Dr. Lacey’s research interests cover many aspects of the ecology of marine mammals, in particular the factors that drive distribution and abundance of cetaceans, as well as the impacts of human activities and structures on cetaceans. She has spent a lot of time in the field, conducting both visual and acoustic surveys for cetaceans, as well as working on photo ID projects for both cetaceans and pinnipeds. Her research here is focused on assessing the distribution and abundance of spinner dolphins around the main 4 Hawaiian islands in collaboration with PIFSC. Prior to moving to MMRP, she was the project coordinator for SCANS-III, a large, international survey for cetaceans covering much of the European Atlantic Region. Dr. Lacey’s PhD work used the data collected during this and other large-scale surveys to run ecological models to investigate the factors that influence large scale distribution of cetaceans. Previous work has involved considerable time in the field throughout the Atlantic, as well as the Southern Ocean and in Hong Kong.