Now Accepting Y2009 Winter/Spring Interns

Deadline October 31, 2008

Throughout the year, a limited number of unpaid internships are available with the Shark Population Assessment Group.

Internships encourage a close relationship between student and professional, allowing upper-level undergraduates, recent graduates, and graduate-level students an opportunity to participate "hands-on" in critical research that deals with conservation and management of shark and teleost species.

Internships also help focus those students interested in pursuing research careers in marine biology, fisheries science, population biology, ecology or other applied sciences.

Interns are required to spend long hours on a boat and in the field, sometimes remaining there for up to 36 hours and under arduous conditions. In the field, interns aid biologists in sampling, identifying, measuring, tagging, collecting, and cataloging biological samples. Interns also participate in on-going laboratory studies in age and growth, bioenergetics, diet and foraging ecology, distribution and movement, and reproduction.

Interning with the Shark Population Assessment Group is not for everyone. Before applying to this program, applicants should read the following:

1. So you want to be a marine biologist?

2. So you want to be a marine biologist? The revenge.

Still interested? To apply, e-mail a complete resumé or CV, cover letter, unofficial transcripts, and contact information for three people that may be used as professional references to:
Dr. John Carlson.

Current graduate students & interns:

Former interns: Where are they now?

Ivy E. Baremore: NOAA Fisheries Service Panama City Laboratory, Fishery Biologist, Shark Population Assessment Group, Panama City, FL USA

Dana M. Bethea: NOAA Fisheries Service Panama City Laboratory, Research Ecologist, Shark Population Assessment Group, Panama City, FL USA

Taylor Chapple: University of California Davis, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Ecology, Davis, CA USA

Justina Dacey: Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory, Diving/Research Assistant for Academic Diving Program, Panacea, FL USA

Zelie Davis: Georgia Aquarium, Biologist trainee, Atlanta, GA USA

Denise Freeman: Florida State University, Ph.D Candidate (Dr. Sherry Southerland), College of Education, Science Education Program, Tallahassee, FL USA

Loraine Hale: NOAA Fisheries Service Panama City Laboratory, Observer Coordinator - Bottom Longline Fishery, Shark Population Assessment Group, Panama City, FL USA

Christopher Hayes: NOAA Fisheries Division of Partnerships and Communications, Foreign Trade Specialist, Silver Spring, MD USA

Lisa D. Hollensead: Florida State University, M.Sc. Graduate Student (Dr. Dean Grubbs), Department of Biological Sciences, Tallahassee, FL USA

Alisha Lemons: Indiana University, School of Education, M.Sc. Education (Transition to Teaching Program), Indianapolis, IN USA

Christi Linardich: California Department of Fish & Game, Scientific Aid, Los Alamitos, CA USA

Anabela Maia: University of Rhode Island, Ph.D Candidate (Dr. Cherly Wilga), Department of Biological Sciences, Kingston, RI USA

Jimmy Nelson: Florida State University, Ph.D Candidate (Dr. Jeff Chanton and Dr. Felicia Coleman), Chemical Oceanography, Tallahassee, FL USA

Faith Opatrny: NOAA Corps, NOAA Ship OSCAR DYSON, Kodiak, AK USA

Michelle Passerotti: NOAA Fisheries Service Panama City Laboratory, Observer Coordinator - Gillnet Fishery, Shark Population Assessment Group, Panama City, FL USA

Susanne Plank: California State University Long Beach, M.Sc. Graduate Student (Dr. Judy Brusslan), Department of Biology, Long Beach, CA, USA

Megan Winton: California State Univeristy, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, M.Sc Graduate Student (Dr. Gregor Cailliet and Dr. David Ebert), Marine Science, Moss Landing, CA USA