Aliya Siddiqi

Research Diver at Blue Planet Marine
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, AU

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Credentials

  • Divemaster (DM)
    PADI
    May, 2019
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • Australia
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Diver
      • Aug 2021 - Present

      - spend 2 weeks out on the Great Barrier Reef monitoring and managing COTS outbreaks - conduct reef health and impact surveys - monitoring via manta towing - collect water quality samples - spend 2 weeks out on the Great Barrier Reef monitoring and managing COTS outbreaks - conduct reef health and impact surveys - monitoring via manta towing - collect water quality samples

    • Australia
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

      Supported a UN-FAO report looking at grassroots-led ecosystem restoration projects that seek to enhance fisheries productivity. Supported a UN-FAO report looking at grassroots-led ecosystem restoration projects that seek to enhance fisheries productivity.

    • Australia
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Marine Mammal Observer
      • May 2021 - Jul 2021

      Supported a Flinders-university ongoing five year research project looking at marine mammal populations and behavior as the Townsville Port undergoes transformation Supported a Flinders-university ongoing five year research project looking at marine mammal populations and behavior as the Townsville Port undergoes transformation

    • Staff/Science Officer Intern
      • Aug 2018 - Feb 2019

      - Trained on identification and survey monitoring of reef substrate and fish identification of approximately 94 families and indicator species - Trained around 40 volunteers on coral reef and fish monitoring, along with seagrass monitoring within and outside local Marine Protected areas - Presented marine conservation topics such as plastic pollution, coral reef introductions, coral reef monitoring and fish monitoring to over 75 volunteers - Greeted new volunteers and gave them introduction presentation - Led 15 beach and dive clean ups around local beaches - Completed an MPA Assessment of San Jose, Negros - Conducting approximately 140 surveys of both reef substrate and fish species/size - Completed over 175 conservation dives, received Rescue Diver and Tech45 certifications Show less

    • Research Intern
      • Mar 2018 - May 2018

      - Office work included learning research protocols, data entry, cropping and sorting dorsal fin photos, using photo-ID programs like Darwin (fin-matching software) and FinBase (Microsoft Access), and downloading/importing data from GPS into ArcGIS and ArcCatalog. - Fieldwork included going out on boat routes throughout the LA-MS-AL open and marsh waters (21’ and 31’ boats), taking photos on Canon 60D cameras, recording data from YSI, and documenting environmental conditions along with dolphin behavior and information on data sheets. Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Jun 2017 - Feb 2018

      - Pulled literature sources about social exchange theory from Web of Science (www.webofknowledge.com) and collected data from Social Explorer (www.socialexplorer.com), as well as creating a QGIS map regarding residents at different spatial levels (e.g. county, state) in support of a social science research project under the supervision of Dr. Alia Dietsch - Entered non-woody vegetation data into Microsoft Excel in support of a wildlife management research project under the supervision of Dr. Gabe Karns - Entered cooperative landowner data into Microsoft Excel and corresponding spatial data into ArcMap GIS in support of a land management and hunting-cooperative program under the supervision of Dr. Gabe Karns Show less

Education

  • James Cook University
    Master's degree, Marine Biology
    2019 - 2021
  • The Ohio State University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Animal Sciences
    2014 - 2017

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