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Publications:

Duran, N. and Dunbar, S.G. Preliminary Results on Postnesting Fine Scale Movements of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras. 32st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. 13-16 March, 2012. Huatulco, Mexico

Noemi is a PhD student who is working with the Protective Turtle Ecology Center for Training, Outreach and Research (ProTECTOR) on sea turtle research in Honduras.

Winner of the 2012 Sigma Xi-Faculty of Graduate Studies (LLU) Grant.

Winner of the 2011 Boyd Lyon Research Scholarship. FInd out more here.

Noemi, Steve, and Lidia enjoying dinner at a local restaurant in San Diego during the 31st International Sea Turtle Symposium.		Noemi discusses her research project with Dr. Peter Pritchard while Dean Lyon, Melaine Lopez-Castro (far L), and Haruka Ito (far R) look on.
Dean Lyon introduces Noeim to Mark Spalding, President of the Ocean Foundation.		Boyd Lyon Group: (L -R) Bobi Watson, Melania Lopez-Castro (2009 BLS winner), Patricia Zarate (2010 BLS winner), Dean Bagley (Award Committee member), Dean Lyon, Peter Pritchard, Noemi Duran (2011 BLS winner), Mark Spalding (President, the Ocean Foundation), and Steve Dunbar.

Photo: S.G. Dunbar