RebeccaWigchert

Rebecca Wigchert is currently a junior at the University of Oregon pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology with an emphasis in Marine Biology. Rebecca grew up in Southern California and spent most of her summers at the beach. The ocean has become a love of Rebecca’s, and there’s no place she’d rather be than on/in the water. Over the past summer, Rebecca was a volunteer at Birch Aquarium in San Diego, which is affiliated with Scripps Institute of Oceanography. After graduating from UO, Rebecca hopes to work with marine mammals in correlation with endangered species and conservation biology. Through this project, Rebecca hopes to raise awareness for the importance of our oceans and why we need to protect them - our oceans suck up a lot of the carbon dioxide produced by humans, making the air we breathe a little bit better!

March 2018