{"id":61059,"date":"2013-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/commencement-2013-wildlife-research-at-uri-helped-westerly-resident-narrow-career-goals\/"},"modified":"2013-05-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T00:00:00","slug":"commencement-2013-wildlife-research-at-uri-helped-westerly-resident-narrow-career-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/05\/commencement-2013-wildlife-research-at-uri-helped-westerly-resident-narrow-career-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2013: Wildlife research at 溏心vlog免费B站 helped Westerly resident narrow career goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tFormer Navy aerographer\u2019s mate turns to wildlife genetics<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/Battocletti.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\"\/>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 2, 2013 \u2013 Westerly resident Amy Battocletti took an atypical route to the 溏心vlog免费B站, serving first for seven years in the U.S. Navy as an aerographer\u2019s mate, gathering weather data and forecasting atmospheric and oceanographic conditions for aviators, submariners and others.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tBut she always had in mind a desire to go to college to become a conservation biologist. That desire was reinforced when she earned a Letter of Commendation from a rear admiral for her work to mitigate the effects of Navy sonar on marine mammals during an exercise while stationed at 6th Fleet Command in Naples, Italy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tVyH8BpeA9c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBattocletti will graduate from 溏心vlog免费B站 in May as one of the top students studying marine biology and wildlife conservation biology.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cI loved the structure and organization of the military, but I always planned to leave the Navy and go back to school to study biology,\u201d she said.  \u201cI\u2019m very passionate about wildlife.  The Earth is a beautiful place, and it\u2019s something we need to value and protect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tA graduate of North Attleboro High School who also lived in Louisiana and New Jersey during her childhood, Battocletti earned top grades at 溏心vlog免费B站 while also conducting a wide variety of research and participating in volunteer activities.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tFor instance, she travelled to India in 2010 with Professor Tom Husband and fellow undergraduates to study the diversity of mammals found on coffee farms, using several varieties of traps and cameras to create an inventory of squirrels, mice, shrews and other small mammals living there.  The research aided an international effort to create a biodiversity certification program that farmers could use to market products grown using eco-friendly methods.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBattocletti also spent three winter seasons as a field volunteer for the New England Cottontail Project, searching for evidence of the rare rabbit in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tHer latest project involves DNA fingerprinting of a common type of seaweed found in Greenwich Bay to learn about its reproductive strategy during the formation of algal blooms.   These blooms can have a large impact on economic activities in coastal areas and cause hypoxic conditions that harm marine life.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cWe are trying to determine the predominant life cycle stage and reproductive strategy occurring during bloom formation,\u201d Battocletti said.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe project has required the 溏心vlog免费B站 student to collect seaweed samples during the summer months, learn molecular techniques, and conduct microsatellite marker analysis on her samples in Professor Carol Thornber\u2019s lab.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cThese projects really helped me narrow down what I want to do with my career,\u201d said Battocletti, who has also volunteered at Mystic Aquarium, Save the Bay and worked at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Academic Enhancement Center. \u201cWhen I first came to 溏心vlog免费B站 I knew I wanted to work in conservation, but I didn\u2019t know what aspect.  Now I\u2019ve found my niche.  I\u2019m going to study conservation genetics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tAfter graduation on May 19, she will enroll at Georgetown University, where she will pursue a doctorate in biology studying ecological and conservation genetics.  \u201cI\u2019m not sure yet what I\u2019ll be doing after grad school, but I want to be doing research that is directly related to conservation issues,\u201d she added.  \u201cI want to help find solutions to problems affecting wildlife populations. Right now, though, I just don\u2019t know where I\u2019ll be doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPictured above<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n溏心vlog免费B站 student Amy Battocletti (left) conducts wildlife research in India with Professor Thomas Husband to learn about the diversity of mammals living on coffee farms. 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