Hello, Ecologgers! My name is David Shiffman, and I'm a Ph.D. student studying marine biology. I also write about sharks for Southern Fried Science, an ocean science blog that often covers ecology and conservation topics.
For my work with conservation advocacy and education on Southern Fried Science, I've been named as a finalist in the 2011 blogging scholarship, which provides $10,000 to cover the winner's research and education expenses. The final decision comes down to votes, and it's a tight race. If I win, the money would be used for our lab's ongoing shark behavioral ecology and conservation work. It would be used to help our citizen science program (last year we took hundreds of high school students from inner-city Miami schools out into the field to learn about science and participate in shark research), as well as pay for satellite tags to help track sharks to see where they go (a long-term project which recently contributed to four species of sharks being protected from fishing in Florida state waters). We'd hold a contest for our readers to suggest names for the tagged shark, and I'd post regular updates about where the shark is and what it's likely to encounter. If you could take 30 seconds and vote for me (David Shiffman) to win and support my lab's ongoing behavioral ecology and conservation work, I'd really appreciate it. If you could take two minutes to vote for me and to share the voting page with interested colleagues The voting page is here: http://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2011/11/18/2011-blogging-scholarship/ Thanks for your time and assistance! Please let me know if you have any questions for me. Sincerely, -- *David Shiffman* *Ph.D. Student, Research Assistant,* Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy <http://www.cesp.miami.edu/> R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program <http://rjd.miami.edu/> [image: RJD] *e: *[email protected] | *p: *412.915.2309 *a: *4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, Florida, 33149 *t: *@WhySharksMatter <http://twitter.com/#!/WhySharksMatter> | *b: *Southern Fried Science Blog <http://www.southernfriedscience.com/>
