Current MSc Students

Alexandrea Otto

(2022-present) Population structure of harbor seals.

Co-advised with Dr. Dietmar Schwarz.

Alexandrea is determining the population structure of harbor seals in the Salish Sea based on DNA collected from scat and tissues.

Victoria Vinecke

(2022-present) Individual haplotyping of harbor seals from eDNA. .

Co-advised with Dr. Dietmar Schwarz.

Victoria is collecting eDNA from Whatcom Creek in Bellingham, WA, to document the occurrence of harbor seals, estimate sex ratios of the species, determine the haplotypes of individuals and link foraging success to genetically-determined individual identification.

Dawson Little

(2024-present) Foraging ecology of river otters.

Co-advised with Dr. Dietmar Schwarz.

Dawson is examining the foraging ecology of river otters in the norhtwest corner of the Olympic Peninsula, WA, and the potential use of the species as biological control of non-native European green crabs.