Post-doctoral research fellow in fish ecology and ecosystem modeling George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia, US The George Mason University Department of Environmental Science and Policy is looking for an enthusiastic and energetic person for a post-doctoral research position in fish ecology and ecosystem modeling. The candidate will collaborate on ongoing projects in Dr. de Mutsert’s Read more about Announcement: Post-doctoral research fellow in fish ecology and ecosystem modeling[…]

By:  Adrian Dahood A VERY BIG thing has just happened. A new, and enormous Marine Protected Area (MPA) was just established. On October 27th 2016 headlines from media outlets across the globe erupted with the unbelievably good news that a sizable MPA had been declared in Antarctica’s Ross Sea. This is only the second Antarctic Read more about Science Diplomacy at its finest: the creation of the world’s largest MPA in international waters[…]

By:  Sammie Alexander   The summer sun is out marking a bittersweet end to the busiest semester of my college career. Let’s recap: After volunteering in the Fish Ecology Lab for a semester I decided I wanted to begin conducting my own research. I had no clue what I wanted to study, but I knew Read more about An undergrad’s guide to getting research experience[…]

By: Adrian Dahood Hello De Mutsert Lab friends and followers!  I have posted a couple of blogs here before. You likely already know that I have the coolest (pun intended) study area in the lab (in my humble opinion).  I work in the Antarctic and I am about to go pay my study area a Read more about Gone Krilling[…]

One of the draws to science for many undergraduate and graduate students is the opportunity to travel to far and sometimes obscure places around the globe, in the name of research.  My dissertation research keeps me local to the Chesapeake Bay region, but I have been fortunate enough to travel domestically and internationally to attend Read more about Mauritius is calling my name[…]

Hello from sunny La Jolla, California. I am out here working on my dissertation research from my committee member’s lab, the Antarctic Ecosystem and Research Division of NOAA’s Antarctic Marine Living Resource group. Dr. de Mutsert asked me to write a blog while I was out here, and I honestly had no idea what to Read more about California Failing: Why it is important to embrace failure in your research[…]

    Adrian Dahood, a PhD Candidate, in the  De Mutsert Fish Ecology Lab, won the 2016 Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Fieldwork Photo Competition.  In addition to bragging rights, Adrian won a travel grant to a polar conference of her choosing.  There were 57 entries in the competition and the general public Read more about We have a winner![…]

BY: CJ Carroll Schlick As the past student representative for the Atlantic Estuarine Research Society and student member to several other organizations, I think it is extremely important for both undergraduate and graduate students to attend local and national conferences. I have participated in about 6 national and 10 regional conferences during my time as Read more about The Importance of Attending Scientific Conferences: A Grad Student’s Perspective[…]

By Amanda Sills As a recent graduate working in the de Mutsert Fish Ecology Lab, one of my primary responsibilities has been sorting and identifying ichthyoplankton samples collected as part of long-term monitoring studies in tributaries of the tidal freshwater Potomac River.  A large portion of my master’s thesis was devoted to developing an identification Read more about A Game of I Spy: Ichthyoplankton Use and Identification in Ecological Research[…]