Please share! We’re recruiting a PhD student to study microplastic presence, distribution & impacts in Rhode Island, USA. Join a large, collaborative, statewide capacity-building project funded by #NSF. 🌊🔬 https://t.co/xxzDV1UAIP
#PhDposition#Microplastics#plastictreaty
This weekend I graduated with my PhD from the University of Rhode Island! Very grateful for the mentorship of my advisors, Coleen Suckling and Andy Davies, and looking forward to continuing to research emerging environmental contaminants as an ORISE postdoc fellow at the US EPA
Excited to be representing @universityofri this Friday at the Northeastern Association of Graduate School's 3-Minute Thesis regional competition! If you like #microplastics and/or #crabs...tune in!
Our amazing Coastal and Environmental Fellow Lindsey built a model rack of humpback baleen and tested to see what shapes/sizes of #microplastics might be retained during filter feeding. Go Lindsey!! #oceanplastic#womeninscience
A big month for RI EPSCoR! First, NSF Director @DrPanch reviewed our #research & broader #impacts, and last week, investigators presented at the 2023 Global Plastics Forum @universityofri. More on their efforts tackling the #plastics problem: https://t.co/qOvqLudvgi @URIPlastics
This experimental study's goal is to better understand the vulnerability or resiliency of Jonah crab to the impacts of microfiber ingestion after consuming filter-feeding bivalves, like oysters or mussels. @rhodeislandsg@RIEPSCoR@uricels
#JonahCrab is a quickly growing commercial species, with RI landings accounting for about 25% of the total US harvest. However, the influence of anthropogenic pollutants on Jonah crabs, especially #microplastics & #microfibers, may present a threat to population productivity.
@SeaWayward@URIGSO the sediment trays from the last two years of experiments were removed in the fall! There is however a layer of unofficial mud at the bottom of the tanks still.
Kicked off an experiment yesterday to investigate short-term digestive behavior of Jonah crabs fed oysters inoculated with polyester microfibers!! Long couple days in the lab. Send snacks... #crabirrigationsystem#microplastics#plasticpollution#phdlife
For our upcoming mesocosm experiments, we're working on creating a more naturalistic food stock (in this case, whole oysters) containing controlled doses of spike plastics for crab exposure trials! #microplastics#plasticpollution#trophictransfer#jonahcrabs
Thank YOU for joining us and giving such an engaging and informative talk! Looking forward to hearing more about your fascinating research as it progresses!!
Thanks so much to @sdavisplastics and @echinonerd for hosting me today at the URI BES seminar. It was fantastic to return to my alma mater and talk about PFAS.