Fieldwork is one of my favorite things about being a scientist. Pictures never do it justice, but here are some anyway!
Mo’orea, French Polynesia 2026
Mo’orea, French Polynesia 2025
Mo’orea, French Polynesia 2024
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve
Coal Oil Point Nature Reserve
A stand of Rhizophora stylosa; a non-native species in French Polynesia, and a focus for my PhD work.
Hypselodoris tryoni in the mangroves.
Pocillopora acuta growing on a mangrove root.
A baby blue fin trevally.
Pocillopora acuta growing on mangrove roots.
A school of Mulloidichthys vanicolensis among the mangroves. I counted 62 individuals in this school.
A cluster of Pocillopora acuta growing on mangrove roots.
A cluster of Pocillopora acuta hiding behind a mangrove root.
A young Pocillopora acuta growing on a mangrove root.
My mentee, Auhurra, planting experimental corals on the reef.
A guineafowl puffer (Arothron meleagris) named Meep.
Auhurra and her other mentor, Olivia, outplanting corals.
Olivia outplanting corals.
Another adorable guineafowl puffer.
Yet another guineafowl puffer - can you guess what species I worked on this summer?
A toby taking a snail siesta.
Pink Whiprays at Stingray Flats; both individuals had a five foot wingspan!
Blacktips at Stingray Flats
Mother and newborn humpback; PC: Kathryn Scafidi
Hayden and Ninah after a dive on MRB Reef.
Fluorescent encrusting coral. PC: Ninah Munk
Encrusting coral. PC: Ninah Munk
Leopard hiding after a successful kill
Rosie during an auditory survey
