Turkey
Fun trip to Turkey en route to London for the CORDAP annual scientific advisory committee meeting.
CORDAP Scientific Advisory Committee annual meeting
CORDAP staff with convene with our lovely scientific advisory committee (SAC) for three days to discuss this year’s proposals. On the fourth day, we will have a fundraising event.
Riyadh
Never thought I’d ever find myself WANTING to go to Riyadh, but I’ve always managed to have a good time there despite its historically conservative nature.
Asir National Park
Spent a few days in the high-mountain area of Saudi Arabia, the region of the kingdom most don’t even know exists. Mean elevation is around 2,400 m, reaching nearly 3,000 m in certain areas.
Mombasa, Kenya
CORDAP’s inaugural capacity development workshop focused on growing the capacity of the developing world to confront the climate crisis’ impact on coral reefs.
East Timor
Characterizing the resilience of the reefs of Atauro Island and Dili, East Timor
Yanbu area (Saudi Arabia) bleaching surveys
The Yanbu area has long been known to feature some of the most beautiful reefs of the Red Sea, and, while gorgeous underwater scenery is not in short supply, high-temperature-induced coral bleaching is certainly an issue.
Persian Gulf field work
I will be conducted coral reef surveys near Manama, Bahrain on Sept. 22-23. These are some of the hottest reefs on the planet, and I’m excited to see what they can tell us about the limits of coral thermotolerance.
Coral reef surveys-Yanbu (Saudi Arabia Red Sea)
I will be conducting coral reef health surveys at reefs off the town of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia on September 15 and 16 in collaboration with Ulmuj Dive Center.
Buffalo River canoeing
On a multi-day canoe trip in the Ozarks (Buffalo National Scenic River)
Multi-'Omic analysis of staghorn corals
Alongside collaborators at the University of North Florida, I have been extracting RNAs, DNAs, proteins, lipids, and polar metabolites from staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) samples from a thermal stress experiment conducted at (and funded by) the Mote Marine Laboratory (“Protect our Reef” mini-grant to M. Gilg, C. Ross, & myself).
Collaborative trip to University of North Florida
Gave a talk on my research and then extracted proteins and other macromolecules from staghorn corals featured in a series of manipulative experiments at Mote Marine Lab (FL, USA).