Hamda Almosawi

Experience

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  UAE Dolphin Project

  Feb 2022 - Dec 2023

  My affiliation with the UAE Dolphin Project Initiative began in February 2022 when I joined their team to work on my senior-student research project.• Worked diligently for an entire academic year.• Monitored dolphin populations and analyzed photo-identification data collected by the team during a year of boat surveys in Dubai waters.• Produced project report titled “Towards Assessing the Population Status of the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) in Dubai Waters Using Photo Identification Methods”. • Presented project at two international conferences • Won 1st place in the Senior Project Poster Competition at Zayed University. Show less

  • Research Assistant

    Mar 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Undergraduate Student

    Feb 2022 - Feb 2023
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  The National Aquarium Abu Dhabi - Al Qana

  Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

  Volunteered two full days weekly for the duration of six months.• Assisted in wildlife rescue and rehabilitation as well as in aquarist tasks. • Applied skills gained from the internship experience. First intern and Emirati Aquarist at The National Aquarium Abu Dhabi.Tasks:• Performed aquarist tasks & animal husbandry.• Rescued, rehabilitated, tagged, & released wildlife species- Sea turtles.• Administered medications & injections, and performed necropsies.• Assisted with water testing and sample analysis.

  • Aquarist Volunteer

    Mar 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Aquarist Intern

    Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
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  Zayed University

  Mar 2023 - May 2023

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Worked as an undergraduate-student research assistant, at Zayed University within the UAE Dolphin Project Initiative team.Achievements:• Produced a literature-review on Bottlenose dolphin Taxonomy research.• Organized a pre-meeting for the International Whaling Commission (Taxonomy).• Analyzed Photo-Identification data and initiated a catalogue of UAE dolphins.

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  Zayed University

  Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

  Research Assistant

  Worked as a research assistant at Zayed University, working with the UAE Dolphin Project initiative team, under the supervision of Dr. Ada Natoli.•Led an investigation into different eco-types and morphological species of dolphins in the UAE via skull measurements and scanning.•Produced a catalog of Bottlenose dolphins in Dubai waters by conducting photo-identification analysis and