Dr. Kimberly Andrews earned her Ph.D. in Ecology (2010), an M.Sc. in Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development (2004), and a B.Sc. in Ecology (1999) from the University of Georgia (UGA). Kimberly is the Coastal Ecology Specialist and Faculty at the UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant where she manages the Coastal Ecology Lab in Brunswick, GA. She works on projects throughout coastal Georgia and in the South Pacific region of Costa Rica. She moved to coastal Georgia in 2011 to establish this research lab and education program in collaboration with Dr. Terry Norton at the Jekyll Island Authority - Georgia Sea Turtle Center. The integrated research conducted in her lab focuses on the health of habitats and resident wildlife species native to the coast and coastal plain through studies on behavior, movements, ecotoxicology, and population monitoring. Additionally, Kimberly is interested in how we can avoid or mitigate the effects of built infrastructure and human activities on our natural ecosystems in ways that accommodate the functionality of both ecological and human systems. In particular, she is involved in transportation ecology, how to reduce the effects of fragmentation and wildlife mortality, and how we manage and care for our communities that are affected by changing climates and sea-level rise.