As a child James figured out, he wanted to be some sort of scientist studying space, bugs, or fish. While he was disappointed in having to choose just one of these fields, he eventually got hooked on marine biology after spending a lot of time sports fishing around the coast of Scotland with his dad. […]
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Meet Luca Altavilla, he is a visiting PhD student from the University of Venice, Italy. Part of his research is in collaboration with the University of Iceland, Research Centre of the Westfjords to explore how sculpins (Cottoidae spp.) could be used as ecological indicators within fjord systems. Acoustic telemetry will be used to track the
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Growing up, Charlotte already knew she wanted to become a marine biologist. Now she is a marine biologist based in Iceland, working with mesopelagic fish. After finishing her Masters degree in coastal and marine management at the University Centre of the Westfjords in Ísafjörður, she is currently working at the University of Iceland. When she
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Meet Sébastien Matlosz, a PhD student at the University of Iceland defending his PhD this Friday! We are very proud of him for (almost) finishing his PhD, so that’s why we are shining a spotlight on him ☺️ From France to Iceland Sébastien was born and raised in France. As a kid, he had
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Meet Camille Leblanc, professor at Hólar University Meet Camille Leblanc! She is a professor at Hólar University in the beautiful countryside of Skagafjörður, northern Iceland. She has been working with Arctic charr for over 10 years and has mentored many students in her young career! She has been doing such an amazing job that in
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Hi there, I am Alessandra, originally from Switzerland. I never planned to move to Iceland or to work with fish. In fact, although I always loved to learn about nature, it took me a while to find my way to study Biology. My start in the world of Biology At 23 I started my
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Hi everyone, my name is Michelle and I am from Canada. As a little girl, I wanted to grow up to be a Marine Biologist. The idea started when I learned how to swim at a family cottage in Northern Ontario and wanted to keep getting back into the water to snorkel and look at
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Hello everyone, my name is Lieke, I’m 29 years old and I was born and raised in The Netherlands. Currently, I am a PhD student working on the Arctic charr (bleikja) in Thingvallavatn. Read further to get to know more about me! Moving to Iceland While I was not always sure I wanted to be
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Hi, my name is Theresa, and I am 31 years old. I grew up in Germany but right now I am living in Iceland where I am finishing up my PhD on European flounder (Flundra) in the next few months. Moving to Iceland Iceland was not at all on my radar when I was
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