Becky Deehr:  CO-PRESIDENT

Becky Deehr received a B.A. in Biology from Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH).  Following graduation, she worked as a
naturalist at an outdoor education center before becoming the pitching coach/assistant softball coach at Marietta College (Marietta, OH). 
In 1998, Becky went back to school to get a Masters in Environmental Science from Miami University (Oxford, OH).  Her masters
research was done on Sal Salvador Island, Bahamas, examining paleo-molluscan communities and seagrass density. Upon graduation,
she taught at Miami for a semester before moving to the big city of Winterville, NC to go back to school again.  Becky is currently a
Ph.D. student in the Coastal Resources Management Program at ECU.  Her research focuses on ecological network models of coral
reef ecosystems (Calabash Caye, Belize) and coastal North Carolina (Core Sound).  Future work involves integrating fisheries data
into our food web models to examine the influence of humans on these ecosystems.   When she’s not sending emails or
pushing paperwork, Becky dreams of ways to feed her Caribbean addiction to crystal clear waters, coral reefs, SCUBA diving,
sun, sand, food and culture.

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     Kelly Register:  CO-PRESIDENT

            Kelly Register earned her Bachelor of Science with a concentration in Zoology at James Madison University in 2004.  She spent a
year in northern Virginia working as a cytogenetic technologist at Quest Diagnostics, The Nichols Institute.  The florescent lighting
was slowly driving her insane so she returned to school to pursue her Master of Biology at East Carolina University.  Her thesis work
is an estimate of the maturity, fecundity and population size of spiny dogfish overwintering off the coast of North Carolina.  This study
will play an important role in determining whether the spiny dogfish fishery is reopened in North Carolina.  She has been an active
member of AFS since fall 2005 and will graduate in December, 2006.  When she is not out at sea tagging thousands of dogfish
she likes to spend time reading, playing with her dog Lily, horseback riding, and going to the beach or hiking.

 


Garry Wright:  VICE PRESIDENT

  

  Jason Clermont:  SECRETARY

Jason received a Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Environmental Biology and Economics from Plymouth State University in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.  Before enrolling at ECU he was employed as a Research Associate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA, and participated in a number of oceanographic cruises with the CalCofi program.  He also spent last summer in Alaska working as a NMFS fisheries observer in the Aleutian Islands.  He is currently pursuing a Masters of Biology Degree at ECU.  His current research involves investigating variations in diet and growth rates of juvenile white and yellow perch in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina.  His outside interests include surfing, mountain biking, playing guitar, and agonizing over the Red Sox.

 

  Brandon Hendricks:  TREASURER

Andrew Gross:  HISTORIAN / WEBMASTER

Andrew received a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology from theUniversity of North Carolina at Wilmington.  After
graduating he worked as a research technician at NCSU assisting graduate student for the Department of Zoology and the
Department Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences.  He is currently employed by the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries
collecting data for the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistical Survey (MRFSS).  Andrew is a graduate student in the Department of
Biology and his research involves the feasibility of transfer stocking of River Herring in to Lake Phelps, NC.  Outside of school and
work he enjoys surfing, snow boarding, and fishing. 

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