Our Team

As part of our Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Engagement Team, Mandy Rigsby works with nature-based tourism businesses to connect visitors to local nature and its wildlife. She also helps coordinate advanced training opportunities for the Mississippi Master Naturalist's Coastal Chapter.

Based at Mississippi State University's Coastal Research and Extension Center, Mandy serves MSU as a wildlife specialist who researches forest bat ecology on the Mississippi coast. 

In the past, Mandy has served as the coordinator for the Mississippi Coastal Cleanup Program.

She holds a bachelor's degree in marine biology from Southeast Missouri State University and a master's degree in wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture from Mississippi State University.