A few weeks into my FYP lab work now, looking at microplastic abundance in shrimp 🦐 🌊

Our blog post with @GalwayAquariumis now live! You can check it out here: bit.ly/3MSSSSJ to learn about our project and some news about an upcoming event…👀

Delighted to have completed my thesis defence yesterday after handing up my paper earlier this month. It was a nice way to finish my 4 years at ATU Galway City as I got the opportunity to discuss my research project. Huge thanks to my supervisor Fiona Kavanagh for all her help!

Great to have received my results today after 4 years at ATU Galway City. I look forward to working at the ATU MFRC over the summer as I take part in a variety of marine research projects 🌊🦀⛴

I’ve just finshed my first week as a research assistant at Atlantic Technological University ATU MFRC where I’ve been looking at microplastics in coastal sediments 🔬 I’ve also got to meet some amazing Masters and PhD students who I’m learning a lot from! #research #marinescience #microplastics

In Kinvara with Katelyn Katelyn and Anthony Anthony Adu-Gyamfi Atlantic Technological University getting Ascophyllum nodosum samples for our colleagues in the BlueForesting project project @CatiaM_Monteiro jean-baptiste ledoux Fernando Lima + checking loggers ECOHARVEST project. Today we look for Cuvie🌱🤿 in Conamara!

jean-baptiste ledoux BlueForesting project Benthic Ecology Team CIIMAR Marina Dolbeth CIIMAR-UP My pleasure to collaborate with Irish samples. Katelyn Katelyn and I were out today in Trá Mhor collecting the Laminarians. Will upload pictures soon, it was a nice day to be out, flipflop weather always helps!

Out collecting Laminaria hyperborea for BlueForesting project with @DrJoseMFarinas today. A great day for fieldwork and snorkelling!

Kelp on kelp. Drift Laminaria hyperborea stipe as settlement substrate for kelp sporophytes. At An Trá Mhor, Galway with Katelyn.#phycologyfriday

This week I finished up my 10 week Research Assistant position at the Marine & Freshwater Research Centre at ATU, Galway. Huge thanks to the ATU MFRC for funding my research and all the microplastics team! Dr Fiona Kavanagh Roisin Nash @jpglfrias Haleigh Joyce @GMIT_Research

Our poster on the impact of extreme weather events on #microplastic abundance in intertidal sediments will be presented online at #7IMDC tomorrow evening. Special thanks to Katelyn for her work on this and thank you @jpglfrias and Haleigh Joyce for representing us in person!

We really enjoyed listening in to the online talks for Sharks International last week! Here are some of our highlights…

Just got an amazing opportunity to interview Women in Ocean Science, Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS) and Love The Oceans today talking about shark/ray research, the challenge elasmobranchs face today & women in ocean science. Keep an eye on The Ray Project for the interviews & thanks girls for your time!