Ep.33: A Different Kind of Invasion - Panel on Sargassum horneri in California

Sargassum Podcast Episode 33: A Different Kind of Invasion - Panel on Sargassum horneri in California 

Our panel of guests today are:   

Melissa Hanson  
Melissa is the Co-Founder of Kelpful, a wild harvested seaweed company based in the Central Coast of California.  

֍ Learn more about Kelpful here: 

https://www.kelpful.com/  

Dr. Emily Ryznar
Emily recently received her Ph.D. in Biology from UCLA and is currently serving as a California Sea Grant State Fellow.   

֍ You can find more information about Dr. Ryznar's work here: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-ryznar-ph-d-aa47b349/
https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/profile/emily-ryznar
https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/eeb-fonglab/current-graduate-students/
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2745.13509  

Lauren Smith
Lauren is a Ph.D. candidate at UCLA in Dr. Peggy Fong's lab. She is researching invasive Sargassum horneri in Southern California.  

֍ You can find out more about Lauren’s work here: 

https://dornsife-blogs.usc.edu/wrigley/?p=2219
https://smbasblog.com/2020/11/10/seaweed-faceoff-devil-weed-vs-giant-kelp-zoom-evening-meeting-reminder-tuesday-10-november-730-p-m-3/  

Dr. Lindsay Marks-Orsini  
Lindsay is a marine scientist who studied sargassum for her Ph.D. research. She now works for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife managing invertebrate fisheries.  

֍ You can find out more about Dr. Marks-Orsini’s work here:
https://marine.ucsc.edu/data-products/invasive-species/
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8rh799jz https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/blogs/lindsay-marks-making-connections https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/feb18/underwater-landscaping-foster-scholar-lindsay-marks-removes-invasive-seaweed.html  

Sarah Mastroni
Sarah is a graduate student in UCSC's Coastal Science and Policy program where she is working to incorporate algae in cows' diets to decrease their methane emissions.  

֍ To find out more:
https://www.blueoceanbarns.com/   

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