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= Amani Webber-Schultz = Amani is a shark scientist who co-founded the Minorities in Shark Science (MISS) organization in 2020. Amani is a major contributor to the shark sciences and shark conservation efforts. She works alongside other female shark researchers such as Jaida Elcock and Jasmin Graham at MISS, who all aspire to make shark science more accessible for BIPOC gender minorities in shark sciences and to show that they can be successful in their field. Her research has focused on sharks' swimming kinetics, including the study of how sharks move throughout the water with particular interest in how their scales respond to the water around them. While she is very passionate about her research, Amani is also very interested in social justice issues and creating positive experiences for other women of color in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) who face discrimination and misogyny.

Education
In 2020, Amani received a Bachelor's of Science in Marine Sciences at Rutgers University. She is attending graduate school at the New Jersey Institute of Technology as a PhD candidate. As a PhD candidate, she works in Dr. Brook Flammang's lab and studies the functional morphology of sharks.

Outreach & Community Impact

 * Currently, Amani is a co-host of the Shakpedia podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Castbox. Every alternating week, Amani and her co-host, Meghan Holst, share about sharks and invite guest speakers who are experts in the shark science field.


 * To create safe and supportive spaces for BIPOC gender minorities in the field of shark studies, Amani uses various social media platforms such as Instagram in order to encourage other BIPOC women in their journey within STEM fields. Under the username curly_biologist, Amani posts tips and encouraging messages in hopes of building a community for gender minorities of color in shark science.


 * Amani has the role of Chief Financial Officer at MISS and is responsible for managing and supervising their website.


 * At the Field School Miami, Amani works as a research assistant with the Introduction to Shark Research skills class as well. As a research assistant, Amani teaches students how to safely collect data from many different shark species. She has taught students how to make measurements of shark tails and other various morphological traits. Amani has also shown students how to properly install an ID tag on a shark and how to properly draw shark blood.

Honors, Awards, & Features

 * National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.
 * Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarship (SMART Scholarship).
 * Featured in the American Museum of Natural History Sharks Exhibit that includes information about the leaders in MISS.