Anjali Boyd is a Duke University, North Carolina, Ph.D. Student and Dean's Graduate Fellow in the Nicholas School of the Environment. She received her B.S. in Marine Science from Eckerd College as a NOAA Hollings Scholar. Her research examines how species interactions (both intra- and inter-) and physical forces interact to regulate the recovery of foundation species (i.e. seagrass) to environmental stressors. Anjali aspires to develop novel ecosystem-based restoration and management practices to restore foundation species worldwide.