awards & appointments.

awards.

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University of California, Santa Barbara International Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship (IDRF), 2018-2020.

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Daniel and Dianne Vapnek Fisheries Fellowship for Research on Fisheries Management, 2017-2018.

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National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Post graduate Scholarship-Doctoral, 2017-2020.

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professional appointments.

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Highly Influential Scientific Assessor. 2019. Status Review Report: Dwarf Seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae), response to petition to list under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NMFS NOAA.

 

Expert Reviewer. [King, E., Pavitt, A., Malsch, K. and Friedman, K]. 2019. CITES and the sea: CITES trade records for commercially exploited marine species. Technical report prepared for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK.

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Invited Expert. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks Conservation Working Group Meeting (CMS Sharks MOU CWG). Bristol, United Kingdom. October 31-November 1, 2016.

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IUCN Delegation. 17th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Floria (CITES CoP17). Johannesburg, South Africa. 24 September - 5 October 2016. 

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Invited Expert. Conservation Working Group and Advisory Committee to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (CMS Sharks MoU). San Jose, Costa Rica. 12-13 February 2016.