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Home Aquatic Research Research Staff Laura Thompson, BS
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Laura Thompson, BS

Research Fellow

Photo of Laura ThompsonGraduating in 2006, Laura holds a BSc in Marine and Freshwater Biology from the University of London. Laura first came to the aquarium as a RAVS intern during the summer of 2005, working on the identification and quantification of different lymphocytes in wild bottlenose dolphins. Since then, she has also worked as an assistant in the marine mammal and sea turtle stranding program and as a technician on multiple aspects of the marine origin Brucella project. In 2008 she was accepted into the oceanographic program at UCONN, Avery Point with the opportunity to conduct her research at Mystic Aquarium.  She is currently persuing a PhD with an interest in diving behavior and health.

 

Collaborators

John Wise

University of Southern Maine

 

Elizabeth Koutsos

Mazuri Exotic Animal Nutrition

 

Peter Scheifele

FETCHLAB

 

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The mission of Sea Research Foundation, Inc., which includes Mystic Aquarium, Ocean Exploration Center and JASON Learning, is to inspire people to care for and protect our ocean planet through education, research and exploration.

 
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