chessie

M.S. ‘23. elasmobranch & marine animal ecophysiology 🦈 AAUS Research Diver. Nudi nerd. Research Assistant with Vantuna Research Group

[chessie @chesseaa]

presenting a poster at #JMIH2024 #AES2024 stop by friday night and say hey!

[chessie @chesseaa]

I am hoping to start a PhD in the coming years. Looking to do marine animal ecophys, ideally elasmobranchs but open to other organisms. Interested in thermal tolerance, temperature shuttling, metabolism, energy usage, how abiotic factors drive habitat usage and movement etc.

[chessie @chesseaa]

gorg pacific torpedo ray 💫💫💫

[chessie @chesseaa]

fellow elasmo peeps! Have you ever seen projections like this on the snout of a shovelnose guitar fish (Pseudobatos productus)? I’ve never seen this before on any shovelnose I’ve handled.

[Journal of Experimental Biology @J_Exp_Biol]

If you’re working in animal comparative physiology or biomechanics & are within 5 years of setting up your first lab, apply for our ECR Visiting Fellowships & Research Partnership Kickstart Travel Grants.
Deadline 3 June

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[chessie @chesseaa]

tiniest round ray I’ve ever seen!!!

[chessie @chesseaa]

was honored to give the @Occidental biology seminar last week! I remember being a senior in undergrad and going to my seminars class, what a full circle thing!

[chessie @chesseaa]

super awesome recent elasmo sightings at work. Pacific angel shark, california skate, and california butterfly ray

[Dr. Kelsi Rutledge @fishandfreckles]

Students are often worried to “double email” profs to not seem rude. But PSA: always send a follow up email!! Most profs aren’t ignoring you they missed it or forgot to respond. Be persistent! Especially if applying to grad school and emailing prospective PIs- keep emailing!

[chessie @chesseaa]

beautiful king tides day!

[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

#Whales that prefer #zooplankton over fish have wider nostril spacing, which may better-equip them to sniff-out zooplankton. Read "Morphology of nares associated with stereo-olfaction in baleen whales" - https://t.co/Wz3w5Ya9K6 #BiologyLetters #sensoryecology #chemicalecology

[chessie @chesseaa]

@fishandfreckles @SICB_ I have that same plush!

[chessie @chesseaa]

@WhySharksMatter that would be super wonderful thank you!!

[chessie @chesseaa]

friends who are professors! This is going to be my first semester teaching outside of grad school (ahhhh)! I’ve seen a lot of posts about students using Chat GPT to do their work for them. How are you able to figure that out?? Is there a software? Is it just based on vibes?

[Emma Carroll @EmzLCarroll]

Interested in funded PhD position in marine megafauna foraging ecology and health?

Opportunity @AucklandUni on "Drivers of the foraging ground use & recovery in Southern Ocean climate sentinel – southern right whale"

Fantastic supervisory team, info: https://t.co/3EVTVGzoWP

[chessie @chesseaa]

found another large amount of horn shark eggs with friends on New Year’s day! all hatched and all around the same two beaches I always find them at. Curious why I seem to find so many of them concentrated in this area and not really in other areas.

[chessie @chesseaa]

tidepools have been good!!!

[chessie @chesseaa]

aiming for more vaguely marine biology themed knits in 2024