Paige is passionate about our oceans and marine life, especially sharks! She is a toxicologist particularly concerned with the chemical contamination of our waters and the impacts on marine ecosystems. As the President of the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Student Association at Clemson University, she is spearheading the revival of an outreach program that engages local K-12 students in performing a variety of water quality tests and presenting their findings. She is planning to use the WDHOF grant to continue research that will inform her physiologically-based toxicokinetic model. This model will serve as a non-lethal way to estimate contaminant burdens in sharks and allow for toxicological assessment methods that can eventually be applied to other marine predators. This project aligns with Paige’s passion for conservation as shark health and success directly correlate with the health and success of the ocean as a whole.

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