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Emma was born in Sydney, Australia, and moved to Texas in 1984. She was initially trained as a diver in 1990, and since has logged more than 1250 dives. She has held the position of Research Coordinator of NOAA’s Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) since 1997. During this time she has contributed to over 40 scientific publications relating to the marine environment. Emma has served as the Unit Diving Supervisor for NOAA’s FGBNMS dive unit since 2005, and has supervised over 5000 dives during more than 155 sanctuary research cruises. She has coordinated and led research utilizing SCUBA, remotely operated vehicles, and manned submersibles. She is not only passionate about studying the marine environment, but also interpreting science through multimedia, including photography, videography and art.

  Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

	Conventional and technical diving surveys reveal elevated biomass and differing fish community composition from shallow and upper mesophotic zones ... | article Muñoz RC, Buckel CA, Whitfield PE, Viehman S, Clark R, Taylor JC, Degan BP, Hickerson EL (2017) PLoS ONE 12:e0188598
	Lionfish (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus, 1758] and P. miles [Bennett, 1828]) records within mesophotic depth ranges on natural banks in the Northweste... | article Nuttall MF, Johnston MA, Eckert RJ, Embesi JA, Hickerson EL, Schmahl GP (2014) BioInvasions Rec 3:111-115
	Platoma chrysymenioides sp. nov. (Schizymeniaceae), and Sebdenia integra sp. nov. (Sebdeniaceae), two New Red Algal Species from the Northwestern G... | article Gavio B, Hickerson E, Fredericq S (2005) Gulf Mex Sci 1:38-57
	Crustaceans from antipatharians on banks of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico | article Wicksten MK, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2014) Zookeys
	The positive relationship between relief and species richness in mesophotic communities on offshore banks, including geographic patterns | article Sammarco PW, Nuttall MF, Beltz D, Horn L, Taylor G, Hickerson EL, Schmahl G (2016) Environ Geol 23:195-207
	A statistical approach to assessing relief on mesophotic banks: Bank comparisons and geographic patterns | article Sammarco PW, Horn L, Taylor G, Beltz D, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL, Schmahl G (2016) Environ Geol 23:95-122
	Expanding coral reproductive knowledge using remotely operated vehicles (ROV): broadcast-spawning observations of mesophotic corals at the Flower G... | article Strader ME, Aichelman HE, Tramonte CA, Dickerson HE, Benson BE, Howe-Kerr LI, Hickerson EL, Davies SW (2021) Marine Biodiversity
	An annotated and illustrated identification guide to common mesophotic reef sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) ... | article Díaz MC, Nuttall M, Pomponi SA, Rützler K, Klontz S, Adams C, Hickerson EL, Schmahl GP (2023) Zookeys 1161:1-68