Hello, my name is Guðbjörg and I’m a new member of Ice Fish Research. I was born and raised in Iceland. Currently I’m working on my PhD in Biology at the University of Iceland where I research diversity in Arctic charr. Wait, doesn’t everyone love natural science? I was never going to be a […]
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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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Today I get to talk about my own paper! Last year we published an article where we introduced a method we developed to detect and monitor Salmonid spawning grounds using a drone and machine learning. Spawning nests are where the fish release their eggs and the eggs develop until the fish hatch. You
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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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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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