adventure
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Time to Glow Up
It has taken a few months, and a conversation with the head of the HR department at the University, but I am finally recovering from the most toxic, unprofessional, and discriminatory workplace that I have ever had to endure for longer than 1 month. The last time I worked in an environment this toxic was Continue reading
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You’re so vain, you probably think my blog is about you
“The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.” –Billy Wilder I am not sure why people get so defensive simply because I am describing my observations of them and repeating things that have been openly expressed to me, but this is my blog. I Continue reading
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Science in the time of Corona (virus): Part 1 Moving to Vienna
I am officially a doctor. I graduated with my PhD in December of 2019. I had a post doctoral research position waiting for me at the University of Vienna, so I moved to Austria on January 1, 2020: new year, new me! Moving to Austria from the US had some challenges. While completing my thesis Continue reading
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Photos from a sea expedition part 2
Oh, hey! It looks like I was in the midst of collecting a bunch of pictures of sunsets at sea and forgot to post it! Please enjoy! Continue reading
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Finally published!
I am happy to announce that after doing research for so many years in various settings, throughout my undergraduate and graduate career, I am finally a published scientist. In this publication, I am a contributing author. I haven’t conducted the majority of this research or led this project, but I am one of among a Continue reading
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Photos from my sea expedition (part 1)
I started my trip in Oregon and saw sea lions for the first time! They were so noisy! One would start barking and then they would all chime in. I wanted to post a video, but I need to upgrade my blog account to support video files, so here is a youtube link instead. The Continue reading
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So long and thanks for all the worms!
The weather at 9°N has been atypical since we arrived. All of the crew and scientists agree that this spot has always been warm, serene, and sunny. Instead, we have experienced clouds, rain, gusty winds, and choppy swells. We haven’t been able to see all of the stars at night, which is one of the Continue reading
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ALVIN dive AD-4836
*I am still unable to post pictures because of the bandwidth. I will update when I get to land in November. It’s been four days since I went to the ocean bottom at 2500 feet in the HOV ALVIN. I’m still in the afterglow of the adventure and processing the breadth and extent of the Continue reading
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If astronauts go to space then what do we call people who go to the bottom of the ocean?
We’re less than 24 hours away from our sampling site at 9° N in the East Pacific Ocean. The traverse to the site has been unusually long. Originally, we had been scheduled to leave from Panama City, which would have shortened our travel time by days. We left from Newport, Oregon because a research cruise Continue reading
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Day four, 8 days since home, 5 days from our destination
It’s been 8 days since I left home and it’s the 4th day at sea. We’re getting further off shore now, so the water is nice and blue. I’m expecting the sky to start sparkling with stars free of light pollution by tonight. We had to head inland a little yesterday because one of the Continue reading
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