Lori Lawson Handley @lorihandley.bsky.social #Molecular ecology, #eDNA, #invasive species, #freshwater, #citizen_science, #rewilding, #birdnerd, #nature_journaling, #wildlife_photography …
Dr.Kat Stewart @ecoevoedna.bsky.social Assistant Professor @Leiden University; #environmentalDNA #eDNA, #conservationgenetics, evolutionary ecology, #invasivespecies, hybridization, e3dna.com
| editor @Oikos | editor @Evolutionary Ecology |
Marine eDNA Dude @marinednadude.bsky.social Zack Gold - Ocean Molecular Ecology lab | co-lead of West Coast OBON |eDNA + marine conservation + oceanography | nature photography. Thoughts and rants are my own 🧬🐟🦐🌊 🧪zackgold.org
Kristy Deiner @alpineedna.bsky.social Fascinated and humbled by #biodiversity. I understand it using #eDNA as CEO at SimplexDNA. Views and typos are my own. She/her(s).
Matthew A. Barnes @drbarnes.org He/Him/Él; Associate Professor at Texas Tech; environmental DNA, freshwater ecology, biological invasions; BA from Southwestern University; PhD from University of Notre Dame. Posts are mine alone and do not represent my employer or other affiliations.
Quentin Mauvisseau @quentinmauvisseau.bsky.social 
Mat Seymour @matseymour.bsky.social I am an eDNA specialist with a background in ecology, biogeography and metacommunity dynamics. I established the first eDNA focused lab at HKU (www.seymourlab.net). Now looking forward to a new chapter elsewhere.
Prof. Elizabeth Clare @profbatgirl.bsky.social Molecular Ecologist, Field Biologist at York University Ontario, wildlife photographer, bat biologist, mum, eDNA from the air
www.yorku.ca/professor/eclare/
Host of the BioAudio teaching podcast
bioaudio.buzzsprout.com/2234324
Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta @naiarare.bsky.social Head of the Molecular Ecology & Biotechology unit at @azti.bsky.social; Editor @molecology; Chair of @icesmarine.bsky.social #WGAGFA; purple glasses on; ocean, DNA, evolution, conservation, management
Neil Gemmell @profgemmell.bsky.social Geneticist. Pure + applied science mostly with a biodiversity bent. Inordinately fond of 🧬 🐟 🦭 🐋 and beer. Gaffs/typos due to lack of coffee, time, and/or mind-altering parasites. Eternal optimist. Rebel just for kicks.
Lucie Zinger @luciezinger.bsky.social Researcher at
@cnrs.bsky.social, #CRBE, Toulouse. #communityecology for 🦠🍄🕷🐜, #metabarcoding, #eDNA 🧬.
ProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social Freshwater fish biologist - big on rare species, their ecology and conservation. Also known to dabble in non-native species issues. Personal account and all views are entirely my own. Leantóir Celtic FC 🍀
Alvaro Fueyo @afueyo.bsky.social Applying and developing DNA-based molecular tools for the study of ecosystems and biodiversity.
Working at #TaxusMedioAmbiente. Spain.
Metabarcoding | eDNA | Phylogenetics | Pop Gen
Dr. Blythe Layton @blythelayton.bsky.social Environmental microbiologist @ Clean Water Services: ‘omics applied to wastewater treatment & ambient water quality; + eDNA. 🧬 Nerding out on #rstats, #dataviz & #SciComm. Views mine.
Owen S. Wangensteen @owenwangensteen.bsky.social Marine molecular ecologist/zoologist at @biologiaub.bsky.social @ub.edu. Doing environmental DNA metabarcoding, bioinformatics, and stuff.
Laura McBride @gallowayselkie.bsky.social Marine ecology consultant for Europe's #1 Crab Museum 🦀 | PhD student studying eDNA, seagrass and fish at Aberdeen Uni 🧬🐟 | Wild Swimmer 🦭
Karen James @kejames.bsky.social Environmental geneticist & outdoorswoman into eDNA, botany, evolution, space, sci-comm, skiing, Outlander & kindness • auntie • cat mom • she/her
“I would teach my feet to fly”
Banner art by @truelovebirch@bsky.social
📍Unceded Wabanaki land (aka Maine)
Allan McDevitt @shrewgod.bsky.social Lecturer in ATU 🇮🇪 Shrews are my thing but work on all sorts of critters across land and water! Molecular ecologist by trade, doing a lot of eDNA work these days! Lab website: https://sites.google.com/view/mcdevittlab/home
Dr Andrew Mahon @andyantarctica.bsky.social Biologist and molecular ecologist, studying animals in Antarctica, e.g., sea spiders. I also use eDNA to study biodiversity all over the globe.
