Mathea Kurtz-Shaw

  • Graduate Research Assistant
  • Master's Student
  • Marine Science
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Contact Information

Research

Mathea Kurtz-Shaw is a third-year Master's student in the Dunton Coastal Ecology Lab at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute. Her research examines the impacts of seasonality on benthic lagoon ecology along the Alaska Beaufort Sea coast as part of Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (BLE LTER) program. 

Fields of Interest

  • Marine Science
  • Biodiversity

Education

  • 2022 - BSc Biology, BA Honors Liberal Arts, Seattle Pacific University

Awards

  • NSF GRFP (2024)