Meet Ryan Lehman, the student searching for sawfish in the “Deep South”

Ryan helping the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission team tag a juvenile Smalltooth Sawfish, Pristis pecinata, in Port Charlotte, Florida. *All research activities conducted under ESA permit no. 21043 GRP*
PC: Gregg Poulakis

We asked Ryan to introduce himself and tell us about how he decided to apply for graduate school.

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Ryan giving a conference talk about his PhD work and plugging the awesome sawfish reporting signs in Florida, USA put up by the Smalltooth Sawfish Recovery Implementation Team.

How did Ryan meet his Ph.D. professor, Dr. Nicole Phillips?

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Ryan doing eDNA work with his collaborators at Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

PC: Alia Court

We asked Ryan about his experiences with sawfish.