"When I tell people I am a marine biologist, everybody thinks I'm swimming with dolphins and whales. In reality, I spend my time in the field collecting mussels, oysters, crabs and seaweeds to test their behavioural and physiological responses to microplastics. In this photo, taken in October 2024 near the village of Hafnarfjörður in southwestern Iceland, I'm collecting samples of the European green crab, Carcinus maenas, from a dense bed of Ascophyllum nodosum, a seaweed."
"I did my doctoral studies at the Centre of Marine Sciences at the University of Algarve in Faro, Portugal. While I wait to defend my thesis, I'm doing a postdoc at the University of Lille in France. In my research, my colleagues and I compare the impact of microplastics on genetically distinct populations of several species, including certain molluscs and crustaceans."
I conduct fieldwork collecting mussels, oysters, crabs and seaweeds to test behavioural and physiological responses to microplastics. In October 2024 near the village of Hafnarfjörður in southwestern Iceland, I collected European green crab (Carcinus maenas) from a dense bed of Ascophyllum nodosum, whose fronds reach 0.5 to 2 metres and can cover a beach. I completed doctoral studies at the Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve in Faro, Portugal, and am doing a postdoc at the University of Lille while waiting to defend my thesis. My research compares microplastic impacts on genetically distinct populations of molluscs and crustaceans.
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