Outreach

Blogging

• Senior Editor of Southern Fried Science
• Community Manager of the Gam
• Writes Hardtack and Sardines 

General Talks and Guest Lectures

• Ecology of Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents in Manus Basin – Guest lecture at the University of Papua New Guinea
• The Art of Brewing Beer – Duke University Marine Lab – Mostly Marine Informal Science Seminars (MMISS)
• Science Blogging – Duke University Marine Lab – MMISS
• Sailing by Starlight: the lost art of celestial navigation – Duke University Marine Lab – MMISS (transcript and slides can be found here)
• The changing landscape of science blogging – Duke University Marine Lab – MMISS
• Adventures in open source ROV’s – MMISS

Nature Walks and Day Cruises

• Lead small (10 – 30 people) groups of students on day and night walks around the Rachel Carson Marine Estuarine Reserve, highlighting the terrestrial and benthic fauna of the area.
• Ship naturalist on the R/V Susan Hudson for small groups of students, identifying organism from dredges and trawls of coastal and off-shore ecosystems.

Student Outreach

• DNA self-extraction mini-lab – 30 minute program to teach sixth, seventh, and eighth graders about DNA and genetics by having them extract and precipitate their own DNA.
• Experience ROV – demonstration of small, open source ROV’s, allow students of any level to pilot robots in marine environment.