Two doctoral students in the College of Letters & Science are combining their skills and knowledge in an effort to protect the endangered leatherback sea turtle.
Samantha Greene (BS'08, Geography and Biological Aspects of Conservation, MS'10, Geography), a Ph.D. student in the Department of Geography, and Peter Dudley, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Zoology, are collaborating on a biogeography research project.
They're utilizing a unique funding approach: raising support via social media and crowd funding through RocketHub, science's answer to Kickstarter. Users can donate to the project in exchange for rewards - in this case, field pictures, video footage and other items.
For more information or to donate, visit their RocketHub project page. Watch the video below to hear from Greene.