Biography
I completed a PhD in Marine Science and Conservation in the Nicholas School of the 
Environment at Duke University. Before beginning my doctoral studies at Duke I completed a MS in Biological Oceanography and a BS in Psychology at Florida State University. There I examined the distribution, abundance, and behavior of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, along the coastal waters of the northeast Gulf of Mexico. I also documented nonlinear phenomena in the vocalizations of North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, and killer whales, Orcinus orca.
My current research involves using a combination of data collected from digital acoustic recording tags (DTags) and traditional quantitative fisheries acoustics to examine the foraging ecology of humpback whales, Megaptera novangliae, in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. I am specifically interested in the behaviors and energetic costs associated with foraging and how these behaviors/costs are affected by prey patch size and structure. Please visit my personal website for more information.
Publications
Friedlaender, A. S., Tyson, R. B., Stimpert, A. K., Read, A. J., Nowacek, D. P. (2013). Extreme diel variation in the feeding behavior of humpback whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula during autumn. Marine Ecology Progress Series
Urian, K. W., Waples, D. M., Tyson, R. B., Williams Hodge, L. E., and Read, A. J. (2014). Abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in estuarine and coastal waters of North Carolina, USA. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science.
Tyson, R. B., Friedlaender, A. S., Stimpert, A. K., Ware, C., and Nowacek, D. P. (2012). Synchronous mother and calf foraging behaviour in humpback whales Megaptera novaeangilae: insights from multi-sensor suction cup tags. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 457: 209-220.
Tyson, R. B., Nowacek, S. M., and Nowacek, D. P. (2011). Community structure and abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in coastal waters of the Northeast Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Friedlaender, A. S., Nowacek, D. P., Johnston, D. W., Read, A. J., Tyson, R. B., Peavey, L., and Revelli, E. M. S. (2010). Multiple sightings of large groups of Arnoux’s beaked whales (Berardius arnouxii) in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica. Marine Mammal Science. 26(1): 246-250.
Tyson, R. B., Nowacek, D. P., and Miller, P. J. O. (2007). Nonlinear phenomena in the vocalizations of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) and killer whales (Orcinus orca). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 122(3): 1365-1373.
Reports
Gales, N., Bowers, M., Durban, J. W., Friedlaender, A. S., Nowacek, D. P., Pitman, R. L., Read, A. J., and Tyson, R. B. (2013). Advances in non-lethal research on Antarctic minke whales: biotelemertry, photo-identification and biopsy sampling. Report to the International Whaling Commission.