
The Society of Marine Mammalogy has more than 2,000 members from 25 countries around the world. Professor Pabst joined the society in 1987 when she was a graduate student. Her research focuses on musculoskeletal design and thermoregulatory function in whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
Professor Pabst is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, where she majored in zoology. She holds a Ph.D. in zoology from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia.


