Heather is a Ph.D. student in Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at the Ohio State University, where her research is focused on sea anemones. She has been diving for over 10 years, and is thrilled to now be able to use her diving skills for her own field work, collecting anemones throughout the cold northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. As she earns her divemaster certification, she is looking forward to sharing her passion for diving with new divers, and plans on developing citizen science outreach events for divers, centered on marine biodiversity.