Yesterday was the first day of the WKARMSE workshop in Cagliari, Italy. Involving researchers from 7 different countries to discuss aging and maturity of sharks and rays, and I got the opportunity to present my aging research! #age #sharks #rays #travellingforwork Aquaculture & Fisheries - WUR

What it's like working on a 24hr commercial fishing vessel for research #ocean #fishing #phd Aquaculture & Fisheries - WUR

The world may not need to hear this but I need to share it .... I've finished processing the last of my DNA samples!! Attached the last sample, the last sample to complete them all!! #labwork #complete #done #timetoleavetheoffice Aquaculture & Fisheries - WUR

I climbed a mountain!! #indonesia #steephike #achieved

Our article is online! A big thank you to Julia Kivit for giving us an interview and helping us raise awareness for our project! You can read the full article here 👇 NB. Only in Dutch #news #spreadtheword #OrangeTags #rays Aquaculture & Fisheries - WUR ad.nl/vlissingen/vin…

Spent a week at sea on a commercial vessel and tagged another 30 rays! The weather was great and the crew were amazing! Now I'm on the Tridens for 2 weeks for the annual bottom trawl survey, more good weather expected and hopefully more rays 🤞 Aquaculture & Fisheries - WUR #WMR #gonefishing #ocean

Back from my 2 weeks at sea joining the Dutch Beam Trawl Survey on the Tridens. It was a great week (with some good weather) and I got to sample lots of sharks and rays! #wmr #research #ocean #fishing Aquaculture & Fisheries - WUR

The beginning of North Sea Days (Noordzeedagen) 2023 on Texel. Over the next two days we will be looking at changes in the North Sea with regards to climate change, fishing and research. Looking forward to presenting my poster later today! #communication #climatechange #northsea

Had a great time at the North Sea Day (Noorzeedagen) lots of good presentations, a trip to the beach and presented my poster! A good chance to raise awareness for my tagging research! #networking #ocean #tags #beach

Arrived safely in Cherborg (after some long hours of driving) and getting ready to start the survey. I'll be working on the French Reseach vessel: Thalassa and hope to get my last few tags deployed🤞🐟#thelaststretch #ocean #research #rays #WMR

After being at sea for a total of 6 months over the past 2 and a half years, I'm happy to announce I have finally deployed all 286 of my tags! I got back from sea yesterday and today I'm presenting at the #EEA2023 and taking time to celebrate!! #ocean #research Aquaculture & Fisheries - WUR

Last week at work we painted some Christmas Tree decorations... does anyone need to guess what I painted 🤣 #raysforlife #Christmas #festive #wmr Aquaculture & Fisheries - WUR

And...12 hours later I have chemically cleaned and stained 32 ray vertebrae for age reading. Age reading is a labor intensive process taking ~5! This is the most I've been able to do in one day so I'm super proud and ready for some relaxing time 😅#lab #wmr #progress Aquaculture & Fisheries - WUR

I have now officially started my 4th year as a PhD, hereby the obligatory video about my PhD journey so far! #wmr #Phdlife #ocean #celebrate Aquaculture & Fisheries - WUR

Went to comiccon this weekend and met the cast of Red Dwarf! I got some pictures with them holding my tags to help raise some awareness for my research. Keep looking out for more tags this summer! #smeghead #boysfromthedwarf #tags #beaches

It was a great opportunity to talk (and hopefully inspire) the next generation of conservationists and it was also a nice reminder of how far I've actually come in my own career and all the struggles I've had on my way here @colegcambria #inspirational #reminiscing

I had an amazing day with the 'Sharkatag' crew and I caught my first shark! It was also my first fish with a fishing rod! We caught a few different species, including some smooth hounds, a tope shark, and a stingray! #sportvisserijnederland #wmr #sharks #rays #gonefishing