Coral Reef Restoration

Summer Brooks

Summer Brooks

Coral Restoration Staff Biologist

Summer Brooks is a Coral Restoration Biologist at Mote's Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration on Summerland Key, FL. She began as an intern in the Coral Restoration Program in January 2020. Summer has background in sea turtle rehabilitation, marine micro-plastics research, and is originally from the Sarasota area. She is currently working full time in the land based nursery caring for stony and branching corals.

Education

Bachelors in Science in Environmental Science, University North Carolina Wilmington, 2020

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.