Dr. Jayne Gardiner, director of the Pritzker Marine Biology Research Center and associate professor of biology at New College of Florida, has been awarded a $49,800 grant by the Disney Conservation Fund (DCF) for her research on great hammerhead sharks in lower Tampa Bay. 

Gardiner will use long-term acoustic transmitters to study habitat use by juvenile great hammerhead sharks, which are listed as critically endangered globally by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The results of this research will improve management and conservation efforts for great hammerheads.