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# Andrew J Read

Stephen A. Toth Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology in the Nicholas School of the Environment
Marine Science and Conservation
aread@duke.edu
135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516
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## Selected Grants

### Cuvier's beaked whale integrated ecosystem study: Systematic use of novel eDNA methodology to characterize and compare beaked whale populations and their associated prey community across regions

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Kelp Marine Research · 2023 - 2027

### Defining the molecular physiologic impacts of stress on beaked whale hypoxia tolerance: implications for behavioral response

Research Co Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2022 - 2025

### Atlantic Behavioral Response Study II - Continuously Active Sonar

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2023 - 2025

### Determining the energetic cost of locomotion in pilot whales and killer whales

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2020 - 2024

### Photo Identification Analysis Across the AFTT Area

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2023 - 2024

### Cuvier's beaked whale integrated ecosystem study: Systematic use of novel eDNA methodology to characterize and compare beaked whale populations and their associated prey community across regions

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Kelp Marine Research · 2023 - 2027

### Defining the molecular physiologic impacts of stress on beaked whale hypoxia tolerance: implications for behavioral response

Research Co Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2022 - 2025

### Atlantic Behavioral Response Study II - Continuously Active Sonar

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2023 - 2025

### Determining the energetic cost of locomotion in pilot whales and killer whales

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2020 - 2024

### Photo Identification Analysis Across the AFTT Area

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2023 - 2024

### Vital rates of Cuvier's beaked whales: A multi-regional comparative assessment

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research · 2021 - 2024

### A novel methodology to assess small cetacean bycatch and characterize the tuna drift gillnet fleet in the Arabian Sea: A Pakistan Case Study

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by World Wildlife Fund · 2022 - 2024

### REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems

Research Senior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2024

### Reducing marine mammal bycatch in Arabian Sea gillnetfisheries: A Pakistani case study

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Geographic Society · 2022 - 2024

### Atlantic Behavioral Response Study

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2021 - 2023

### NARW SURVEYS (Task 2) + JACKSONVILLE SURVEYS (Task 3)

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2021 - 2023

### A portable ultrasonic spirometer to enhance diagnostic capacity and studies on respiratory physiology of marine mammals in the field

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2022 - 2023

### Behavioral Response of Humpback Whales to Vessel Traffic

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2021 - 2022

### Photo Identification Analysis Across the AFTT Area

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2021 - 2022

### Acoustic Startle Responses as Aversive Reactions and Hearing Indicators in Cetaceans

Research Co-Principal Investigator · Awarded by University of St. Andrews · 2016 - 2021

### Behavioral Response of Humpback Whales to Vessel Traffic

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

### Atlantic Behavioral Response Study

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

### Testing the applicability of sensory-based bycatch reduction technologies to reduce sea turtle bycatch in North Carolina coastal gillnet and pound net fisheries

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2019 - 2021

### Photo Identification Analysis Across AFTT Study Area

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2019 - 2020

### Atlantic Behavioral Response Study

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2019 - 2020

### Developing move-on rules to mitigate odontocete depredation and bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2017 - 2020

### Behavioral reactions of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to approaching ships in Virginia Beach, VA

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Geographic Society · 2019 - 2020

### Jacksonville Vessel Surveys and Marine Mammal Tagging - AFTT

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2018 - 2020

### Behavioral Response of Humpback Whales to Vessel Traffic

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2018 - 2020

### Continuing Monitoring of Protected Species for Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing - Aerial

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2017 - 2019

### Aerial Survey Baseline Monitoring of Protected Species

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2016 - 2019

### Pursuing Ecosystem-Based Management in the Southern Ocenas:

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Geographic Society · 2017 - 2019

### Atlantic Behavioral Response Study

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2017 - 2018

### Deep Diving Odontocete Tagging off Cape Hatteras, NC

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2016 - 2018

### Development of an Analytical Tool to Allow Fishermen to Reduce Bycatch of Short-Finned Pilot Whales in the Mid-Atlantic Bight

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Stony Brook University · 2015 - 2017

### LTER Palmer, Antartica (PAL): Land Shelf Ocean Connectivity, Ecosystem Resilience and Transformation

Research Co-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Oregon State University · 2014 - 2017

### Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Marine Protected Species for Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) - HARPs + MARUs

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2016 - 2017

### Vessel Survey Baseline Monitoring - Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT)

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2015 - 2017

### Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Marine Protected Species for Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) - HARPs + MARUs

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2015 - 2017

### Deep Diving Odontocete Tagging off Cape Hatteras, NC

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2015 - 2016

### Technical Proposal for further Monitoring of Protected Species in Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) Sites

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2015 - 2016

### Marine Protected Species Baseline Monitoring for Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT)

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2015 - 2016

### Hoike A Maka: Hawaiian monk seal crittercam project

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Marine Mammal Commission · 2013 - 2016

### Spatial Analysis of U.S. Fishing Activity in the Atlantic Ocean

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Pew Charitable Trusts · 2014 - 2016

### Delphinid Cetaceans: Quantifying Behavioral Ecology and Response to Predators Using a Multi-Species Approach

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program · 2011 - 2016

### A Field Test of Interactive Dolphin Dissuasion Devices in the North Carolina Pelagic Longline Fishery

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2012 - 2016

### Marine Protected Species Baseline Monitoring for Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT)

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2014 - 2015

### A moored system for measuring the temporal variability of prey fields of deep diving predators off Cape Hatteras and response to Gulf Stream fronts

Equipment Co-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2013 - 2015

### Faculty for the Future

Fellowship Principal Investigator · Awarded by Schlumberger Foundation · 2014 - 2015

