CURRENT STUDENTS

Betzi Pérez Ortega
McGill University, Canada
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I am a marine biologists currently working on my PhD degree at McGill University, I am studying the effects of dolphin-watching on stress levels of local bottlenose dolphins. She is also studying the effects of noise associated to dolphin watching boats on dolphin habitat use and communication.
​Email: betziperez@yahoo.com ​​​

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FORMER STUDENTS

The new generation is ready to work for our present and future

Dalia Barragán Barrera, PhD
Universidad de Los Andes
Colombia

Dalia graduated in 2018. Here thesis project was about the genetic structure and diversity of the bottlenose dolphin population of Bocas del Toro.
Email: dalia.barraganbarrera@gmail.com

Ashley Sitar
George Mason University
​Virginia

Cole Tanner Rachman
University of Vermont

Ayshah Kassamali-Fox
​​Antioch University
​New England

My current research interests are centered on the effects of human disturbance on the behavioral ecology and conservation of wild cetaceans. 
Email: akassamali@antioch.edu
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Katarina T. Louise Rolf
Carleton College 
Northfield Minnessota

Austin Dziki
​University of Vermont

José A. Ponce, M.sc.
Universidad marítima Internacional de Panamá

His master study centered around the potential effect of boat traffic and cetaceans around Isla Iguana, Panama.
Email: japoncesantamaria@gmail.com

Giselle Veve
University of Vermont
Vermont