A Maine Native, Skylar is a marine ecologist who studies population dynamics, & marine conservation, with a specific background in bivalves, in this episode we talk all about Skylars phd, how she measuring reproduction of sea scallops, and her upcoming book with colleague Gabi, Uncharted which details the struggles of different people with different disabilities and their experience in the STEM field. 

check out more from Skylar: https://skylarbayer.wordpress.com/about/

and on Social Media: @drsrbayer on twitter 

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Mimi Ausland is the co-founder of free th oceans, a click to donate site that uses fun trivia questions to help remove plastic from our oceans! In this episode you can hear all about how mimi and the team came up with this idea, and how they implement and actually are removing this plastic and how you can help!!

Check out more and answer questions a: freetheocean.com

Find more on social medias: @freetheocean

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Hanna found her passion for the marine environment back in 2012 when she was working as a deckhand on board the tall ship Soren Larsen for its 7-month voyage of the South Pacific Ocean. Sailing from Sydney (Australia) she went to New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, before we returned to Sydney. Nature dictated the days on board, and her daily encounters with marine animals, including dolphins, flying fish, albatrosses, and pilot whales helped her learn the powers of the ocean. We sailed through storms that tore our sails, through sea-states with 4-meter high waves, and we climbed the mast in pouring rain.

You can check more on her instagram: sustainablebiologist

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Rachel is a Marine Ecologist, PADI Master Scuba Instructor, and USCG 100-ton licensed Captain living  in the Florida Keys.  She works as an independent contractor in a variety of roles, she is a captain for the Coral Restoration Foundation and travels the world and work as a naturalist/undersea specialist/expedition diver aboard Lindblad Expedition and National Geographic vessels (when there isn’t a global pandemic), and is the the head of the training department for Diveheart, a scuba diving training agency that focuses on getting children, adults, and veterans with disabilities scuba diving. Educating and presenting on anything ocean science is Rachels aim in all her jobs. she loves love taking hard-core research and disseminating it into an easily understood form that is both accessible to many education levels and elicits conversation! 

Basically, Rachel is REALLY cool!! 

You can check more on her instagram: chasinsumr

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Hannah's love for the ocean lead her to pursue scientific communication as her passion, sharing information about sharks of course! 

In this episode Jill and Hannah talk about sharks and why their conservation is important and how you can protect them! 

Check out more from Hannah on her instagram: @hannahrudd_wildlife 

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Joëlle is a Belgian marine marine biologist pursuing a PhD in Marine biology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. She started her career as a marine mammal biologist in 2010 and started her own research project with the non-profit organization Association ELI-S (@Eli.scientific) she founded in 2016. The Cetacean conservation project of Nicaragua is a community-based conservation project based on a scientific program that gathers baseline data on whales and dolphins occurring along the pacific coast of Nicaragua (Central America). Implying local communities in her project is, according to her, essential for environmental conservation. With her PhD she wants to understand population dynamics, distribution and habitat use patterns of cetaceans and especially humpback whales.

In this episode Jill and Joelle talk all about Joelles interesting path to her PhD, and some difficulty faced along the way! 

Check out more from Joelle: (@Joelle.DW)

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Check out this link for an AWESOME opportunity to get Caitlins marine conservation course: https://eco-consciousdiver.teachable.com/?affcode=630152_tqsywvxi

Karli is a PhD student at UCDavis where she is working at the nexus of animal welfare and conservation with non-profit organizations and facilities to improve behavioural development and improve survival of animals that are in need of protection and support! By studying these behaviours, Karli's aim with this is  to provide these seals with enrichment rehabilitation that makes an easier transition from rehab back into their natural environment! 

Check out more from Karli on her twitter: @karliricechudeau 

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Chloe works with the Maldives Whale Shark Research project helping to carry out whale shark surveys with volunteers, process the data and carrying out public engagement activities with our local island community! Chloe and the MWSRP are studying a very unique resident population of whale sharks in the Maldives! In this episode Chloe dives in to talk about what work they are doing, why its important, and helps us better understand WHAT is a whale shark?? 

Check out more from Chloe: @Chloe_darwinn 

Check out this link for an AWESOME opportunity to get Caitlins marine conservation course: https://eco-consciousdiver.teachable.com/?affcode=630152_tqsywvxi

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Dr. Kelly Bushnell is a teacher and school of ocean literature, history and culture! She spends her time trying to educate student and people as to why the ocean plays such an integral role in our lives by focusing on past works of historic literature and relating it to the ocean. She is also an avid water woman and spend PLENTY of time in around an advocating for the oceans & creatures in them! 

Learn more and follow along with Kelly @dr.Kelpy

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Molly fell in love with dolphins at a very young age, so when she found out about the horrors of dolphins in captivity, and the behind the scenes of how they get there she decided to dedicate her life to help show the truth behind it. Now working with the Rick O'barry dolphin project Molly wants to help make people aware of what these dolphins go through and the brutal capturing of them that occurs in Taiji, Japan. 

You can learn more at: https://www.dolphinproject.com 

Follow along with Molly: mgray95 

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