Experience

University of Split, Faculty of Science

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Oct 2011 - Present

  I am currently in the process of writing a thesis dealing with coastal sharks in the Eastern Adriatic Sea. In addition, I am organizing a summer expedition to further shark research in the Adriatic. I am currently in the process of writing a thesis dealing with coastal sharks in the Eastern Adriatic Sea. In addition, I am organizing a summer expedition to further shark research in the Adriatic.



Big Blue Diving

• Maritime Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Dive Assistant in Bol, Croatia

  • 2011 - 2012

  I taught groups both important and necessary skills in open water certifications and I controlled dives as deep as 46m, depending on the group qualifications, indicating local flora and fauna I taught groups both important and necessary skills in open water certifications and I controlled dives as deep as 46m, depending on the group qualifications, indicating local flora and fauna



Cape Canaveral National Seashore

• Assistant

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2009

  Assisted with a night watch for turtle nests. Spotted turtle tracks coming from the ocean and covered their nest with a protective wire. Dug up recently-hatched nests and assisted turtles, in need of help, back to the ocean. Assisted with a night watch for turtle nests. Spotted turtle tracks coming from the ocean and covered their nest with a protective wire. Dug up recently-hatched nests and assisted turtles, in need of help, back to the ocean.



Dauphin Island Sea Lab

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher/Lab Assistant

  • May 2009 - Jun 2009

  Assisted with setting up labs for dissections, helped students understand shark biology, gill netting, long-lining and other various activities. Assisted with setting up labs for dissections, helped students understand shark biology, gill netting, long-lining and other various activities.



Bimini Biological Field Station

• Research Biologist

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Worked on a number of different shark projects. Performed various studies on bait manipulation, which required cutting bait and setting the line. Set underwater cameras to observe how the sharks would take the bait. Worked sharks up which included taking DNA, sexing, tagging, measuring, and taking other relevant data. Helped out with a long-line study. Set five long-lines about a mile long, with a twenty-four hour soak time. Observed which bait was taken, shark population numbers, which ones were re-caught, etc.. Attempted to identify the mangroves as a nursery habitat for juvenile sharks, predominantly Lemon Sharks and Nurse Sharks. Helped construct observation towers which were used to record any sharks that entered the nursery habitat. Learned to identify sharks by reading their color code that had been placed on it earlier in the season. Kept a record of which sharks would be seen together repeatedly, as part of a social behavior study.



Bilsa Biological Field Station/ Tiputini Field Station

• Student Study

  • May 2007 - Jun 2007

  Tropical Plant Diversity. Identified and collected plant specimens throughout the Amazon. Tropical Plant Diversity. Identified and collected plant specimens throughout the Amazon.