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Justin is a Master’s student and laboratory research assistant at Nova Southeastern University and the SOSF Shark Research Center. Growing up in Ohio, far from the ocean, he found a passion for marine science as a young child learning about marine life at the Cleveland Zoo and, later, the Greater Cleveland Aquarium. He pursued that passion at Eckerd College through a BS in marine science with a focus on biology. While studying at Eckerd, he assisted in research projects involving the bonnethead shark and gulf pipefish, and over the summer of 2019 he working on a project assessing the abundance of diadromous fish through the NOAA Hollings Scholarship.
After completing his undergraduate degree and working for more than three years in the medical laboratories of the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic, Justin returned to his pursuit of marine science research at Nova Southeastern University. He appreciates the opportunity to continue following his interests in marine science while being able to contribute his lab experience to the conservation genomics projects of the SOSF Shark Research Center.
When not in class or working on research, Justin enjoys reading, writing, video games, playing tabletop games with his friends and engaging in replica medieval fantasy combat with padded weapons.