SOS Students Attending Conferences

A few months ago, 4 current students and 1 recent student attended the International Seabird Conference on 22-25 August in Cork, Ireland.

Claire Carrington and Sophie Crouch presented their PhD research, Rhys Gadd presented his MRes research, and Orla Van der Noll presented her MSc research. Natalie Robinson was also in attendance, providing opportunities to discuss her MRes research with peers. Whilst she unfortunately couldn’t attend, Eleanor Falch MRes research was presented by her peers. Aside from attending the presentations, all students benefited greatly from the Early Career Research Events which the Seabird Group conferences are renowned for.

Congratulations to INSITE PhD student Sophie Crouch whose poster presentation received a ‘highly commended’ award at the International Seabird Conference in Cork (22-25 August) and then the ‘best poster’ award at the Environmental Impacts of Marine Renewables (EIMR) conference (4-6 October).

Sophie’s research focusses on impacts of offshore wind on seabirds and marine mammals in the North Sea and is supervised by Simon Neill, Matt Lewis, and James Waggitt

Giulia Cecchi, from Italy, a 2nd year BSc student in Marine Biology and Oceanography here in Ocean Sciences recently gave a presentation at the WEEN conference (Welsh Ecology and Evolution network).

This an annual student-led conference aiming to create a networking platform for early-career scientists at Welsh Universities. She gave a speed talk on the natural variability of tidal mixing fronts. The topic is part of SHEAR, a NERC funded project at Bangor University focusing on the impact of the physical environment on the foraging energetics of shearwaters and the consequences for breeding success.