Carina coordinates the monitoring and conservation program for birds at sea in eastern Canada. Her work includes standardized seabird surveys from ships travelling offshore to quantify marine distribution and abundance, and bird tracking to define habitat use. The data are used to identify important marine areas for protection, mitigate emerging threats, and understand the consequences of climate change on marine bird populations.

Akiko studies the ecology, behaviour and physiology of seabirds, mainly penguins, focusing on their adaptation to the changing marine environment and their role in the marine ecosystem using bio-logging. She is managing the long-term monitoring programs on Adelie and little penguins.

For several years, I have been studying breeding strategies of penguins. Currently, I am studying their distribution, habitat preferences and behavior at sea during their migration period. The main objective of my work is to contribute to the preservation of these species and their habitat, the ocean, particularly in the face of anthropogenic threats and climate change.

Throughout my career I have been interested in how advancing technologies such as tracking, remote sensing and molecular ecology are revealing individual differences in seabird behaviour, and the implications for this at a population level, particularly in conservation management terms. In my day to day role, I provide specialist scientific advice and technical guidance on marine birds to to the Scottish Government, particularly in relation to the assessment of environmental impacts of marine renewable developments.

My PhD is looking at the impact of commercial fishing on prey acquisition in the African penguin. I use a large range of biologging data (GPS, TDR, accelerometer, and animal-borne cameras) to understand the foraging behaviour of the penguins and how this is impacted by the local purse seine fishery.

I currently lead the Seabird Oceanography Lab at Oregon State University. We tackle a range of applied seabird research to provide managers information on seabird populations and behavior. We are also developing methods to sample oceanographic parameters from seabird biologging data - concurrent with the collection of detailed individual movement and diving behavior data. I am interested in how individual marine animals interact with their environment through movement: from fine-scale behavior to migrations. I began my career during a field season on the Barren Islands in Alaska. Since then, I have gravitated toward remote, wild, and windy places.

My research on seabirds focuses on the anthropogenic impacts that affect them, and their use as bioindicators for marine pollution. Specifically, my area of expertise centers on plastic contamination, where I employ non-invasive methods to study birds that have died from the detrimental effects of light pollution. Thus, over the last few years, my work has not been in the field but mainly in the laboratory. After more than 1,200 necropsied birds, I can say that it is still not pleasant to open a dead animal, but the significance of this research sustains my dedication.

My research aims to discover how avian movement patterns can inform conservation decision-making analyses. For my doctoral research, I'm investigating the migratory connectivity of two heavily harvested sea duck species (Long-tailed Ducks and Surf Scoters) to inform harvest regulations. To do so, I'm measuring the stable isotope ratios in their feathers. Stable isotope ratios in feathers can reveal the molting grounds of a birds sampled on its wintering grounds; thereby connecting an individual's wintering location with its breeding location. My goal is to conduct research that will have direct implications for the protection of these conservation-reliant seabirds.

I currently work on a military base in Hawai'i with a private contractor as a Hawaiian Waterbird Biomonitor. My main role is to prevent protected Hawaiian seabirds and waterbirds from being disturbed or harmed by construction activities. Since the location is surrounded by amazing rare wetland and marine habitats, we get a lot of incredible seabirds visiting the project site. I feel incredibly lucky to be back in Hawai'i doing what I love.

I recently finished my master's work on studying the foraging habitat for Threatened Steller's eiders at a historically important molting location, Izembek Lagoon, Alaska. I have assisted on various sea duck projects across the state of Alaska.

I conduct applied research and conservation with seabird species across the Pacific to design and implement conservation solutions to protect their breeding habitat. My goal is to test the efficacy of conservation interventions in improving demographic parameters and various life history charactertistics.

For my PhD, I'm studying different aspects of partnership in a long-lived seabird, the thick-billed murre. I'm looking at how movement, behaviour, genetics of breeding partners influences reproductive success. I'm also the crew lead of the Coats Island research station.