Freya Pellie

Clinical Lab Scientist, Artist, Zoology Grad.
Interests: interplay of anthropogenic activities and wildlife, marine mammals, and outreach 🐋🐬

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

@orangutantoucan 😂
Visits beautiful rainforest, photographs poop, joyous success.

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

Camera roll of a zoologist:
Expectation? Cute animal photos
Reality? ... 😅

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

Lovely news to wake up to this morning - good job @TripAdvisor ! 🐋🐬

https://t.co/Xr3MJHL3PG

[Therese Karlsson, PhD @therese_my]

Excellent presentation by @machadoaas on microplastics in terrestrial ecosystems showing several effects on plants and soil biophysical environment.

Highlights and published studies in this thread:

[Dr Esther Odekunle @EstOdek]

QUESTION: What makes someone a scientist?

I’ll start with one:

If you ‘do’ the science (i.e. generate the data) then you’re a scientist. Period. It doesn’t matter if you are a bachelors/masters/PhD student. If you DO the science, you are a scientist.

[Dr Imogen Napper @Imogennapper]

My 3-year experiment is out today! This is a biodegradable plastic bag after 3-years in the marine environment, and it can hold a full bag of shopping. Biodegradable/compostable items do not necessarily break down quickly in natural environments like the ocean 🌊

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

*Free* online open course on marine litter. Covering options and tools to combat pollution; intended to inspire leadership, increase awareness and stimulate creative solutions (available in multiple languages).
https://t.co/MDSU3FWJSs

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

How important are freshwater systems as a source of marine plastics? 4.2t estimated to enter the Black Sea daily from the Danube River

"The Danube so colourful: A potpourri of plastic litter outnumbers fish..." https://t.co/tfMwp83WBF

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

@JambeckResearch do you have a link for the full infographic you have as your cover photo? Would love to see the whole thing!

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

Great research/life advice from Simon Milne @RBGE_Science #seecc2019 #thinkbig

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

@AENMcGregor Thank you! And thanks so much for your support and guidance throughout!

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

@Soilfit @2019Seecc @peoplemakeGLA @SEFARIscot Super interesting talk - thank you so much for sharing your work!

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

Really interesting talk today by @lola_paradinas looking at different methods for sampling coastal microplastics - including some great ideas for controls. Image of preliminary finds from wild mussels. #SEECC2019 #microplastics

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

Super interesting couple of days at #SEECC2019 - so grateful to have had the opportunity to share some of my research, meet new folk, and learn about other new findings! Even picked up a prize for my talk! 🦆💩

[Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2026 @SNSC2026]

Congrats to our winners! For posters and talks! Great presentations all around!

#seecc2019
#naturescot

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

@DiandraDuengen Thanks! 🍃

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

Slides for first ever conference presentation almost complete and managed to include the poop emoji 15 times 💩 #seriousscience

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

@NicoleRETodd Congrats!! ✨

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

Pretty comprehensive guide to paper writing (see comments)

[Michael White @MWClimateSci]

I’ve handled the review of > 1000 papers at @nature. Over time, you notice aspects of presentation on which reviewers tend to comment. In the interests of minimizing hassles during review, I offer the following suggestions (a bit targeted to climate papers).

[Prof Pennie Lindeque @LindequePk]

Marine plastic has an ecological, social and economic impact across the globe. This study estimates a highly conservative cost to humans of $3K - $33K for every tonne of #marineplastic. Please RT and read to find out more https://t.co/wE9IMr5r3y

[Freya Pellie @FreyaPellie]

Handed in something I've been working on for about 7 months (plus planning prior to that) and that was a pretty good feeling!
Really grateful to have had the opportunity to do this and super excited to be able to share some of my findings next month at @2019Seecc !🦆🌿