Eugenia Thomas is a marine biologist from Trinidad and Tobago focusing on the lesser-known habitats of the deep ocean. She works at the intersections of taxonomy, biodiversity and conservation. She is currently pursuing a MPhil at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus uncovering the unknown biodiversity of fauna collected from natural wood falls in Montserrat and assessing the abundance and the biotic interactions with marine debris on the seafloor of the Caribbean. As a deep-sea researcher, she has also contributed her knowledge to global policy forums, scientific conferences, habitat diversity and seafloor characterization studies. These projects allowed her to utilize additional skills in science communication, ROV video annotations, sediment profile and plan view imaging at both the international and regional level across the United States, France, Costa Rica, Brazil, Grenada etc. Prior to working on deep-sea ecosystems, Eugenia worked on tropical marine habitats including coral reefs (main), seagrass meadows, mangrove forest, open ocean and sea turtle nesting sites. Her research addressed questions regarding ecological health and connectivity, species biodiversity, biogeography and sustainable management. Here she utilized skills such as taxonomy and scuba diving and has also authored several reports including those on coral reef health, microplastics abundance, environmental baseline surveys, and socio-economic assessments.
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