Rachel Sandquist

Wave playing scientist at the intersection of science, art, and stoke
UCSB IGPMS Graduate Student in the Carlson Lab
BSc University of Miami

[Katharine Kollman @cassec0u]

Big ole grainy bait ball 🎞️

[Meredith Seeley, PhD @Meredith_Seeley]

I'm very excited to share a ✨New Paper✨ out today in @STOTEN_journal !

We investigated how microplastics affect disease progression, using a common farmed fish🐟

This graphical abstract sums it up, or you can read more about our results in this🧵

https://t.co/la3VOsKhhN

[Dr Richard Kirby @PlanktonPundit]

Ghastly plastic now lurks among all the beautiful glass of the diatoms in my plankton sample. Microplastic fragments and plastic microfibers. Every inshore sample I now collect contains our plastic litter. @zeiss_micro

[Rachel Sandquist @SandquistRachel]

fun with some film around the Channel Islands the other day, developing an unequivocal love of kelp

[Center for Marine Debris Research @DebrisResearch]

Two job postings in one day?!
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CMDR is also looking for a Research Scientist to lead plastic additive chemistry research. ⠀
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If interested, apply now!
https://t.co/1GgM05AqNH

[Rachel Sandquist @SandquistRachel]

POV of the corals in Kāneʻohe Bay during @DebrisResearch photogrammetry field days

[Rachel Sandquist @SandquistRachel]

there is a very fine line between the amount of espresso consumed at the end of the week needed to do research and the ability to handle microplastics without the caffeine shakes

[Rachel Sandquist @SandquistRachel]

two of my favorite views
#35mm

[Rachel Sandquist @SandquistRachel]

puppy visits should be mandatory every Monday
@DebrisResearch

[MBARI @MBARI_News]

In 2020, MBARI researchers discovered thousands of mysterious holes or pits on the deep seafloor off the coast of Big Sur. A closer look at these mico-depressions revealed a variety of objects like rocks, kelp holdfasts, bones, and lots of trash and fishing gear.
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[Rachel Sandquist @SandquistRachel]

aloha Friday sunrise over Molokai ◡̈

[Center for Marine Debris Research @DebrisResearch]

Check out our co-director Dr. Lynch talk about the Maui polystyrene ban!
The event is hosted by Maui Nui Marine Resource Council and is free, but registration is required. Sign up at https://t.co/AK8aODvtFj.

[Parley @parleyforoceans]

"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water." — Loren Eiseley

[Rachel Sandquist @SandquistRachel]

empty waves are hard to find on Oahu, but not impossible

[Rachel Sandquist @SandquistRachel]

Malibu Tide Pool Adventure #35mm

[Rachel Sandquist @SandquistRachel]

some fun lab film

@DebrisResearch

[SETAC Microplastics Interest Group @SETAC_plastics]

@jasminethea_yu Talk by @SandquistRachel on their novel methodology for removing MP from marine sediments. Created an efficient and low-cost density separation device using nontoxic high density sodium polytungstate. Can apply to sediment cores!

[Dr Richard Kirby @PlanktonPundit]

Shocking video reveals the presence of plastic microfibers among the copepods that have been eaten by this tiny hydrozoan I found in the autumn plankton off Plymouth, UK this week. @zeiss_micro

[Center for Marine Debris Research @DebrisResearch]

Our Standardardized Polymer Kit 1.0 is featured in presentation 08.03.14 at @SETAC_world by Kellie Teague talking about the importance of standard reference materials in #microplastic research

@SETAC_plastics

[Center for Marine Debris Research @DebrisResearch]

Research technician Raquel Corniuk is presenting on how we document the derelict fishing gear in Hawaii using analytical methods (presentation 08.03.07) @SETAC_plastics @SETAC_world