Research Reserves @NOAA webinar this Thurs 6/2 @ noon EST! events-na13.adobeconnect.com/content/connec…

It’s #EarthDay and this year we are celebrating all of the great work our lab is doing to help research and protect our marine communities! 🦈 🐢

We were thrilled to have students from Roosevelt Middle School (@RooseveltMidd10 @pbcsd) onboard as #CoastalOceanExplorers last weekend to work side-by-side with @FIUCASE scientists to study & learn about the importance of sharks. Read more 👉 hubs.ly/Q0180bbq0

We loved being part of last week's #shark handling course with @FIUCASE and @FIUEnvironment. The training participants received will allow them to undertake their own #fieldwork contributing to shark #biology and #conservation 🦈 For photos & info: hubs.ly/Q016bDTY0

We had a great time getting back on the water with @FIUCASE & @FIUEnvironment researchers from the @peclabfiu & @heithauslab for a #shark handling workshop. All sharks were caught and tagged under Florida research permits held by FIU scientists. #SundayFunday #rvANGARI

Check out this study led by PhD candidate, Brendan Talwar! 🦈

🚨We’re hiring!🚨x2 Research Scientist positions: 1) Coral Restoration 🌊ceis.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?… 2) Shark Conservation 🦈ceis.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?… Ideal for an early-career graduate scientist looking to develop an independent program of research with a strong education component.

Big Wave Productions joined @lauragbarcia, Kirk, and @MikeHeithaus in the Everglades to cover work on juvenile bull shark sampling as part of the @fcelter! #fiucase #sharkresearch