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Nora Hickey, D.V.M.
Jennifer O. Reynolds, M.A.
Jennifer O. Reynolds, M.A.
Nora is a practicing fish veterinarian currently living, working, and fishkeeping in Washington State. Nora has been keeping fish since the age of three when her grandfather, a passionate aquarium hobbyist, gifted her a small aquarium with zebrafish. While attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for her undergraduate degree, N
Nora is a practicing fish veterinarian currently living, working, and fishkeeping in Washington State. Nora has been keeping fish since the age of three when her grandfather, a passionate aquarium hobbyist, gifted her a small aquarium with zebrafish. While attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for her undergraduate degree, Nora volunteered at the New England Aquarium in the Freshwater Gallery; she also completed an internship in the Aquarium Medical Center during that time.
Nora decided to combine her dual interests in fish and medicine by becoming a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. During veterinary school, she spent time training with veterinarians and aquarists whose names aquarium hobbyists might recognize from columns and articles they have written for fish keeping publications–Dr. Myron Kebus (founder of the first fish-only veterinary practice in the Midwest), Scott Dowd (founder of Project Piaba), Dr. Tim Miller-Morgan (aquatic veterinarian and developer of the Oregon Coast Community College Aquarium Sciences Program), Dr. Roy Yanong (professor at the Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory in Florida that provides fish health services for ornamental fish farmers), and Dr. Chris Keller (veterinarian for the Tennessee Aquarium).
Nora received the 2022 Outstanding Veterinary Services Award from the Washington State Veterinary Medical Association for her work with salmon at tribal hatcheries in Western Washington, and she is a Past President for the American Association of Fish Veterinarians.
Jennifer O. Reynolds, M.A.
Jennifer O. Reynolds, M.A.
Jennifer O. Reynolds, M.A.
Jen worked as a Senior Biologist in the public aquarium industry for 15 years after completing her studies in aquaculture technology. Her lifelong passion for fish has resulted in her broad range of experience with many aspects of the industry, including underwater fieldwork in Lake Tanganyika, breeding rare freshwater stingrays, opening
Jen worked as a Senior Biologist in the public aquarium industry for 15 years after completing her studies in aquaculture technology. Her lifelong passion for fish has resulted in her broad range of experience with many aspects of the industry, including underwater fieldwork in Lake Tanganyika, breeding rare freshwater stingrays, opening new aquarium exhibits, conducting dive surveys, and working in tilapia aquaculture, aquarium product sales and home and business aquarium maintenance.
As an avid photographer and writer, she wrote the chapter for care of freshwater stingrays in the 2010 Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual, a professional guide for public aquarium professionals. She has also published a number of articles in popular aquarium literature including Aquarium Fish International, Cichlid News and Amazonas, and contributed to several scientific manuscripts. Jen wrote her Master’s thesis about the psychosocial dimensions of working in a public aquarium.
These days, Jen works in finance and is a community representative member on Simon Fraser University's Animal Care Committee. She spends her free time tending to species that fascinate her in her home aquariums.