She has been a research and outreach volunteer with the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research since 2012, and has been on the board of directors since 2013. A Biology and Cognitive Science student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she researches phytoplankton, corals, and most passionately, dolphins. Raised in Southern Shores, Liah is an OBX local and lifelong ocean addict. I live with my husband, two dogs, and cat in Georgia. I am currently contracting as a Protected Species Observer who monitors for protected species, such as marine mammals and sea turtles, and mitigates disturbance to protected species during offshore projects. I also worked as a Research Assistant processing photo-identification data at Chicago Zoological Society’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program. We used photo-identification data to determine whether dolphins use specific areas for feeding, socializing, and traveling. My doctoral dissertation, in collaboration with the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research, studied the habitat use of bottlenose dolphins in Roanoke Sound, North Carolina. For my master’s thesis, I used photo-identification data to examine the seasonal and diurnal behavioral patterns of bottlenose dolphins in Mississippi Sound. After graduating, I was accepted into the Marine Mammal Behavior and Cognition Laboratory at the University of Southern Mississippi. During my undergraduate degree at Agnes Scott College, I completed internships at Dolphin Research Center and the Whale Center of New England. I’ve always been interested in marine life, especially marine mammals. Scientific Advisor: Shauna McBride-Kebert, Ph.D. I live with my husband, Jay, two children, one dog, and five chickens in the Outer Banks. I am also employed by the Nags Head Dolphin Watch as a naturalist and intern coordinator. Since receiving my Masters, I have worked as a contract biologist for NOAA studying Stellar sea lions in Alaska and bottlenose dolphins in South Carolina and North Carolina and a science teacher for Dare County Schools. My Masters Project focused on the foraging ecology of bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota, FL. I received a Masters of Environmental Management degree from Duke University.
After receiving my Bachelors of Science, I completed internships with the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program and the Marine Mammal Behavioral Ecology group at Texas A&M University as well as worked as a research technician for the Rutgers University Marine Field Station. While completing my undergraduate studies in Marine Sciences at Rutgers University, I realized a strong interest and passion for dolphin research and conservation.
Here are some of the people that make the research and outreach possible: The Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research was incorporated as a 501 c(3) non-profit organization in 2008.
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