The newly established Brewster Lab will focus on the effects of climate change and human activity on fishes
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UMass Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lauran Brewster, PhD, to the position of assistant professor. Brewster was first hired as a post-doctoral research fellow at SMAST in May 2022 and promoted to assistant research faculty in 2023. In her new role, Brewster will lead the Brewster Lab with a focus on the effects of climate change and anthropogenic interactions (influence of human activity) on fishes.
Prior to her post-doctoral fellowship at SMAST, Brewster held a senior research fellow position at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce, FL, and a postdoctoral fellowship position at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. She earned her PhD from the University of Hull in England and conducted her doctoral research at the Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation in the Bahamas.
Her recent research at SMAST includes investigating portfolio theory as a tool for ecosystem-based fisheries management and working on a project led by principal investigators Professor Pingguo He and Professor Steve Cadrin assessing the effects of offshore wind turbines on fish habitat utilization and behavior.
The Brewster Lab's new research team will include two graduate/PhD students in academic year 2024-2025.