mdavi105@hboi.fau.edu
772-465-2400 ext. 298

Title

Center Director, Aquaculture and Stock Enhancement

Education

• Florida Institute of Technology, Biology, Biological Science, 1993-1998 Ph.D.
• Florida Institute of Technology, Biology, Marine Ecology 1990-1992 M.S.
• Florida Institute of Technology, Biology, Aquaculture/Environmental Science 1977-1981 B.S.

Career

2008 – present Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Center Director, Aquaculture and Stock Enhancement
Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Pierce, FL Enhancement; Research Prof.

2006-2007 Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Director, Center for Coastal Research
Fort Pierce, FL

2002-2006 Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Director, Aquaculture Division
Fort Pierce, FL

1996-2002 Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Aquaculture Education Director
Fort Pierce, FL

1992-1996 Caribbean Marine Research Center Research Scientist
Bahamas and Vero Beach, FL

1983-1989 Caicos Conch Farm Senior Biologist & Co-founder
Turks and Caicos Island

1981-1983 Foundation for PRIDE Principal Investigator
Turks and Caicos Islands

Research Interests

Megan Davis has been working in aquaculture and marine science for 30 years. As co-founder of a commercial queen conch farm in the Turks and Caicos Islands she developed commercial culture of conch from eggs to juveniles. Her interests are to develop aquaculture species for food, stock enhancement and to ease fishing pressure on wild stocks. She actively works on projects with goals to produce aquaculture species and systems that are cost effective, energy efficient and environmentally sustainable. She has been involved in several aquaculture retraining and education outreach programs to assist participants in advancing the aquaculture industry. She is keenly interested in aquaculture of queen conch, spiny lobsters and marine fish.