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Biography:
Devin, a South Jersey native, joined the Mote Marine Laboratory staff in 2016 after completing internships with Mote’s Environmental Health and Phytoplankton Ecology Programs. Her research interests focus on ecosystem disruption, with past projects examining invasive catfish growth rates and reproductive patterns, exotic snail feeding preferences, and pigmy rattlesnake population dynamics. At Mote, Devin’s research focuses on the development of mitigation strategies for various marine and freshwater harmful algal bloom (HAB) species, including Florida red tide (Karenia brevis), Pyrodinium bahamense, Pseudo-nitzschia spp., Alexandrium spp.., and Microcystis aeruginosa.
Education:
B.S. Aquatic and Marine Biology with a minor in Environmental Studies from Stetson University
M.S. Environmental Science from Florida Gulf Coast University (In Progress)
Featured Publications
Additional Publications
Hardison DR, Holland WC, Currier RD, Kirkpatrick B, Stumpf R, Fanara T, Burris D, Reich A, Kirkpatrick GJ, Litaker RW. HABscope: A tool for use by citizen scientists to facilitate early warning of respiratory irritation caused by toxic blooms of Karenia brevis. PloS one. 2019 Jun 20;14(6):e0218489.
2025 21st International Conference on Harmful Algae (ICHA) Travel Award
2024 12th U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae Travel Award
2019 Mote Marine Laboratory Graduate Fellowship
2019 10th U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae Travel Award
2019 Florida Gulf Coast University Water School Scholarship
2019 Florida Gulf Coast University Red Tide Relief Endowed Fund Scholarship