Hannah Blondin, Ph.D.

Hannah is a research ecologist with expertise in quantitative and spatial analyses and is particularly interested in how to leverage ecological information and data on human activities for conservation and management. Previously, Hannah worked with the Southeast Fisheries Science Center's Marine Mammal and Turtle Division as a post-doctoral researcher/University of Miami Cooperative Institute For Marine And Atmospheric Studies affiliate where she studied the impacts of vessel strikes on endangered North Atlantic right whales and Rice’s whales using a variety of biologging data, novel technologies, and statistical approaches. During her Ph.D. at Stanford University, she studied human interactions with highly mobile marine species and focused primarily on billfish in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean and blue whale vessel strike risk in the California Bight. Hannah also earned a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University and a B.S. in Environmental Conservation & Sustainability from the University of New Hampshire.