SCIENCE & EDUCATION COMMITTEE
DR. FÉLICIE DHELLEMMES
Dr. Félicie Dhellemmes is a behavioural ecologist who specializes in the behaviour of aquatic predators. She completed her M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the BBFS working on the personality of juvenile lemon sharks in Bimini.
Félicie is a firm believer of research approaches that combine wild observations with controlled laboratory experiments. As such, she is well versed in the design of captive experiments tailored to many species but also in the use of technologies like acoustic telemetry, in the wild.
Today, she is affiliated with the cluster of excellence “Science of Intelligence”, which brings together scientists from around the world, to further our understanding of intelligent behaviour.
DR. JILL BROOKS
Dr. Jill Brooks is a fisheries scientist who specializes in movement ecology and conducts research that supports evidence based decisions involving fisheries and fish habitat management. She works in ecosystems spanning salinities, from headwater creeks in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, the Laurentian Great Lakes in Ontario, and coastal areas of Bahamas and Florida.
Jill is passionate about the collaborative and respectful production of fish research, be it with industry members, rights holders, resource users, and resource managers. She believes that when multiple user groups are involved in the study design and data collection phases of a project, this can lead to more 'buy in' and better decisions when our environmental resources need to be managed, and let's face it, more fun!
BAYLIE FADOOL
Baylie Fadool is an early career scientist who currently focuses on nurse shark population genetics in The Bahamas. She studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as a master’s student in The Lamp Lab and is using data collected over 30 years from the Shark Lab.
Although she recognizes the importance of conducting research, what is more important to her is the communication of this research to numerous diverse audiences. Her time spent at the Shark Lab helped her cultivate this passion, and she has since been involved in outreach and education for the past five years. During this time, she has presented to more than 10,000 people and has won various awards for her research and teaching. She has also been one of the instructors for the Teacher and Educator Course Scholarships at the Shark Lab during the summer, leading them in professional development workshops, since 2023.
Mentoring the next generation of scientists and being a positive role model in science is something that is extremely important to her, and she is excited to serve in a scientific and educational advisory role for current staff and interns at the Shark Lab.