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Sophia N. Wassermann, PhD

Marine ecologist interested in quantitative approaches to issues at the intersection of fisheries and climate change. Postdoc in the Punt Lab, School of Aquatic & Fisheries Science, University of Washington, in collaboration with the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center & Northwest Fisheries Science Center. PhD in Earth & Ocean Science from the National University of Ireland, Galway.

  1. Greetings from the frozen north!

    Hi, dear reader! This is an old post from a travel/adventure blog I used to keep. This is my second post about settling in as a Fulbright Student Grantee in Iceland. Now, in this post, winter is settling in. *ominous music plays* …

    • on Iceland

  2. Island living, but just a little different from the TCI.

    Hi, dear reader! This is an old post from a travel/adventure blog I used to keep. This is my first post about settling in as a Fulbright Student Grantee in Iceland. So funny to look back on, now that I have deep connections to the country! …

    • on Iceland

  3. Transitions

    Hi, dear reader! This is an old post from a travel/adventure blog I used to keep. This is a wrap-up of old job as a Waterfront Intern at the School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands, featuring a couple of last adventures with megafauna. End of an era! …

    • on TCI

  4. Call me Ishmael

    Hi, dear reader! This is an old post from a travel/adventure blog I used to keep. This is my sixth post from my old job as a Waterfront Intern at the School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands, in which I brag about seeing whales and talk about another research project. Also, I get really excited about chocolate milk. …

    • on TCI fieldwork

  5. Sail!

    Hi, dear reader! This is an old post from a travel/adventure blog I used to keep. This is my fifth post from my old job as a Waterfront Intern at the School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands. I explain one of the major research projects I was envolved in. Oh, and tell an embarrassing story (from whence the title comes). …

    • on fieldwork TCI

  6. I'm grateful to be alive for quite a few reasons.

    Hi, dear reader! This is an old post from a travel/adventure blog I used to keep. This is my fourth post from my old job as a Waterfront Intern at the School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands, in which I followed up a click-bait title with tales of baby lobsters and baby turtles. And some boat problems. I am happy to be alive, but come on past-Sophie, hyperbole much? …

    • on fieldwork TCI

  7. There are ants in my computer again.

    Hi, dear reader! This is an old post from a travel/adventure blog I used to keep. This is my third post from my old job as a Waterfront Intern at the School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a walk-through of some of the juvenile lemon shark research conducted there and general life. Sharks! …

    • on fieldwork TCI

  8. I breathed air underwater today!

    Hi, dear reader! This is an old post from a travel/adventure blog I used to keep. This is my second post from my old job as a Waterfront Intern at the School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands, all about learning how to drive the boats and our first dive! Ahhh I miss that water…. …

    • on TCI

  9. Well, I'm sunburned

    Hi, dear reader! This is an old post from a travel/adventure blog I used to keep. This is my first post from my old job as a Waterfront Intern at the School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands, talking about our prep work on our boats before the students arrived. Cue flashback to a previous life! …

    • on TCI