Florida Keys Marine Field Operations

Amanda Lewan

Amanda Lewan

Staff Biologist

Amanda is a Staff Biologist at Mote's Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration on Summerland Key, FL. She began working with Mote in June of 2023. Her backround is scientific diving and artifical reef restoration. She completed her Masters at University of Miami in 2023 on mineral accretion coral restoration, which built skills that she now uses towards photogrammetry data collection and analysis.

Education

B.S. in Marine Science, Florida Gulf Coast University, 2021
MPS Marine Ecosystems and Society: Marine Conservation, 2023

Coral reefs provide more than $2.7 trillion in services to economies worldwide—but we're losing these important ecosystems quickly. Mote scientists are spearheading coral reef restoration using cutting-edge science.