My First Blog Post

“We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as it our lives depended on it, because they do”

— Sylvia A.Earle

This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

I graduated with a MSc in Aquatic Biology from the University of Portsmouth, UK in 2018. For my main research project I used computer modelling to investigate the impact that climate change could have on coralline algae across Europe by 2100.

Since the age of 10 when my Dad took me snorkeling for the first time in Spain I fell in love with the ocean. I remember when I came out the sea so excited about how close the fish got to the mask – I couldn’t quite believe there was a new entire world under the waves that I had never seen before.

Then a couple of years later when I was still fixated on wildlife and David Attenborough documentaries and fascinated by the ocean, my parents told me that I could get a job studying the ocean, and people that did this were called Marine Biologists!

Since then I’ve always dreamed of working in ocean conservation and studying coral reefs .. and I still can’t believe that this is going to be my ACTUAL JOB NOW..

I am currently in Madagascar to start my new role as Principal Investigator for Frontier Madagascar. While here I will be leading research on coral reefs, mangrove nursery’s and marine litter on the Island of Nosy-be. This will be my first job in marine biology – and I’m excited to get started!!

At the moment I’m still in Antananarivo working through the visa application process so I can stay and work here for the next year. This is a completely new system for everyone, so it has come with it’s challenges – but luckily I’m being joined by two other staff members over the weekend, so we can work through it together.

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