Andrew Glinsky (MA, 2019)

After graduating from the Marine Conservation and Policy (MCP) program at SoMAS in 2019, Andrew Glinsky secured a role as a Research Associate with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF), where he works to monitor and research sea turtle activities in Sanibel-Captiva, Florida. While enrolled in the MCP program, Andrew interned with SCCF as a sea turtle tagging technician where he helped to supervise the nighttime tagging program and assisted with multiple research projects.

Andrew is from upstate New York and graduated from Towson University in 2014 with a B.S. in Environmental Science. Over the last six years, he has been a research assistant for sea turtle programs in Costa Rica, West Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. While abroad he was fortunate enough to work with multiple species of sea turtles, assist in predator deterrent projects, and help conduct a variety of biological surveys monitoring primates, small mammals, and reptiles.