Hannah Myers

Hannah Myers is an Assistant Professor in Fisheries Management at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her research focuses on marine mammal ecology, fisheries bycatch mitigation, and policy-relevant ecological studies, particularly addressing climate change impacts and human-wildlife interactions. She holds a PhD in Marine Biology (2023) from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Political Science (2014) from Middlebury College.

Her work combines novel techniques like passive acoustic monitoring with economic analyses to inform sustainable management practices. She teaches FISH 691: Marine Policy Capstone, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to conservation challenges.

Key research areas include killer whale distribution in the Gulf of Alaska, North Atlantic right whale entanglement prevention, and ropeless fishing technologies. Her findings highlight synergies between ecological health and economic viability in fisheries.