Marine science, aquaculture, freediving, rugby
Colchester, England
Joined June 2012
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Well that was quite the week…
#PhD viva on Monday, thanks to @DrNatalieHicks and @NOCnews Prof Chris Hauton for an excellent conversation on the day, and to @oxyrrhis, @ecoevoenviro, @ShellfishRus and @ARIES_DTP for their supervision and assistance throughout. (1/3)
@EssexPostgrads @EssexLifeSci @Uni_of_Essex has been a great place to study and work for the last 4 years, and I’m really proud of what we’ve accomplished as a team. #shellfish #aquaculture #sensors #Sustainability #seafood (2/3)
And then, my first publication was made available online in #AquacultureReports . In collaboration with @AFBI_NI we used our NOSy sensor to monitor Blue mussel behaviour in Dundrum Bay. #waterquality #animalbehaviour #monitoring #HFNI (3/3)
What a week!
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@EssexLifeSci cleaning up at the @Uni_of_Essex Research & Impact Awards! 🍾🥳 Congrats @ejogorman, @DrAndreaMohr1, Alex Dumbrell & the whole #OceanTravellers team! Stoked our 2022 @royalsociety #SummerScience exhibit, film & game were played & enjoyed!
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Amazing PhD opportunity to use cutting edge techniques - acoustic telemetry, echosounders, BRUV, ROV to study fisheries and conservation benefits of UKs first Offshore Mussel Farm. Rope Biodiversity will also be important to quantify jobs.ac.uk/job/CXC175/phd-st…
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We are very excited to annouce that we will be joined by @CRHClover on 25th January for what promises to be a fascinating talk (more details to come...)!
For now please register on our Eventbrite page to attend in-person or online.
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Great turnout from @EssexLifeSci at #BES2022 - talks and posters from microbes to shellfish and fishes and waterfowl, water quality, sentinel animals, nurseries, foodwebs and harvesting - great dancing too 🕺#ceilidh #disco #Ecology
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I have Three #PhDs available @EssexLifeSci - on animal movement and risks, Nature based Flood management and Marine Ecosystem services - two already have adverts - see below - get in touch - #RT and Apply now #gradschool
I am speaking at British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2022. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! #BES2022 - via #Whova event app @ResearchEssex @EssexLifeSci @ecoevoenviro
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Huge congratulations to @m_arya_ on passing her PhD today!
Thanks also to her supervisory team, examiners and the wonderful @saltgiant team.
Enjoyable field work in and around the Dead Sea⬇️
And all prior to his disastrous tenure in No. 10.
I’d like to say I can’t believe this is happening, but the noise of rock bottoms being smashed through is becoming the soundtrack of things…
Great day on/in the water with @otolithgirl and @EssexLifeSci helping with some seine work. Good results and a couple of #seals 🦭 to keep an eye on us!
Last seine of the yr in the Kent Stour! Met friendly public, dogs, @KentWildlife rep + two seals! 🦭 For more info on our studies check out this blog by @joedawson1.
Now for the LABWORK 🤓 xitter.cf/bassangleruk/status/15…
#otolith #lens #isotopes #genes #bassfishing #fisheries #fieldwork
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I have been asked on here if I have ever looked at the benefits of freeports. The honest answer is no, but that is because I have never been able to find any such benefits. I have, however, looked at the massive downsides to this idea that both Sunak and Truss support. A thread..
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I didn't even know this Measurements consultation was taking place.
(No option for metric only!)
It must be one of the People’s Priorities. 🙄
Don’t let Mogg get away with a return to imperial measurements by default. Tell them no. It closes on the 26th. beisgovuk.citizenspace.com/o…
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The minimum UKRI PhD stipend is £16,062 for 2022/23.
Although PhDs are training and do not legally require minimum wage, a comparison is worthwhile:
National minimum wage (age 21-23) is £19,094 (40h/week).
After tax that's £16,836.
Living wage is £19,760 (£17,280 after tax).
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A hierarchy of alienness: Pictures of animals from least to most related to you.
Least-related animal: Sponges. You and sponges are both animals. That's basically all you've got in common.
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In 1951, Adelbert Ames created the mind-boggling ‘Ames Window’. It’s so effective that even when you know how it works you can’t break the illusion [video from The Curiosity Show: buff.ly/36DvRNs]
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MILK TIME 🥛! Have you ever considered that it’s a bit weird that you drink the milk of another animal, and it’s totally normal? Milk is a billion-dollar industry.
A *HUGE* new human evolution paper just dropped, upending one of the great modern evolutionary ideas. 🧵 1/n
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PhD students told to consider selling Avon products to make ends meet theguardian.com/science/2022…
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Learn about the perils faced by #OceanTravellers by playing our new #game, the #MazeOfMisfortune!
Developed by @Uni_of_Essex @SeaUnicorn2020 & @bareknuckledev for the Royal Soc #SummerScience (6-10 July)
#salmon #turtle #whale
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