PhD Candidate,

Arizona State University

Kayla Burgher is a PhD Candidate in Environmental Life Sciences at Arizona State University. Her research integrates quantitative modeling, bycatch reduction technologies, and community-based conservation to assess and mitigate bycatch of sea turtles and elasmobranchs. Kayla works in coastal gillnet and pound net fisheries in North Carolina and Mexico. She also co-hosts the SciChronicles Podcast.