About the Author
Julie Sharpe is from Okeechobee, Florida and has earned her Bachelor's degree in General Biology at the University of Central Florida. Julie works in the Science and Planning in Conservation Ecology lab where she researches Black Bear behavior in the Wekiva River Basin. She also works on a conservation project involving the movements of the Florida Panther in the OK Slough State Forest, Corkscrew Regional Management Watershed, and associated areas. She plans to attend graduate school to receive her Master's and PhD. She would like to continue her research at a university to provide undergraduate research opportunities for her students. Julie wants to focus on the order Carnivora in her research but is open to expanding her experience to other members of the class Chordata.