Some NVCC Zoologists; There are Many More! Tina Sepahpur was an instrumental part of amphibian monitoring at SERC. Rob Aguilar and Paige Roberts sonic tagging a blue catfish for the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Over the last 15 years, Rob has mentored many NOVA students. Biologist Robert Aguilar is helping NVCC zoology students identify estuarine wildlife at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Four generations of Dr. Tupper’s fantastic students working together on doctoral research about snake fungal disease. From left to right: Joe Villari, Josh Walton, Lauren Fuchs, and Noelle Brokamp. JB. Hitchcock is learning field methods in marine science at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Professor K. Goolsby with a timber rattlesnake. He helps out with on various projects. Michaël Rutherford is a volunteer research assistant at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and is learning molecular techniques at NVCC. Dr. Tupper exploring a timber rattlesnake den. Coline Hay saving a snake from certain death. She did a lot of amphibian work at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Sara Ebrahimi is now a police officer. But in her former life she did research on Amphibians at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Nate Soto helped us study spadefoot toads at Cape Cod National Seashore. David Rodriguez and Laura McHenry worked with Nate (above) to help us assess Bd in spadefoot toads on Cape Cod National Seashore. Kristen Dawson studied Bd in anurans at Cape Cod National Seashore. and interned at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.