Welcome to my blog!
My name is Caitlin and I’m a 28 year old Marine Ecology PhD student living on the Welsh island of Ynys Mon (Anglesey). I have a strong desire to make a positive mark on our planet. Whether it be by helping out other people, by actively trying to make a change in my own life or educating others on what they can do to help our little blue.
My goal in life is to educate the world (well… as many people as I can), about our wonderful planet and the world beneath the oceans. I hope to do this through both an academic career and science communication. I aspire to complete a PhD, and be the best scientist I possibly can be, whilst also maintaining a platform that people from non-scientific backgrounds can understand and enjoy. I’d one day like to write for National Geographic and BBC Earth!
I have a passion for anthropogenic impacts and marine conservation. I’m particularly interested in how our impacts are affecting our planets ecosystems, with a main focus seagrass and seaweed ecosystems, climate change and marine debris. I also have a huge love for elasmobranchs, their diversity and how we affect such a key species. One of my biggest bucket-list goals is to observe the hammerhead migration in the Galapagos!
My life took a strange little turn during covid when my travel plans got canceled and I ended up working in Tesco just to keep my sanity throughout lockdown. After a 3 year stint at a fish farm in Wales rearing cleaner fish, I am embarking on my PhD adventure. I lost myself a little on this journey but I’m now feeling so excited to see where the future takes me. Over the next few years I’ll be looking into all things seagrass, microplastics and carbon, and seeing how they interact!
When I’m not sat at my laptop typing away, you can find me either drinking gin with friends, curled up with a book or exploring the welsh mountains.
Ps. Feel free to contact me about anything whether it be a question, a comment or just wanting to network! (You can leave a message on my contact me page or my social media below).
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