- Véronique Koch
Véronique Koch is the only Luxembourgish marine biologist she knows. Spending the latter half of her life in this small, European (and landlocked!) country did not stop her from loving the ocean. She quickly became an avid scuba diver (starting at summer camp when she was 12) and started doing summer internships in marine biology in places like the Florida Keys (including at Aquarius when she was a college freshman), Egypt, California, and Scotland. She got her bachelor's degree in marine biology at the University of Stirling in Scotland in 2001.
Véronique is now a graduate student at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), working on her Ph.D. in marine biology. Her dissertation work will characterize the essential fish habitat (EFH) of black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) and red grouper (Epinephelus morio). She is also a contractor for the NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center in Miami, who are funding her studies. She is collaborating on this project with Dr. James Lindholm, and is thrilled to be a part of this mission.
When Véronique is not working, she enjoys acting in community theater (such as Shakespeare in the Park Miami's Romeo and Juliet, coming in January 2005) and road biking (across Florida, and non-coastal states such as Iowa).
