Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund

Project Title:

The Reproductive Population of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) on Isla de Aves, Venezuela

Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund Scholars

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Current Scholar

2020

Alexandra Fireman

(University of Maryland, M.S.)

Project Title

"On the Shell of the Turtle: Identifying Dietary Patterns of the Hawksbill Sea Turtle Using Stable Isotope Analysis of Keratin Tissue.”

Previous Scholars

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2019

Sumedha Korgaonkar

(Wildlife Institute of India, PhD)

Project Title:

Intensive Survey of a Lesser Known Population of Olive Ridley Turtles with an Unusual Nesting Period Along the Saurashtra Coast of Gujarat, West oast of India

2015

Catalina Vásquez Carillo

(University of Miami, PhD)

2016

Andrews Agyekumhene

(University of Central Coast Ghana, PhD)

Project Title:

Reduction of Sea Turtle By-catch and Mortality in Gill Net Fishery along the Central Coast of Ghana

2013

Marco García Cruz

(Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, PhD)

Project Title:

The Reproductive Population of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) on Isla de Aves, Venezuela: Understanding Genetic Connectivity, Recent History, and Demographic Parameters in a Well-protected Area to Inform Recovery Goals in Endangered Green Turtle Populations in the Western Atlantic.

2010

Patricia Zárate

(University of Florida, PhD)

Project Title:

Understanding Population Connectivity of the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Galapagos Islands Through Stable Isotopes and Genetics

2018

Quintin Bergman

(Perdue University-Fort Wayne, M)

Project Title:

Isotopic Signatures for Hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

2017

Juan Manuel Rodriquez-Baron

(University of North Carolina, Wilmington, PhD)

Project Title:

Assessment of Bycatch and Physiological Rates of Post Release East Pacific Leatherback Turtles at Foraging Grounds off the Coasts of Central and South America

2014

Elizabeth Hetherington

(University of California, San Diego, PhD)

2015

Catalina Vásquez Carillo

(University of Miami, PhD)

Project Title:

Characterization of Juvenile Habitats for the Green Sea Turtle at La Guajira, Colombia: A Connectivity Boundary Region in the Caribbean

2014

Elizabeth Hetherington

(University of California, San Diego, PhD)

Project Title:

How do Nitrogen Cycling Processes and Environmental Variability Affect Leatherback Sea Turtle Trophic Structure and Reproduction?

2012

Amber Greening

(Utah State University, MS)

Project Title:

Illuminating Local Perceptions of Sea Turtle Conservation Practices in St. Kitts

2011

Noemí Durán

(Loma Linda University, PhD)

Project Title:

Predation Levels and Sea Turtle Hatchling Survival after Release from the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras: Implications for Conservation Management

2009

Melania López Castro

(University of Florida, PhD)

Project Title:

Deciphering the Mystery of the 'Lost-year' of [Atlantic] Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Using Trace Elements

2008

Gail Schofield

(University of Wales-Swansea, PhD)

Project Title:

In-water Habitat Utilisation by Endangered Male Loggerhead Sea Turtles at the Mediterranean’s Largest Rookery (Laganas Bay, National Marine Park of Zakynthos, Greece)