362 - Elasmobranch reproduction and career shifting with Katie Miller

This week, Elise chats with Katie Miller, the logistics and outreach coordinator for the Shark Research and Conservation Program at the University of Miami! They discuss her recently completed MS research in sandbar and blacknose shark reproduction at UM and ongoing work on the Atlantic guitarfish with the Florida Manta Project, her career shift from education into marine science, some of the unique challenges of being both a parent and field researcher, and more!

You can learn more about Katie's work by following @sharktagging and @marinemegafauna on Instagram, or by emailing UMSharkResearch@earth.miami.edu

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