Researchers
Tonya Shearer, Ph.D.
Research Scientist II
School of Biology
The Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Tonya Shearer is a Research Scientist in the School of Biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology where she investigates the ecological impact of invasive coral species on native coral populations in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. (Text SRC)
She is also the President and Chief Scientist with Amagen Consulting, a firm that, “specializes in the development and use of genetic technology in combination with field surveys to assess the health of and ecological impacts on coral reef habitats for our research partners and client.”
Curriculum Connections
7th Grade - Life Science 
• S7L4. Students will examine the dependence of organisms on one
another and their environments
• S7L5. Students will examine the evolution of living organisms through inherited characteristics that promote survival of organisms and the survival of successive generations of their offspring.
9-12th Grade - Life Science
Oceanography
• SO5. Students will analyze how the unique attributes of seawater deter mine the types of marine organisms and the ecology of marine food webs.
Earth Systems
• SES6. Students will explain how life on Earth responds to and shapes
Earth systems.
Biology
• SB5. Students will evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of the theory of evolution.
• SB4. Students will assess the dependence of all organisms on one another and the flow of energy and matter within their ecosystems.
Further Information:
• Reef connectivity: A study of larval supply and source of recruits to the Florida Keys and the Flower Garden Banks
• Curriculum Vitae
