Education
M.S in Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University
B.S in Marine Biology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
DeGroot, B.C., Cahill, B.V., Ajemian M.A. In Prep. Effects of environmental
perturbations on the movement of two elasmobranch species, in a shallow coastal
lagoon.
Boggio-Pasqua1, A., Bassos-Hull, K., Stevens, G., Morales-Saldaña, J.M., Adnet, S.,
Ferguson, M.A., Pelletier, N.A., DeGroot, B.C., Wilkinson, K.A., Humble, E., Del Moral-
Flores, L.F., Mott, C.R., Guertin, J.R., Fogg, A.Q., Valek, J., Laglbauer, B., Takoukam
Kamla, A., Pate, J.H., Fuentes, K., Hoopes, L., Coulier, L., Price, M., Kinsler, J.,
Collister, R., Ferreira, A., Wyffels, J., Bailey, S., del Pilar Blanco-Parra, M., Argaez
Gasca, A., Bonfil, R., De Bruyne, G., Doherty, P.D., Metcalfe, K., Mvomo Minko, Y.I.,
Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. In review. Closing the gaps: Integrating biological, ecological
and taxonomic data to support the conservation of the Atlantic pygmy devil ray (Mobula
hypostoma). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
Hampton, C., DeGroot, B.C., Brewster, L.R., Bassos-Hull, K., Metzger B.A., Mooney,
A.T., Ajemian, M.J. 2025. Sticking with it: a multi-sensor tag to reveal the foraging
ecology and fine-scale behavior of elusive durophagous stingrays. Animal Biotelemetry.
Vol. 13, 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-025-00416-2
Ibrahim, A., Hampton, C., DeGroot, B., Ajemian, M., Zhuang, H., Cherubin, L. 2025.
Evaluation of a Signal Processing and Machine Learning Framework to Detect and
Classify Shell-Crushing Predation Events. SSRN. doi:10.2139/ssrn.5547167
Cahill, B.V., McCulloch, K.L., DeGroot, B.C., Bassos-Hull, K.B., Ajemian, M.J. 2023.
Breaking bags and crunching clams: assessing whitespotted eagle ray interactions with
shellfish aquaculture gear. Aquaculture Environment Interactions. Vol. 15 , 59-71.
https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00452
Brewster, L.R., Ibrahim, A.K., Locascio, J., DeGroot, B.C., Chérubin, L.M., Ajemian,
M.J. 2023. Seasonal dynamics and environmental drivers of Goliath grouper
(Epinephelus itajara) sound production in the Gulf of Mexico. Fishes 8.6: 293.
doi:10.3390/fishes8060293
Cahill, B.V., Eckert, R.J., Bassos-Hull, K., Ostendorf, T.J., Voss, J.D., DeGroot, B.C.,
Ajemian, M.J. (2023). Diet and Feeding Ecology of the Whitespotted Eagle Ray
(Aetobatus narinari) from Florida Coastal Waters Revealed via DNA
Barcoding. Fishes, 8(8), 388. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080388
Brewster, L.R., Ibrahim, A.K., DeGroot, B.C., Ostendorf, T.J., Zhuang, H., Cherubin,
L.M., Ajemian, M.A. 2021. Classifying Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) Behaviors
from a Novel, Multi-sensor Tag. Sensors. 21: 6392. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21196392
Friess, C., Lowerre-Barbieri, S., Poulakis, G.R., Hammerschlag, N., Gardiner, J.M,
Kroetz, A.M., Bassos-Hull, K., Bickford, J., Bohaboy, E.C., Ellis, R.D., Menendez, H.,
Patterson, W.F., Price, M.E., Rehage, J.S., Shea1, C.P., Smukall, M.J., Walters-Burnsel,
S., Wilkinson, K.A., Young, J., Collins, A., DeGroot, B.C., Peterson, C.T., Purtlebaugh,
C., Randall, M., Scharer, R.M., Schloesser, R.W., Wiley, T.R., Alvarez, G.A.,
Danylchuck, A., Fox, A.G, Grubbs, R.D., Hill, A., Locascio, J.V., O’Donnell, P.M.,
Skomal, G.B., Whoriskey, F.G., and Griffin, L.P. 2021. Regional scale variability in the
movement ecology of marine fishes revealed by an integrative acoustic tracking
network. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 663. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13637
DeGroot, B.C., Bassos-Hull, K., Wilkinson, K.A., Lowerre-Barbieri, S. Poulakis, G.R,
and Ajemian, M.A. 2021. Variable migration patterns of whitespotted eagle rays
Aetobatus
narinari along Florida’s coastlines. Marine Biology. 168:18.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03821-2
Ajemian, M.J., Lamboy, C., Ibrahim, A., DeGroot, B.C., Bassos-Hull, K., Mann, D., and
Cherubin, L. 2021. Capturing shell-crushing by large mobile predators using passive
acoustics technology. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 535:151497.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151497
DeGroot, B.C., Roskar, G., Brewster, L., and Ajemian, M.J. 2020. Fine-scale
movement and habitat use of whitespotted eagle rays, Aetobatus narinari, in the Indian
River Lagoon. Endangered Species Research. 42: 109–124.
https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01047
Hall, E.R., DeGroot, B.C., and Fine, M. 2015. Lesion recovery of two scleractinian
corals under low pH conditions: Implications for restoration efforts. Marine Pollution
Bulletin. 100: 321-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.08.030
DeGroot B., and Brander, S. 2014. The role of P450 metabolism in the estrogenic
activity of Bifenthrin in fish. Aquatic Toxicology. 156:17-20.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.07.007