### Marine Protected Species Baseline Monitoring for Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) - HARPS

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2014 - 2015

### Deep Diving Odontocete Tagging off Cape Hatteras, NC

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR Engineering, Inc. · 2014 - 2015

### NMFS Population Dynamics Sea Grant Graduate Fellowship - An assessment of pelagic predator populations

Fellowship Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2012 - 2015

### Protecting Beaches and Turtles: An Economic and Ecological Analysis of Beach Nourishment on Sea Turtle Nesting

Fellowship Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2014 - 2014

### Scope of Work for Occurrence, Distribution, & Density of Marine Mammals Near NSN FY12-14

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by HDR, Inc. · 2012 - 2014

### Stock Discrimination of Bottlenose Dolphins along the Outer Banks of North Carolina; Implications for the Risk of Entanglement in Coastal Gill Net Fisheries

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2011 - 2013

### Quantifying the effects of human interactions on spinner dolphins in resting bays in Hawaii

Research Co-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2009 - 2013

### Prey Fields and habitats of deep diving odontocetes: 3D characterization and modeling of beaked and sperm whale foraging areas in the Tongue of the Ocean

Research Co-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2008 - 2012

### Developing the Next Generation Marine Mammal Information Center for Integrated Ocean Observing: OBIS-SEAMAP 2.0

Research Co-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2007 - 2011

### Foraging behavior of pilot whales in the Cape Hatteras Special Research Area

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2009 - 2011

### Foraging behavior of pilot whales in the Cape Hatteras Special Research Area

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Marine Fisheries Service · 2009 - 2010

### An uncertainty analysis to assess relative risk of marine mammal stocks to indirect effects of fishing

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Marine Mammal Commission · 2008 - 2010

### Use of multi-frequency acoustics to study cetacean foraging ecology

Equipment Co-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2008 - 2010

### A pilot study to test the efficacy of pingers as a deterrent to bottlenose dolphins in the Spanish mackerel gillnet fishery

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2008 - 2010

### Estimating abundance of bottlenose dolphins in North Carolina

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2006 - 2009

### Interactions Between Pilot Whales and the NC Pelagic Longline Fishery

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Marine Fisheries Service · 2008 - 2008

### Predictive Modeling of Right Whale Distribution off New England

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2004 - 2008

### Behavior of Green Turtles in Shallow Water Gill Net Fishing Grounds

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2005 - 2008

### Documenting Interactions between Pilot Whales and the Pelagic Longline Fishery

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2006 - 2007

### Monitoring By-catch in the North Carolina Stop Net Fishery

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Marine Fisheries Service · 2005 - 2007

### Hypoxia, Fish & Fisheries in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Research Co-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2003 - 2007

### Will Acoustic Deterrents Reduce Depredation by Bottlenose Dolphins in the Spanish Mackerel Gill Net Industry?

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2004 - 2006

### Habitat use of sea turtles in relation to fisheries interactions.

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2002 - 2004

### Interactions between bottlenose dolphins and the spanish mackerel gill net fishery in NC

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2003 - 2004

### Abundance of bottlenose dolphins along the Outer Banks, North Carolina.

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2002 - 2003

### Chair of Small Cetaceans Sub-Committee

Public Service Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2003 - 2003

### Small Cetaceans Sub-committee of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission

Conference Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Marine Fisheries Service · 2002 - 2003

### Will Acoustically Reflective Gillnets Reduce the Bycatch of Bottlenose Dolphins?

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2002 - 2002

### Collection of tissue samples from harbour porpoises in the Bay of Fundy.

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Marine Fisheries Service · 2000 - 2002

### Life History of Common Dolphins in the Northwest Atlantic

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Marine Fisheries Service · 2000 - 2002

### Will Pingers Reduce the Bycatch of Bottlenose Doplhins in NC Gill Net Fisheries?

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 2001 - 2001

### Status of Dall's Porpoises in the North Pacific.

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2001 - 2001

### Monitoring Harbor Porpoises in the Gulf of Maine Using Satellite Telemetry

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Marine Fisheries Service · 2000 - 2001

### Development of a Conservation Plan for the Atlantic Coastal Stock of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Marine Fisheries Service · 1998 - 2001

### Liaison for Mid-Atlantic Observer Program

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 1999 - 2001

### Mark-recapture Survey of Bottlenose Dolphins in the Bays and Sounds of North Carolina

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by Fos-Fish, Inc · 2000 - 2000

### Spatial and Temporal Variation in an Eutropic Coastal River: Impacts on Fish and Marine Mammals

Research Co-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 1997 - 2000

### Respond to Marine Mammal Stranding Events from Bogue Banks to Northern North Carolina

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 1999 - 2000

### Mid-Atlantic Observer Program

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 1999 - 2000

### Examine the Reproduction, Calf Survival Rates and Association Patterns of Known Female Bottlenose Dolphins that Utilize the Beaufort Area 1999

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 1999 - 1999

### Vital Rates and Fisheries Interactions of Atlantic Migratory Stock Bottlenose Dolphins

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 1996 - 1999

### Examine the Reproduction, Calf Survival Rates and Association Patterns of Known Female Bottlenose Dolphins that Utilize the Beaufort Area.

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 1999 - 1999

### Interactions between Fisheries and Bottlenose Dolphin along the Coast of North Carolina

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 1998 - 1999

### Biological Modeling and SABRE Synthesis

Research Co-Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 1995 - 1999

### Characterizing Conditions Under Which Fisheries Interactions Occur

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 1996 - 1998

### Documenting Signs of Entanglement

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Marine Fisheries Service · 1997 - 1998

### Vital Rates and Fisheries Interactions of Atlantic Migratory Stock of Bottlenose Dolphins

Research Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 1996 - 1997

## External Relationships

- U.S. Marine Mammal Commission

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