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Jennifer Johnson

Staff Biologist

Manatee Research Program

Today's Research for Tomorrow's Oceans

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Biography:

Jennifer started at Mote as an intern in the Manatee Research Program in 2006 and was hired the summer of 2007. The main projects she is a part of are photo-identification and genetic sampling. Jennifer also has experience with habitat monitoring, manatee captures, rescues, releases, and tracking projects.

Education:

B.S. in Natural Resource Conservation, University of Florida

Featured Publications

Zhiqiang Wang, Sheri L. Barton, Jennifer H. Johnson, Yi He, Xingquan Zhu (2025). Interpretable Individual Manatee Identification Using Sketch Images and Deep Neural Networks. IEEE Access, 13, 218154-218168. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3640411