Today Kira Telford defended her MEERM thesis! She had two chapters that she presented during her talk. The first chapter was called "Assessing the Assessments: A Meta-analysis of Body Condition Methods Across Cetacean Taxa". The second chapter was "How Robust is Eschrichtius robustus? A Novel Photographic Index of Body Condition from boat-based photographs of Gray Whales". Lab mates, colleagues and collaborators at the Cascadia Research Collective cheered her on, and we celebrated afterwards with pizza and champagne. Way to go, Kira!! Today, Amadi was invited to serve as a Women & Whales panelist at the Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Discovery Center in Savannah, Georgia. The panel discussion took place after a public screening of the documentary "Saving the Right Whale". Amadi answered public questions, and used this opportunity to share her expertise on the specific threats that right whales face when they migrate to their Southeast US calving ground. This was a fantastic opportunity to provide public education and outreach on a topic that is extremely relevant to the people who live in coastal Georgia! |
AuthorErin Meyer-Gutbrod is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina. Her lab researches human impacts to marine ecosysems. Archives
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