Felix Smith

PhD candidate @UZH_Science | Dolphin behaviour & marine mammal conservation

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

Excellent but sobering talk by @Flixtter on the impact of an extreme climatic event (marine heatwave) on the survival of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

Great talk by @SvenjaMarfurt on seascape genomics, ecological change and adaptation in coastal bottlenose dolphins in WA #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024 @UZH_en

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

Fabulous talk by @ManuelaBizzozz3 using remote sensing data and environmental DNA to study the ecology and behaviour of bottlenose dolphins #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024 @UZH_en

[Danai Papageorgiou @DanPapageorgiou]

I have no words to describe how awesome this lab is for doing your postdoc! APPLY, APPLY, APPLY!!!

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

Phase 2 of the 2024 @ResearchDolphin field season is underway with a new base set up on the remote Dirk Harthog Island. With brilliant weather, we have thoroughly explored this new + stunning field site. Meeting new dolphins, tiger sharks, dugongs + turtles, is a very happy team!

[Svenja Marfurt @SvenjaMarfurt]

Field work is always great but it is even greater with good company! Looking back on a wonderful two weeks of the BIO341 field course @UZH_Science where students learned how to conduct boat-based research and got to experience what field work with @ResearchDolphin

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

Team West(ern Gulf of Shark Bay) have had a very productive field season, running a number of PhD projects and continuing our long-term data collection - in this thread we share some of their exciting work!🐬🐬🐬

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

MASSIVE Congratulations to Dr Sam Wittwer @samwisewitt for passing his PhD defense today! 🍾🥳🙌🏻 We are so proud of all the fantastic work you have done as part of your PhD🐬🐬🐬 thank you also for being our database whiz and for always making us laugh 🙏🏻

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

BIG shout out to our wonderful research group who are leading the way with their exciting research: @ManuelaBizzozz3 @RiccardoCiccia1 @SvenjaMarfurt @KathrynGHolmes1 @PernilleMS @EmmaChereskin @_laurapalmer93 @StephLMason @samwisewitt @Flixtter and Julia Weidmann 🙌🏻🐬🐬🐬

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

We are incredibly grateful for the investment by @UZH_Science into our long-term fieldwork and our amazing new research station that makes fieldwork more productive (and comfortable!) 🙏🏻 #40years

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

We are celebrating 40 years of research on the #Gathaagudu #SharkBay dolphins 🥳, founded by Richard Connor and Rachel Smolker in 1982. SBDR has shed important light on male cooperation, cultural evolution, dolphin ecology + communication @UZH_Science @BristolBioSci @BiolSci_UWA

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

Our field teams are now in full swing in both the eastern and western gulfs of Shark Bay, conducting a number of research projects on dolphin ecology and behaviour. Check out these amazing colours (and a few feathered friends) 😎🐬

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

And our 2022 field season is underway!🥳 Our team have arrived in #SharkBay #Gathaagudu to kick things off and we have many exciting months ahead with all four PIs, 8 PhD students and 1 Masters student heading to the field this year. Watch this space for lots of 🐬🐬🐬 updates!

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

Excited to be in Mürren in the Swiss Alps for our Shark Bay Dolphin Research work retreat - great talks and great company! 🙌🏻 Thank you for organising @KrutzenMichael 🙏🏻