Talks and presentations

Upcoming Talks & Conferences

None at present, but I hope to present at, or at the very least attend, the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland!

Previous Scientific Conferences

My work has been presented, by myself and others, at the following scientific conferences.

International Conferences:

• American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting
  • 2022: Relationships between krill hotspots and penguin biogeography (10 minute talk)
  • 2020: Modeled retention times within Palmer Deep Canyon (eLightning talk and virtual poster)
• Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
  • 2023: Ecological impacts of retention in Palmer Deep Canyon (in person talk, presented by Dr. Matthew Oliver)
• Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting
  • 2023: Relationships between krill hotspots and penguin biogeography (oral presentation)
  • 2017: Results from Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program focused on drivers of long-term change on Bermuda’s coral reefs (in person poster)
• Ocean Sciences Meeting
  • 2024: Habitat suitability modeling for penguins (poster) and habitat use in baleen whales in the New York Bight (in person talk)
  • 2022: Retention of simulated vertical migrators in an Antarctic biological hotspot (virtual talk)
  • 2020: Modeled retention times within Palmer Deep Canyon (in person talk, presented by Dr. John Klinck on my behalf)
• SCAR Open Science Conference
  • 2024: Habitat suitability modeling for penguins (talk) and modeled debris distributions in the WAP (talk)
  • 2022: Preliminary results from NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship (virtual talk)
  • 2020: Modeled retention times within Palmer Deep Canyon (virtual poster)
• Southern Ocean Observing System Symposium
  • 2023: Krill connectivity on the West Antarctic Peninsula (oral presentation)
  • 2023: Marine debris distributions and possible sources on the WAP (poster)

Regional Meetings, Workshops, & Symposia:

• Underwater Glider User Group 2024 Workshop (in person talk)
  • Awarded Best Early Career Oral Presentation
• New York 2024 State of the Science Meeting (in person talk)
• US Antarctic Science Meeting
  • 2023: Preliminary work on plastics pollution on the West Antarctic Peninsula (virtual talk)
• Ecology & Evolution Department Colloquia, October 2022 (hybrid talk)
• Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics (ICED) Krill Modeling workshop, May 2021 (virtual talk)
• University of Delaware Graduate Student Government 10th Annual Graduate Student Forum, April 2021 (virtual talk)
• West Antarctic Peninsula Science Extravaganza, January 2021 (virtual talk)
• EGO (Everyone’s Gliding Observatories) Meeting & International Glider Workshop, Rutgers University, May 2019 (in person talk)
• University of Delaware College of Earth Ocean and Environment Graduate Student Symposium, University of Delaware, April 2019 (in person talk)
  • Awarded second place prize for Best Student Presentation
• University of Delaware DENIN Symposium, University of Delaware, March 2019 (in person talk)
• Polar-izing Your Science Impact, University of Delaware, January 2019 (in person poster)
• Benthic Ecology Meeting
  • 2017: Results from honors thesis on internal wave dynamics (in person poster)

Invited Talks

I have had the honor of being invited to present my work at the following locations:

• Institute for Advanced Computer Sciences Research Day, Stony Brook University, April 2022
• Institute for Advanced Computer Sciences Five Year Review, Stony Brook University, September 2022
• Rutgers University Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences Student Departmental Seminar, September 2023