Amata Hinkle

Background

About Amata Hinkle

My background is biochemistry & neuroscience, I have a Master of Science and over a decade experience in biochemistry / biotechnology, initially working in antibody and ELISA design, and later in neurobiology specifically neuralgia. I absolutely love nature and always wanted to be a field biologist, I just never had the chance until more recently. In 2010 I became a caver and so of course I wished to learn more about all cave science topics. This lead me to entomology, doing some work in caves in the UK and later in Spain as a part of the Matienzo Caves Project (you can follow us on twitter @karstentomology). I live in the TAG caving region however, and thus found Dr. Matthew Niemiller at UAH and now participate in karst biology research here as well. I also excel at cave surveying and cartography, as well as Single Rope Technique specializing in long rope. Growing out of my scientific and biology background I also study animal behavior, specifically in regards to dog training, and have been an instructor since 2013 and have my CPDT-KA certification. I also have over a decade of Cave/High Angle/Wilderness search & rescue experience; currently my Australian Shepherd and I are a NASAR certified Wilderness Area search team. For over 20 years I have also done freelance design and photography. My specialty is the ability to fuse art with science. No job is too big or too small; I've done everything from a product print catalog to figures for grants to designing the cover of Neuroscience and being published on National Geographic.