As the current crew lead for the Weddell Seal project, I manage project logistics, including hiring and training, to ensure a productive and smooth field season in Erebus Bay, Antarctica. Fieldwork consists of tagging all seals within the study area and conducting resight surveys. This population of Weddell Seal has been studied since the 1970s so we can know how old each seal is and their breeding history. 

I worked at one of the largest Adelie Penguin colonies in the world with over 300,000 breeding pairs where scientists have worked on and off since the 1970s. I collected demographic data, flew drones to count penguins, and conducted my own independent research about colour aberrant penguins. I also got to experience living in a tent during wind storms over 80km/hour. 

As a field technician and crew lead on the camera trap crew, I deployed over 200 Reconyx Hyperfire 2 camera traps (game cameras) at random locations in two pre-defined study areas to detect a variety of different species: white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, cougar, black bear, bobcat, etc. Additional work included bioacoustic monitoring, white-tailed deer fawn captures, and image processing.

Living on the southernmost beaches in the Luba Crater Scientific Reserve, I monitored the beach for leatherback sea turtles and green turtles, collecting data on nesting behavior and poaching activity. This included measuring the turtle, counting eggs, recording nest temperatures, deploying satellite tags, taking tissue samples, and PIT tagging individuals along. Transect work was also done to determine density of primates in the surrounding jungle.

Working as a naturalist SouthWild's floating hotel (or flotel) located on a river close to Porto Jofre in the Pantanal, my main task was to document all jaguar sightings. Throughout the summer, I totaled over 50 hours of direct observations of jaguars including hunting and estrus behavior. Additionally, I spent countless hours watching the giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) and even saw both apex predators interact.