M.Sc. (2004)
Thesis
Predicting suitable deep-sea coral habitat
Education
M.Sc. (2004)
Biological Oceanography
B.Sc. Marine and Freshwater Biology (2000)
University of Guelph
Sept – Dec 1997 Semester at Sea (study abroad)
University of Pittsburgh
Awards/Scholarships/Grants
Sept 2003: Research Grant – Centre for Marine Biodiversity
Sept 2002: Graduate Student Travel Grant – Dalhousie University
March 2002: DFO Sustainability Scholarship – Department of Fisheries and Oceans Sustainability Network
Jan 2002: Deep sea coral research grant – Centre for Marine Biodiversity
April 1999: Latournelle Student Travel Grant – University of Guelph
Presentations/Publications
Leverette, T.L and A. Metaxas. 2003. Predicting suitable deep-sea coral habitat in the Northwest Atlantic using environmental factors. 2nd International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals. Erlangen, Germany. Oral Presentation
Leverette, T.L and A. Metaxas. 2002. Predicting suitable deep-sea coral habitat using environmental factors. Centre for Marine Biodiversity oral presentation, Halifax, NS. Oral Presentation
Leverette, T.L. 2002. Predicting the habitat distribution for the deep sea coral Lophelia pertusa, based on environmental parameters. 2nd International Symposium on GIS/Spatial Analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences. Brighton, UK. Poster Presentation
Leverette, T.L. 2002. Cool Corals. St. Croix Courier. St. Stephen, New Brunswick
Leverette, T.L. 2001. A Predictive Model for the Occurrence of Deep-sea Coral Habitat in the Atlantic. The deep sea coral forum. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Oral Presentation
Davis, J, T.L. Leverette and M. Costello. 2001. Integrating environmental monitoring data from the Quoddy region, Bay of Fundy . National Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network conference, Calgary, AB. Oral Presentation
Marine Benthic Ecology and conservation 