Former microplastics scientist. Now a science and climate consultant. Alumna of @Scripps_Ocean & @DukeMarineLab. #womeninSTEM
San Diego, CA
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Today marks 6 months since I left scientific research for climate philanthropy (and a bit of impact investing). I absolutely love it but it’s a whole new world. What I’ve learned so far and how it’s helpful for my scientist and scicomm friends, a 🧵 (1/ )
A new article just came out about our ongoing work developing a near real-time microplastics sensor for drinking water. The sensor aims to be faster, cheaper, and more efficient than our current sampling methods! @AppliedOceanSci
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My brother and sister-in-law evacuated the fires and got to my house around 9:20 yesterday. My sister-in-law was on a work zoom at 10.
I just feel like we’re doing it all wrong. All of it.
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I kept changing my mind which Jimmy Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
I 100% agree with @Brownkyl1. Growing up in the pressure cooker of the Silicon Valley, these families were everywhere and they were rarely the kids that thrived in the long run. Or some in the short run.
Growing up, I saw lots of kids raised exactly like Vivek recommends. It typically didn’t pay off at all. (1/12)
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Dr. Jenni Brandon 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦 retweeted
American 🇺🇸 inventions you ask?
Polio vaccine
Measles vaccine
Mumps vaccine
Rubella vaccine
Hib vaccine
I can keep going, but the point: Childhood immunizations = America’s gift to the world, with new estimates that they’ve saved 154 million pediatric lives over last 50 years
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Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to put pressure on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research
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🎉 Celebrating 75 years of groundbreaking ocean research and conservation! 🌊
🎂 Join us in honoring CALCOFI’s legacy of dedication, innovation, and environmental stewardship, past and present.
Here’s to the next chapter of discovery and impact on our oceans. 🌎💙 #calcofi75
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We still do not know what causes autism.
We do know that the MMR vaccine does not cause autism.
We need more research on the cause of autism.
We don't need more research on MMR as a cause of autism (it's been done and its not).
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OPEN 🎤 #PhD position @uwanews @uwaoceans on the use of genomic methods for coral reef conservation and threatened species. 🪸
Instructions 👇
Preferred skills include demonstrated skills in #Bioinformatics
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Almost nothing about plastic surprises me anymore but this one threw me for a loop.
Black plastic products—such as spatulas, sushi trays, and children’s toys—are regularly made from recycled electronic waste. Many of these products contain concerning levels of flame retardants—and they are leaching into our food, @ZoeSchlanger reports: theatln.tc/ZyySjeEF
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This is absolutely the weirdest and best part of Halloween.
"Mundane Halloween" returns!
It's that time of year again, when Japanese website @dailyportalz holds its annual contest to dress up as something super ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2024 contest!
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Leaving on a 5 day business trip so I made sure that this baby made it in the mail first #VoteEarly
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