Kerri Lynch is an MSc. student in the Fisheries Science program under the supervision of Dr. Matthew Robertson. Kerri's interest in graduate research started with a deep passion to protect and integrate human activities within the natural function of the environment. She grew up spending summers playing on the North shore of Lake Erie and in Georgian Bay and spent a summer working with the NGO group Georgian Bay Forever doing public outreach to inform the community about the harm of plastic in our waterways. She also worked on partnered research projects that turned into local policy change in protecting the environment. Kerri completed her biology degree focusing on aquatic ecology at Queen's University and then decided to journey away from freshwater biology to study the marine ecosystem here at MI.

"I am excited to learn about the complexities of the Atlantic Ocean's complex ecosystem as I develop a model to estimate capelin abundance based on predator stomach contents. I hope my research will aid in developing future policies surrounding the protection of this integral fish species. When I'm not at school, you can find me out in nature, snowboarding, hiking, biking, climbing or lost in thought looking for whales".