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Shine On

October 13, 2015by lepeavey Leave a comment

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 […]

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2015, Communicating Science, Conservation & Management, Education, Refugio Oil Spill, Research Updates, STEM

All wrapped up, in love

April 29, 2014by lepeavey 4 Comments

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) […]

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2014, Blue whales, Bycatch, Communicating Science, Conservation & Management, Humpback whales

About the legal (over?)harvest of sea turtle eggs at Ostional

September 6, 2013by lepeavey Leave a comment

If you are fond of sea turtles (and who isn’t?), at some point during the past few years you’ve probably received an email forward with pictures of Costa Ricans carrying […]

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Conservation & Management, ETP olive ridleys

The man (and women) behind the curtain

April 12, 2013by lepeavey Leave a comment

Well, tomorrow is my last day in the UH Biogeochemical Stable Isotope Lab.  I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here, and its been wildly productive!  I have worked through most […]

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2013, ETP olive ridleys, Research Updates, Stable Isotopes

Turtle Talk with Kinders

April 2, 2013by lepeavey 1 Comment

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 […]

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2013, Communicating Science, Education, ETP olive ridleys, Stable Isotopes

A Tale of a Turtle Model(er)

March 26, 2013by lepeavey 1 Comment

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.  […]

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2013, Communicating Science, Green sea turtles, Population models, Research Updates

March Madness

March 20, 2013by lepeavey 2 Comments

I am currently in preparation for complete madness here in the lab.  It’s March, and I have so much to do!  So many samples to run, and so many basketball […]

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2013, ETP olive ridleys, Research Updates, Stable Isotopes

Turtle Wrangler turned Lab Rat

March 11, 2013by lepeavey 3 Comments

On Friday, I finished my first of six weeks of lab work at the University of Hawai’i (UH) at Manoa’s Biogeochemical Stable Isotope Facility.  My work here will contribute to […]

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2013, ETP olive ridleys, Research Updates, Stable Isotopes
Photo by Ari S. Friedlaender

Music with Dinner

December 26, 2012by lepeavey 7 Comments

Happy Holidays from Turtles in the Deep!  Tis the season for peace, joy, laughter, food and music… Speaking of food and music, recently Dr. Alison Stimpert, myself, and colleagues at […]

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2012, Humpback whales, Research Updates
TID entry in NSF's Creating the Future video contest

Creating the Future

October 27, 2012by lepeavey Leave a comment

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, […]

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2012, Communicating Science, Fundraising

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