Meet the Scientist: Brian Helmuth, Aquanaut and Chief Science Officer for Proteus Ocean Group Brian Helmuth, PhD., is an aquanaut and marine environmental scientist at Northeastern University who loves to spend his time diving and exploring the ocean as he studies the effects of climate change on bodies of water on our planet. Helmuth… Continue Reading Episode 200: How Much is there Still to Learn About the Ocean?
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Meet the Expert: Jennie Janssen, assistant curator at the National Aquarium and President and cofounder of MIAZS Jennie Janssen (she/her) is the President and Co-Founder of Minorities in Aquarium & Zoo Science (MIAZS), an Assistant Curator at National Aquarium, and a Research Associate at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Specializing in the care of… Continue Reading Episode 184: Do all Jellyfish have Stinging Snot?
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Presidential Award-Winning teacher and hula hoop enthusiast, Beth loves bringing real world science to kids! A graduate of College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, Maine, she loves engineering challenges, technology, environmental education, and outdoor learning spaces. After 25 years teaching kindergarten, she’s excited to share her passion and experience on-line with classrooms from around the… Continue Reading Episode 149: How Do You Study Manatees?
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Meet the Expert: Steve Creech, Executive Director and CEO of the Wyland Foundation Since 2008, Steve has served as executive director and President for the Wyland Foundation. He is the co-author of “Hold Your Water: 68 Things You Need to Know to Keep Our Planet Blue,” a fresh look at the importance of water in… Continue Reading Episode 141: How Can We Help the World’s Oceans?
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Take a deep dive into the ocean with this BEST of Aquatic Animals episode. Enjoy snipppets of chats with Dr. Amy Apprill (Do Whales Have Germs?) Gretchen Burson (How To Train a Shark) and Dr. Katie Lotterhos (Can You Predict Which Animals will Survive Environmental Change).… Continue Reading Episode 114: The BEST of Aquatic Animals!
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Meet the Expert: Dr. Anna Michel, Associate Scientist/ Ocean Engineer Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Michel graduated with her PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering in 2007. In 2012, she began her career as an assistant scientist at WHOI. She went on to lead the… Continue Reading Episode 101: How Do You Design a Sensor to Learn About the Deep Ocean?
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Meet the Expert: Dr. Amy Apprill, Marine Microbial Ecologist Dr. Amy Apprill is a marine microbial ecologist and Associate Scientist in the Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry department. Apprill’s research focuses on the ecology of microbial communities (or ‘microbiomes’) residing in association with sensitive animal hosts and ecosystems of the ocean. She studies the factors driving… Continue Reading Episode 81: Do Whales Have Germs?
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Please give a huge welcome to our new co-host, Jeff Gonyea!! You can read more about him here: Our regular podcast will resume next week. In the mean time, please enjoy a few clips of some our BEST of the OCEAN podcasts. Click on the title if you want to hear the entire podcast… Continue Reading Episode 49: The BEST of the OCEAN…Replay (and WELCOME to Our New Co-host!)
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Solve It for Kids podcast is taking a holiday hiatus, but we didn’t want to leave you without your STEM/STEAM fix, so we came up with a few clips of some our BEST podcasts. This theme is OCEAN!! Take a listen. Click on the title if you want to hear the entire podcast forCarlee… Continue Reading Episode 32: The BEST of the OCEAN
Read MoreMeet the Expert: Diana Fontaine Diana Fontaine is a Ph.D. student using genetic techniques to study phytoplankton diversity. She is interested in understanding how environmental stressors associated with climate change affect phytoplankton community dynamics and thus, overall ecosystem function. Prior to working in the Rynearson Lab at URI-GSO, she spent two years as a plankton… Continue Reading Episode 25: How Do You Study Tiny Organisms in an Ecosystem as Vast as the Ocean?
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Meet the Expert: Grant Lockridge, Diving Officer Grant is the Diving Officer and lead engineering technician for Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama. As the diving officer, Grant is in charge of preparing the dives for scientists who come down to Dauphin Island to conduct research. He goes out and surveys the area in advance… Continue Reading Episode 21: How Do You Capture Live, Venomous Lionfish for Scientists?
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