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100+ Seabirder Women

Connecting a Community of Women and Underrepresented
genders in Seabird Science

We are collecting stories from women in seabird science in both academic and non-academic positions. 

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Astrid Dedieu

Astrid Dedieu

she/her

PhD candidate

University College Cork
My work involves using telemetry and other technologies (GPS, GLS, TDR) to answer questions on seabird movement and foraging ecology and the potential impacts of environmental change on these vital processes.
Joséphine Sabathé-Bounaud

Joséphine Sabathé-Bounaud

she/her

PhD candidate

La Rochelle Université
I study how mercury, environmental conditions, and gut microbiota affect Arctic seabirds. My work focuses on three areas: parental care and foraging effort, chick growth and health, and the role of gut microbiota.
Marta Cruz Flores

Marta Cruz Flores

she/her

Ecologist and conservation scientist (postdoc)

Institute for Game and Wildlife Research (IREC, CSIC, UCLM)
I have worked on seabird ecology and conservation, with a keen interest in their population dynamics, their spatial and trophic ecology, and their ecotoxicology, as well as how all these are affected by environmental modifications due to global change. Mainly with petrels and auks.
Sarah Cantwell

Sarah Cantwell

she/her

Coastal Conservation Coordinator

Birds Georgia
I monitor seabird nesting islands and beaches, counting colony numbers, nests, chicks and fledglings. I also participate in numerous conservation projects related to terns and pelicans, including band resighting and predator tracking.
Marion Goascoz

Marion Goascoz

she/her

Research Assistant

French Natural History Museum
As a Research Assistant, I conduct telemetry analysis of biologging data of Common terns, Sandwich terns and Roseate terns breeding on the Atlantic shore of France. The research focuses on intercolony movement ecology differences, identification of home range and foraging areas. We will also study the potential impact of offshore windfarms on these populations as these structures are becoming more and more present on the coast and near studied colonies. On the side I am looking and applying for PhD in seabird ecology and conservation !
Saxony Charlot

Saxony Charlot

she/her

Ornithological field technician

Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Hawai'i
I'm currently focused on the conservation of ʻuaʻu and ʻakēʻakē on Mauna Loa, Hawaiʻi. These endangered seabirds live in harsh, high elevation environments, with nests occurring from around 7000-10500 feet, but they used to occur in abundance from sea level up. Unfortunately, introduced predators such as feral cats have significantly reduced their populations. Most of my work right now revolves around avian monitoring and predator control. I first started working with seabirds in Papahānaumokuākea from 2018-2023 where I lived and worked with a range of taxa. I'm also a conservation artist trying to bring attention to Hawaiʻi's ongoing extinction crisis!
Manon Clairbaux

Manon Clairbaux

she/her

Postdoctoral researcher

University College Cork
My research focus on seabird distributions, movements and foraging ecology with a particular interest in how those traits are impacted by anthropogenic activities.
Fernanda Valls

Fernanda Valls

she/her

Postdoc

University of Rio Grande
I am a seabird ecologist and postdoctoral researcher at the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Brazil. My research focuses on seabird ecology, distribution, foraging and migratory movements, and interactions with environmental and anthropogenic pressures in the South Atlantic and Antarctica. I have extensive experience in oceanographic surveys, at-sea seabird monitoring, telemetry, stable isotopes, and biological sampling. I also coordinate and supervise seabird monitoring teams, develop and standardize field and laboratory protocols, manage ecological data, and train researchers and field personnel in seabird identification, monitoring, and sampling techniques.
Danielle (Dani) Fife

Danielle (Dani) Fife

she/her

Research Assistant/Field Biologist

Memorial University of Newfoundland
Currently a Research Assistant with the Northern Gannet Restoration Project (MUN), assisting social attraction restoration/population monitoring in Atlantic Canada. During my MSc. on seabird survival estimates, I assisted other projects, including an island-wide census of Leach's Storm-petrels on Baccalieu I., and tracking device deployment on gulls and terns on Sable Island. Following that, I worked with several species off South Africa and Atlantic Canada, sampling blood for chemical tracer analyses of seabird communities. I've since had various contracts, e.g., conducting at-sea surveys in the Arctic, and two seasons of Leach's Storm-petrel research off Newfoundland with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Tia Scott

Tia Scott

she/her

Assistant Research Coordinator

Earthcare St Kilda
I'm the Assistant Research Coordinator with Earthcare St Kilda, a non_for_profit based in Melbourne, Australia. My work centres on the Little Penguin colony living on the St Kilda breakwater, where I divide my time between our research programs counting penguin rafts as they return home each evening and carrying out hands_on monitoring of the colony.
Petra Quillfeldt

Petra Quillfeldt

she/her

Professor

Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
My seabird research primarily focuses on wild populations of long-lived birds and their responses to changes in marine ecosystems, including: population responses to historic and recent changes in climate, foraging and diet, using direct methods (diet analyses, radio tracking, data logger technology) as well as non-invasive methods (stable isotope analysis, molecular diet analyses) and speciation. I also studied parent-offspring interactions as honest signalling system, and the regulation of trade-offs in response to variable environmental conditions, using field endocrinology and immunology.
Sara Marolt

Sara Marolt

she/her

Masters Student

Uppsala University
My masters thesis is investigating the effect of seabird predation on the spatiotemporal distribution of pelagic fish. I am using echosounder data collected by an unmanned surface vehicle to model the abundance and spatial distribution of fish relative to the largest Guillemot colony in the Baltic Sea.
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