Lee Qi (PC 35, Singapore) was part of the very first cohort of students in Marine Science at Pearson College.
Lee Qi (third from the left) at Pedder Bay Marina in April 2010.
And in the yellow jacket participating in a sea lion necropsy in September 2009.
After her two years at Pearson College, Lee Qi went on to study Marine Science at the University of Miami. She is currently a junior there and also the co-president of the University of Miami Scuba Club.
She has had several fascinating marine science experiences in the past two and a half years:
Lee Qi (in the middle) diving with a full face mask at Little Salt Spring as part of her Research Diving course.
In 2011 she volunteered to help rehabilitate stranded pilot whales. Lee Qi is second from the right in the photo above.
She also travelled to Panama to do a course in Coastal Management. Students in the class were testing the suitability of various beaches for turtle nesting – here is Lee Qi, sporting Pearson College and Race Rocks gear, on one of those beaches.
Lee Qi’s extended essay (EE), completed while she was a student at Pearson, was recently published in the journal ‘Nature in Singapore’ and can be found by clicking the link below:
THE CRAB FAUNA OF THREE SEAGRASS MEADOWS IN SINGAPORE:
A PILOT STUDY
Next semester Lee Qi is traveling to the Galapagos Islands as part of a marine science study abroad program. No doubt she’ll have many amazing adventures there and we hope she’ll keep us posted!
Pearson College Marine Science 