World Sea Turtle Day — Celebrate Conservation Successes!
Friday was International Sea Turtle Day! To honor our hard- and soft-shelled marine reptile friends, I’d like to try and clear up a confusing news story that went viral one […]
Category Archives: Communicating Science
Shine On
Part 2: Shine On This past summer I had the opportunity to mentor eight outstanding undergraduate interns from all over the state of California. We had a lot of fun […]
Community College Rocks
As a PhD student in the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management (a Department made up of all masters and PhD students), I typically work with graduate students, post-docs, […]
Oil and Water
On May 19, 2015, an estimated 21,000 gallons of oil spilled into the Pacific Ocean when a faulty pipeline burst on the Gaviota Coast. Migrating mom and calf gray whales […]
All wrapped up, in love
After driving hours (and hours) through So. California traffic in a rare rainstorm on a Friday evening, we made a quick rest stop at a donut shop (as you do) […]
Communication is Key
It’s been two months since my last blog — what gives? I could give the excuse that I’ve been busy taking a short course on Isotopes in Spatial Ecology and Biogeochemistry at […]
Happy World Turtle Day!
What can you do to celebrate and protect sea turtles today (and perhaps every day)? Here are a few suggestions: Avoid eating shrimp, as thousands of sea turtles accidentally die […]
Turtle Talk with Kinders
Erin Schindler and I graduated from Paul V. Moore High School (Central Square, NY) together in 1998 and have remained good friends. Last Monday, I Skyped with her Kindergarten class […]
A Tale of a Turtle Model(er)
My friend Susie (Hilber) Piacenza is a PhD student at Oregon State University and has been here in Honolulu for two weeks working on a green sea turtle population model. […]
Creating the Future
As a National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellow (GRF), part of my responsibility as a scientist is to communicate my research and its significance to the public. To encourage this, […]
Turtles in the Deep 