Having no publications to my name and only nebulous drafts of several (hopefully) publishable papers, I am not an expert on how to get published. This is why I attended a student workshop on this very topic at the 2018 ASLO summer meeting in Victoria, BC. In this workshop a panel of editors in chief … Continue reading
When I tell people I am a graduate student at a marine lab they often ask me about what type of sea creatures I get to work with. I then have to do my best to explain what I actually do without them completely losing interest in my research. I will now attempt to do … Continue reading
Funding for scientific research can come from all sorts of seemingly unlikely sources. Recently, a ten-year ecological research and monitoring program funded by the US Department of Defense (DoD) came to a close. I was lucky enough to attend the final symposium where researchers from across the East Coast presented their findings. When I first … Continue reading
Symposia! AKA great, low stakes opportunities to get out of the office, share the results you have been trying to make sense of for months, and hear about the cool research being done by your peers (plus free food). I had the opportunity to go to a few symposia recently and thought I would … Continue reading
http://college.unc.edu/2014/06/03/oysters/ Perhaps you’ve eaten an oyster – if so, you are far braver than me, but have you even taken the time to ask an oyster how it’s feeling? I hadn’t until I started working on a class project looking at the relationship between oyster health and climate. For over two decades, NOAA (National Oceanic … Continue reading
‘Tis the season for relaxing and enjoying a hot drink with friends and family indoors. The hundred degree days that graced chapel hill this summer are now a distant memory. Finals have ended and visiting my family over the holidays means trekking up north. As much as I wish I could stay cozy indoors from … Continue reading
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