Stephanie Brinez - Endangered Species Interventions Specialist Stephanie got her B.S. in Biology from the Wilke’s Honors College at Florida Atlantic …
Stephanie Brinez – Endangered Species Interventions Specialist
Stephanie got her B.S. in Biology from the Wilke’s Honors College at Florida Atlantic University where she got her first glimpse into bat research. She completed her thesis on bat acoustic monitoring in the greenways around ger campus and detected the Florida Bonneted Bat. This sparked her interest for the species because it was an endangered species in her own backyard, which she continued to research as she furthered her education.
Following her undergraduate studies she worked as a veterinary technician and a wildlife rehabber before pursuing her M.S. in Conservation Medicine at Tufts University. This led her to a fellowship position with US Fish and Wildlife collaborating with BCI to collect data for the NABAT in California.
In a full circle kind of way, Stephanie now gets to work to protect the bat that sparked her interest in her undergrad.
In addition to her passion about bat conservation, she is also passionate about fitness and loves to travel to complete Spartan obstacle course race around the US.