Victoria Quennessen, a doctoral student in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University, talks about how she plans to use computer simulations to see if the population of green sea turtles off Brazil can adapt to rising beach temperatures. (Their sex is determined by the temperature of the nests on the beach; warmer temperatures produce more females.) Her model will be applicable to other green sea turtles, including those in Hawaii and the Virgin Islands.

Victoria also describes how as a master's student at OSU, she coded computer models to predict how populations of certain fish off Oregon would react under various regulations. As an undergraduate, she worked in a lab and studied abroad in Colombia and Iceland. After earning her undergraduate degree, she worked for a year as an environmental educator for a nonprofit organization in Massachusetts.

The daughter of French immigrants, Victoria describes how as a first-generation college student she navigated the path to higher education. The national Sea Grant program and the National Marine Fisheries Service have awarded her a three-year fellowship in marine population and ecosystem dynamics.

Hosted by Oregon Sea Grant, this webinar is for students who want to explore careers in marine science. Lindsay Carroll, who coordinates Oregon Sea Grant's marine education program, serves as a moderator on this webinar, which was recorded on Oct. 21, 2020.

Authors: 
Victoria Quennessen, LIndsay Carroll
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Product Number: 
ORESU-W-20-012
Year of Publication: 
2020
Length: 
17:13