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Amy Apprill, Ph.D. leads the Microbial Ecology for Ocean Conservation research laboratory at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Her research examines the contribution of microorganisms to the health and ecology of sensitive animals and ecosystems of the ocean. Dr. Apprill鈥檚 laboratory group uses a combination of field measurements and observations and laboratory experiments and relies on diverse methodology (cultivation, genomics, metagenomics and bioinformatics), as well as collaborations with marine chemists, to understand the microbial symbionts of marine mammals and corals and microbial dynamics within coral reef ecosystems. Examples of Apprill鈥檚 research include using drones to examine the upper respiratory microbiome of whales, founding a U.S.-Cuban collaborative study of microbial biodiversity on pristine Cuban coral reefs and developing field-based sequencing methods to speed up the study of coral disease pathogens. Dr. Apprill鈥檚 work on the Cuban coral reefs was featured in a Project Earth documentary by Fusion television, and her research on the humpback whale microbiome was highlighted in Science magazine鈥檚 鈥榅X Files: Extraordinary Science, Extraordinary Women鈥� video series. Apprill received a B.A. from the University of San Diego, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Hawaii.

I am a marine ecologist, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, and . My research spans marine and fisheries ecology, geochemistry, and animal biology with outcomes that support conservation, sustainable seafood production and food security. Everything I do is underpinned by my mission to ensure science is communicated to the media and public.
If like to know more about what I do, or have an opportunity to work together, please get in touch or check out my social media profiles (Twitter @Zoe_Doubleday, Instagram @drzoedoubleday) and lab website (www.marislab.org).
See below for more details about my research program:
- Over the past 10 years, I have used chemical fingerprints locked within the hard mineralised tissues of marine animals to understand how they move around, where they come from, and how the environment changes around them.
- More recently, I have applied my skills in marine ecology and geochemistry to the area of seafood provenance. By tracking the provenance of seafood, we can help combat seafood fraud and illegal fishing that is reducing the sustainability of our fisheries and their ability produce protein for millions of people.
- I have over 10 years experience working with octopus and other cephalopods to support their conservation and management. My lab group is currently working on several cephalopod projects, with a focus on sustainable fisheries and ecology.
- I investigate how to boost the readability and readership of what scientists write, particularly peer-reviewed publications. My goal is to not only boost public engagement in science, but support the next generation of STEM professionals to communicate with impact.

Brian Small is the director of the Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) at the University of Idaho with research interests that span many facets of fish physiology and nutrition. He leads a highly recognized aquaculture program that includes formal partnerships with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. Together, their research supports sustainable aquaculture and the conservation of aquatics species, with strengths in salmonid nutrition, health, selective breeding, genetics and genomics. 

Dr. Lisa Waidner, an Assistant Professor, has a Ph.D. from the College of Marine Science at the University of Delaware. Before she joined UWF in 2016, Waidner had the unique opportunity to work in several small biotechnology companies in the capacity of genetic engineering, phylogenetics, and directed evolution to improve biofuel and bioenergy-producing microorganisms.  Her academic mentors were Richard Karpel (UMBC, M.S. program), David Kirchman (Delaware, Ph.D. program), Thomas Hanson (Delaware, post-doctoral position), and co-mentors Robin Morgan and Joan Burnside (Delaware, post-doctoral fellowship). 
Her findings have been published in the Journal of Shellfish Research, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Virology, and Environmental Virology. Topics have included aspects of Marek’s disease, virioplankton populations, and crab populations near the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Waidner’s current research interests are in environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, and bioremediation in oceans, coastal waters, inland bays, and rivers. 
These studies include developing a better understanding of global elemental cycles, as well as ‘applied’ bioremediation research.  Her work uses model bacteria called the aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs (AAP), which are a diverse group of proteobacteria that may be involved in light-stimulated uptake of dissolved organic matter and of point-source pollution and legacy contaminants.  Cultured and uncultured AAP are used in molecular biological, microbiological, and ecological studies on this diverse group of freshwater, estuarine, and marine bacteria. Dr. Waidner has taught classes in Introduction to Bioinformatics and Environmental Genomics and is currently a UWF instructor for Genetics Lab.  She is now working with undergraduate students to characterize unique AAP bacteria from coastal and inland waters in and around the Pensacola Bay system.