Tyler Eddy
Tyler is the team lead at The Life Aquatic and is a Research Scientist at the Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University. Tyler lectures in the Fisheries Science Graduate Program – he teaches ‘Data Collection, Management, & Display’.
Tyler is interested in past, present, and future human interactions with, and ecology of, marine ecosystems.
Tyler is a Founding Coordinator of the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project (FishMIP) and is a Visiting Scientist at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
Tyler was a Research Fellow at the University of South Carolina, US, a Research Associate at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Dalhousie University, Canada. Tyler has a PhD in Marine Biology from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and an Honours BSc in Marine Biology from Dalhousie University, Canada.
Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz
Andrea is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University. For her Postdoctoral Fellowship, Andrea is evaluating how ecosystems protected by marine conservation areas in Newfoundland and Labrador will respond to climate change.
Andrea’s research interests lie in understanding potential future changes in marine ecosystems due to ongoing climate change, and in assessing consequences as well as solutions for fisheries management and marine biodiversity conservation in a changing ocean.
Andrea is the Science Outreach Coordinator for the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Intercomparison Project (FishMIP). Andrea is interested in science communication, is a passionate writer, and is an academic writing advisor.
Andrea was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Dalhousie University, Canada. Andrea has a PhD in Marine Biology from Dalhousie University, Canada, an MSc in Aquatic Ecology from Lund University, Sweden, and an Honours BSc in Biology from the University of Tübingen, Germany.
Pablo Vajas
Pablo is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University. For his Postdoctoral Fellowship, Pablo is investigating the ecosystem role of harp seals in Newfoundland & Labrador.
Pablo’s research interests include wild boar hunting in France and mixed demersal fishing in the Gulf of Biscay. His transdisciplinary approach integrates information sources in a socio-ecological context. His research involves data analysis, Bayesian modelling for hunting, and mechanistic modelling for fisheries.
Pablo has presented his research internationally in Europe and to various French agencies, including hunters and fisheries associations, The National Forests Office, The Agriculture, Food and Environment Agency, The French Biodiversity Agency, and the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea.
Pablo was a Postdoctoral Fellow at IFREMER, France. Pablo has a PhD in Ecology from the University of Montpellier, France, an MSc in Ecology from Sorbonne University, France, and a BSc in Biology from the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France.
Jiaying Chen
Jiaying is a PhD Candidate in Fisheries Science at the Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University. For her PhD research, Jiaying is incorporating predictions from nonlinear forecasting models and geostatistical spatiotemporal models to improve representation of spatial processes in fisheries stock assessments of North Atlantic species.
Jiaying’s research interests include integrating fishing effort, fish habitat, and climate change data in fisheries stock assessments to identify management strategies.
Jiaying attended the 152nd American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting in Spokane, US presenting an improvement to stock assessment of witch flounder in NAFO Division 3NO.
Jiaying has an MSc in Fisheries Science from Memorial University, Canada, and a BSc in Marine Fisheries Science and Technology from Zhejiang Ocean University, China.
Abe Solberg
Abe is a PhD Candidate in Fisheries Science at The Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University. For his PhD research, Abe is working on ecosystem model development for the Newfoundland and Labrador shelf and developing methods to incorporate fisher’s and Indigenous ecological knowledge.
Abe's primary research interests are integrating non-traditional information sources, such as fisher's and Indigenous ecological knowledge, into ecosystem models and single-species population models.
Prior to starting his PhD, Abe worked as a data scientist for Displacement Prevention and Public Housing in New York City. Abe has developed a Shiny app for FishBase and an R package to query the IUCN information for species listed in the Seabird Mapping and Information for Fisheries Database by the American Bird Conservancy.
Abe has an MA in Geography from McGill University, Canada, and an Honours BA in Geography from the University of Colorado, US.
Alannah Wudrick
Alannah is a PhD Candidate in Fisheries Science at The Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University. For her PhD research, Alannah is investigating fisheries impacts on sharks in Ecuador.
Alannah’s research interests include using models to project ecosystem responses to climate change to help inform fisheries management policies.
Alannah has published a technical report based on work she did with the Benthic Ecology Division of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The report describes the benthic communities observed during the 2010 ROPOS video transects of Orphan Knoll and Orphan Seamount, off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Alannah has an MSc in Fisheries Science from Memorial University, Canada and an Honours BSc in Marine Biology from Dalhousie University, Canada.
Logan Reid
Logan is an MSc Student in Fisheries Science at the Fisheries and Marine Institute, Memorial University. For his MSc research, Logan is investigating DFO structure and function for fisheries management decision making.
Logan’s research interests include understanding human impacts on marine ecosystems, community-driven conservation initiatives, and exploring how traditional ecological knowledge can enrich scientific understanding.
Prior to starting his MSc, Logan investigated optimal algal bloom tracking methods for non-profit watershed groups. He participated in an International Exchange Program at the University of Kent, England and a Galápagos Field School. He has held positions as a post-graduate research assistant and lab manager.
Logan has an Honours BSc in Biology from Mount Allison University, Canada.
Hannah West
Hannah is an MSc Student in Fisheries Science at the Fisheries and Marine Institute, Memorial University. For her MSc research, Hannah is investigating the ecosystem role of harp seals in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Hannah’s research interests include understanding trophic ecology in marine food webs and how it can be applied to fisheries management plans.
Prior to starting her MSc, Hannah was involved in researching the use of microalgal biofilms in municipal waste water treatment systems. She has also worked on investigating virulence factors in bacterial and fungal pathogens.
Hannah has an Honours BSc in Marine and Freshwater Biology from the University of Guelph, Canada.
Alumni
Gustavo Yunda-Guarin
Postdoctoral Fellow. 2025. The role of northern shrimp as a key forage species in the Canadian Sub-Arctic
Beth Gillie
Visiting PhD Candidate from Durham University, UK. 2023. Species distribution models to investigate the impacts of climate change on marine biodiversity in the North Water Polynya
Matthew Robertson
PhD. 2023. The influence of climate and prey availability on flatfishes on the Newfoundland Grand Banks
Raquel Ruiz-Díaz
PhD. 2024. Advancing ecosystem-based fisheries management on The Grand Banks of Newfoundland
Oluebube Peace Igwe
Research Assistant. 2023. Food web ecology of northern shrimp
Kera Whitten
Research Assistant. 2024. Historical Newfoundland ecosystems