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Heather Gordon introduction #1

Open hgordon93 opened 1 year ago

hgordon93 commented 1 year ago

Hi! I'm Heather, a new MSc Oceanography student working in the Pakhomov lab. I have dual Canadian and US citizenship. I moved here from Washington state where I spent the last five years working for the Natural Resources Department of a Native American Tribal government. I completed my undergraduate degree in Environmental Science at McGill University in 2017.

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carley-winter commented 1 year ago

Hey Heather :) Very cool! What is your research focused on?

Brelamb commented 1 year ago

Hi Heather! Very interesting! What did your Natural Resources Department work focus on?

hgordon93 commented 1 year ago

My research will be focused on studying the life history and circumpolar distribution of a marine zooplankton (hyperiid amphiphod) that lives in the Southern Ocean, as well as examining possible environmental drivers of morphological differences within the species

hgordon93 commented 1 year ago

My work for the NR department was mostly marine research and monitoring, with a focus on salmon, but also included fisheries management & policy, community development projects to support Tribal fishermen, and a lot of grant writing

raminrzn commented 1 year ago

Hi! What inspired you to transition from working in the Natural Resources Department to pursuing an MSc in Oceanography?