🌿🌿🐠How do we restore marine forests at ecologically-meaningful scales?

In our new article we discuss current challenges and emerging solutions from 25 projects around the world

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #greengravel #kelp #restoration #30by30

Announcing a new PhD opportunity working with yours truly on seagrass mapping and acoustics, population genetics, and restoration!!!

Please share widely and if you're interested get in contact with Mary Young via the email in the pic.

Stoked to have been able to bring the spotlight on Australian seaweeds into Parliament this week and discussing the potential for seaweed-based alternatives with Minister for Industry and Science the Hon Ed Husic MP at #SMP2024 #PhycologyFriday

The upgraded #VEHSIF Deakin University Queenscliff Marine Science Centre is officially open!

It will enhance marine research, provide hands-on learning and benefit industry and the local community.

Thanks Minister Gayle Tierney MP & the Member for Bellarine Alison Marchant for doing the

🌊On this International Women's Day, I'm proud to highlight my work as a marine scientist Deakin University . I hope to inspire others to dive into the world of ocean restoration. Let's continue amplifying our impact together! #IWD2024 #WomenInSTEM #SuperstarsOfSTEM Science & Technology Australia

Excited to share a new collaborative project called Ocean LAB (Fiona Hillary Vicki Hallett and I) and we have our first exhibition opening this week! Our collaboration merges science, art and digital tech to bring the wrack zone into everyday conversation 👇Platform Arts

When your work colleagues send you “kelpmas” gifts, you know they are your people. Thank you Mary Young for the tee!
Merry kelpmas to you all on this 1st December #phycologyfriday !

Collections are officially under way for the first chapter of my PhD, looking at the genetics of Ecklonia radiata populations in Victoria! Can this be my office every day?
#PhycologyFriday

🌊 Join us in the exciting countdown til our public Marine Science Showcasing event on Saturday the 18th of November! Stay tuned as we unveil our incredible lineup of speakers in the thread below👇. Secure your tickets here: shorturl.at/rFHSY 🪸🤿🐚 Australian Marine Sciences Association

Love a good selfie! A day of media training as part our #SuperstarsOfSTEM program ended with a wonderful networking event hosted by Science & Technology Australia and Deakin University

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek shares concern of scientists towards marine heatwave predicted to impact the #greatsouthernreef this summer.

The Sydney Morning Herald 🔗 bit.ly/GSRheatwave

Dr Adriana Vergés
Scott Bennett
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Graham Edgar
Scott Ling
Thomas Wernberg
Sean Connell
Prue Francis

For this #PhycologyFriday , I’m sharing my first attempt at making resin earrings using pressed seaweeds collected from one of the many wrack zones along the #GreatSouthernReef

Today we celebrated Cátia Freitas submitting her thesis!! Such a wonderful journey; 2 publications already, Deakin's 3MT winner and 2 publications in review. You are a wonderful researcher, and it has been an honour to work alongside you. Bring on scaling up your work in 2024!

Spring beach wrack turned into art #PhycologyFriday

This tool will be incredibly useful with the upcoming summer heatwaves that are predicted for the #GreatSouthernReef

With #bookweek about to kick off in schools across Australia, it’s time to think about gender representation in picture books! Our new paper explores gender messages in ocean themed #picturebooks . Any guesses for which gender was the most represented?
#oceanliteracy

This week we shared our research in #OceanLiteracy with other educators at the NMEA Conference in Bellingham and learned about the fantastic and inspiring work that is being done to increase OL around the 🌍!

And of course, it needed to be celebrated! 🎊 🌊

Fantastic presentation today at NMEA by Cátia Freitas presenting her research on using picture books to enhance ocean literacy. #NMEA2023 Deakin University

Fully funded #PhD position available on “Rewilding the seas through seagrass restoration”. Apply here: shorturl.at/dDPV4

Joint #scholarship from Uni of Adelaide and SA Water, with supervision from PIRSA. Involves 6-mth internship @ SA Water.

#seagrass #restoration

Well, Cátia Freitas and I have made it to Bellingham 🇺🇸 for NMEA conference! First stop, a lovely sunshine walk to Fairhaven for lunch and tourist shopping! Bring on the rest of the week #oceanliteracy #marineeducation