Aquarium

Leah Knezevich

Leah Knezevich

Life Support System and Water Quality Technician

Leah graduated from Eckerd College with a Bachelors of Science degree in Marine Science with a focus in Biology and a minor in Computer Science. During her time in undergrad, she participated in a machine learning ecological study with gopher tortoises and presented her work at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference in New Orleans.

Education

B.S. Marine Science

Publications

Hilton, M., Goessling J., Knezevich L.M., Downer J. (2022). "Utility of Machine Learning for Segmenting Camera Trap Time-Lapse Recordings." *Wildlife Society Bulletin*.

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