Jennifer Prairie

@jcprairie.bsky.social

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Plankton Ecologist, Mathematical Biologist, and Seasick Oceanographer Professor at University of San Diego

A two panel meme featuring Drake with phytoplankton around his head. The first panel shows him expressing distaste and the text reads "Clear, still water with low nutrients". The second panel shows Drake happy and the text reads "Upwelling zones full of turbulence and nutrients".
A two panel cartoon featuring Spongebob Squarepants. The first panel shows Spongebob wide-eyed and the text reads "Plankton before chemosensing a high nutrient area". The second panel shows Spongebob as very muscular in a boxing ring and the text reads "Plankton after chemosensing a high nutrient area".
A two panel cartoon. Top panel shows two buttons and a finger hovering over them: one button reads "Increasing tumbling frequency" and another reads "continuing forward and hoping to stumble upon a concentration gradient". The second panel shows a man that is sweating as he determines which button to press and the text reads "Plankton"
A four panel cartoon featuring Spongebob Squarepants. The first panel shows him holding up a note that says "Any common knowledge on how things move in the water". Second panel is Spongebob examining the note. Third panel shows him burning the note. And 4th panel reads "Life at Low Reynolds Numbers"
"Plankton" from Spongebob Squarepants trapped in a bubble. Text above it reads "Life at low Reynolds numbers be like:"