Amy Hupp
Rehabilitation Technician I
Amy Hupp was born and raised in Clinton Township, Michigan. She graduated from Albion College in Albion, Michigan in May of 2006. While in attendance at Albion, she was introduced to the marine realm and completed an independent study working with nurse sharks in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. Here, she studied various environmental and climatological factors affecting adult nurse shark mating behavior. Immediately after graduation she ventured to Shark Bay, Western Australia to help a fellow Albion graduate in studying the ecosystem of Shark Bay. It was then that she had her first interactions with both loggerhead and green sea turtles. In Shark Bay, Amy had the opportunity to capture, tag and track these two species of sea turtles. She briefly returned to Michigan following her stint in Australia and came to the GSTC in January of 2008, as an Education Intern. After four months of teaching through education programs, outreach events, and daily public interactions, she received a second internship at the GSTC to be a part of the sea turtle beach patrol. From May through September Amy lived the night life running the beaches tagging adult loggerhead sea turtles and monitoring their nests. Not even long nights on the beach could keep her away. In fact, Amy liked being a part of the GSTC and helping save sea turtles so much, that in October of 2008 she was hired full time as the newest member of the veterinary staff as a Rehabilitation Technician I. You can now see her behind the glass helping with treatments and running blood samples, as well as in the rehabilitation pavilion maintaining tank systems, preparing diets and helping with all other aspects of animal husbandry.