Oceanbites Out Loud

An Interview with Jaime Ojeda

On this episode of Oceanbites Out Loud, we are interviewing Jaime Ojeda. Jaime is a PhD candidate who is working with Dr. Natalie Ban at the University of Victoria. He studies and documents indigenous relationships with nature both in BC (Haida Gwaii) and in Chile (Patagonia) in social and ecological contexts. To view more about his work check out the links below.
Mini-documentary
Science Article
BioScience Article
 
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An Interview with Dr. Brett Jameson

Brett recently graduated with his doctorate from the University of Victoria and his research focuses on the role of microbes in biogeochemical cycles in marine ecosystems. Brett is currently a postdoctoral researcher working at Arizona State and the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.
Website: bdjameson.com
Twitter: @bdjameson
 
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An Interview with Dr. Cindy Lebrasse

Cindy is part of the blue carbon project team with Silvestrum Climate Associates. She is currently based in Mauritius but works on carbon projects all over the world. She was also the author featured in our very first podcast episode! Supplemental links mentioned in the episode are below. 
Google Scholar Profile
Learn more about carbon credits - Klimatx and Verra
Internship opportunities with ORISE
 
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An Interview with Matt Miller

On our latest episode we interview Matt Miller. Matt is a PhD candidate at the University of Victoria in the Dower Lab. He studies marine snails called pteropods (AKA sea butterflies) as a bioindicator for ocean acidification. Matt recently published a new paper and you can read more about his research here. 
Surfrider Foundation: https://canada.surfrider.org/
Insta: @matt_millr_
 
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An Interview with Rebecca Crawford

For this Oceanbites Out Loud episode we interview Rebecca Crawford. Becca is a Master's student at the University of Victoria who works in the Varela Lab. She studies phytoplankton dynamics in the Northern Pacific & Arctic. 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/becca.crawford.165
Website: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/varelalab/rebecca-crawford/
 
Interview by Ashley Mickens
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An Interview with Valeria Contreras

Valeria (they/them) is a Master's student at the Universitat Politècnica de València in València, Spain. They study the ecology relating to the invasive blue crab, with the goal of improving monitoring for marine ecosystems and implementing sustainable conservation strategies.
 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeria-contreras-casado-80435a251
 
Recorded and Edited by Ashley Mickens
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An Interview with Jaclyn Torkelson

We interview oceanbites author and leadership team member Jaclyn Torkelson. Jaclyn has recently defended her PhD at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). She studies the chemistry of sand on coral reefs by using lipids (like cholesterol) to figure out where it came from.
 
Twitter: @DesertAndReef
Website: https://jftork.wixsite.com/jaclyn-torkelson
Healthy Ocean Coalition: https://www.healthyoceancoalition.org/
One People One Reef: https://onepeopleonereef.org/
 
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An Interview with Alyssa Pietraszek

Alyssa is a PhD candidate who is studying indicators of sea level rise at the University of Haifa in Israel. Her work focuses on combining geologic, archaeological and historical records to better understand how sea level rise is changing in response to climate change.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssa-pietraszek/
 
Episode Recorded and Edited by: Ashley Mickens
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An Interview with Dominique Maucieri

Dominique is a PhD student in the Bates Lab at the University of Victoria. She currently studies multiple stressors in reef ecosystems and leads the EcoStats working group on campus. Find her online:
Twitter: @dgmaucieri
Website: https://dominiquemaucieri.com
 
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Are Seagrasses Our Climate Change Superheroes?

Did you know that seagrasses filter out pollutants in the water, create homes for fish and other small marine animals, and protect our coastlines from the threat of floods? Listen here to about this marine flowering plant. 
 
Article Written by Nicole Mucci
Recorded and Edited by Julie Maurer and Ashley Mickens. 
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