She shared that she’s been living there for a couple of years already and plans on staying there for another year or two at least. Imagine studying these topics without ever having seen a beach, the ocean, or a salt marsh.Įmilie grew up not too far from GFA in Darien, CT and lives in Newfoundland, Canada. The student writes, “I had always imagined that more than half of the people working on it would be out working hands-on with the fish.” It reminds us how lucky we are to be studying oceanography so close to the beach and salt marsh. One interesting point Emilie drew our attention to was how many people were researching and working on cod yet how few of them had actually done fieldwork and worked hands-on with the cod, or maybe ever saw one.
She is a fish ecologist that focuses on the survival of young cod over the winter. Candidate at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Our first Skype was with Emilie Geissinger, a Ph.D. Here are some students' thoughts on what we heard over Skype and a few lessons learned about what it is (really!) like to be a marine scientist. I always love these connections because as a scientist I connected with classrooms quite often through Skype to share my own research and I am so grateful that there are other scientists out there who are willing to spend time with us to share their stories.
These discussions can go in really interesting directions based on the students’ questions. To prepare for these connections with scientists we watch videos, read articles, and prepare questions for our discussion. In a class period, these scientists share about their personal history and path to becoming a marine scientist in addition to speaking about their current work and specific area of research. The last two months have featured two Skypes with marine scientists in the US Oceanography class. Contributed to by Ben Isenstein, Jah Henry, Hannah Shairer, TJ Holloway, Aidan Murphy, Carl Corridon and Justin Silver
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