Web: MahonLab.com
Google Scholar: https://rb.gy/6z3tre
LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/4kvx48s
Anna MacDonald @annamac.bsky.social Uses DNA to study wildlife | plays hockey 🏑 | drinks tea | hikes | adventures with dogs | open heart surgery x2
#conservation #genetics #consgen #eDNA #ecology #Antarctica #biodiversity #seabirds #marsupials #WildOz
Live in lutruwita / Tasmania 🇦🇺🇬🇧🏳️🌈 she/her
Meghan M. Shea @mshea.bsky.social PhD candidate @ Stanford studying marine environmental DNA 🧬
Eric R. Larson @ericrlarson.bsky.social Associate professor in freshwater ecology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Crayfish, invasive species, environmental DNA, and more. https://publish.illinois.edu/erlarson/
Laura Weldon PhD @tecuk.bsky.social Environmental DNA e🧬scientist 🧪founder of theeDNAconsultancy.co.uk Harbours a fondness for bees, European eel, b&w collies and all things freshwater especially the River Severn.
Gabriel Renaud @gabrielylr.bsky.social Associate professor in Universite Laval in Quebec City, QC, Canada. I am interested in ancient/environmental DNA, sequencing and population genomics. Bayesianist. ☕️ addict & avid traveler. husband, dad of 3
Pritam Banerjee @pritam8683.bsky.social Molecular ecologist #postdoc at UC Berkeley. Interested in #eDNA,#barcoding, #metabarcoding, #molecularecology, #genetics, #plantbiology
Daniel Read @danread.bsky.social Molecular Ecologist researching freshwater microbiology, AMR, eDNA and biodiversity. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).
Pedro Brandão-Dias F Pinto @pedrobd.bsky.social Biologist, molecular ecologist🧑🔬 , eDNA nerd 🧬, birder 🐦, coin collector 🪙, insect enjoyer 🐜, Brazilian mineiro, and more.
Currently a Postdoc in the Kelly Lab at UW.
Jamie Wood @larusnz.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @ Adelaide University; research interests in palaeoecology, cave sediments, coprolites, ancient DNA, environmental DNA, extinction and evolution
Anders Jespersen @jespersen.bsky.social Postdoc in ecology (eDNA, biomonitoring)
Former neuroscientist
All round nature-nerd
SciComm enthusiast, runner, and baker
Born at 354.8 ppm
He/him
Philipp Bayer @philippbayer.bsky.social From plant breeding bioinformatics to marine eDNA to rare disease drug development!
'It is required that one man should goof gloriously for the people.'
Casey Lab @thecaseylab.bsky.social Welcome to the Casey Lab at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute! We investigate marine trophic interactions with molecular techniques! 🪸🐠🧬
https://caseylab.weebly.com/
Ingrid Bunholi @ingridbunholi.bsky.social Marine scientist 🐠🧬 PhD student at UT Austin Marine Science Institute
eDNA | pop gen | coral reef fishes | elasmobranchs | #FirstGen 🇧🇷
ingridbunholi.weebly.com
Van @vwishingrad.bsky.social 
Diana Muñoz @munozbird.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Ecology:
CRISPR-based eDNA assays and condor microbiomes
Art sometimes.
Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics / herpetophile / Neotropics / Professor @UTAustin in @texasscience.bsky.social and Department of Integrative Biology / Women & Diversity In Science / Proud to be #Woke
Sebastian R.vH @sebastianrvh.bsky.social PhD Researcher using eDNA for wildlife conservation & forensics 🧬 🐾
University of Aberdeen 🏴 | QUADRAT DTP
MSc² | he/him 🏳️🌈 | Views my own
Getting back into photography after a 10 year hiatus | 📷 FujiFilm X-Pro1/X-T5
https://linktr.ee/sebastianrvh
Dr Morgan Ellis @morgan-ellis.bsky.social Postdoc at Deakin University's EcoGenetics Lab with a focus on marine biosecurity and eDNA. Try our #DNA #Metabarcoding pipeline EGgPLant 🍆 https://github.com/mrellis96/EGgPLant
Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social Full Professor of Aquatic Ecology University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social | Kuratorium Forum Biodiversity | Founding Director https://biodiversitaet.uzh.ch/en.html | all & beyond #biodiversity, #eDNA & #AquaticEcology | Like=interesting
www.altermattlab.ch
Clare Cowgill @clarecowgill.bsky.social Nature lover 🌿 | PhD researcher at Hull University | Rewild cluster | Using eDNA to study rewilding 🦫 |
She/ her
Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social Evolutionary & conservation genomics, eDNA, parasites, disease ecology, marine mammal conservation. Seal nerd, co-chair IUCN Pinniped specialist group. University of Leeds, UK. 🦭🐳🧬🧪🌍 https://www.goodmanlab.org
Dr Kylie Cairns @drcairns.bsky.social Molecular biologist. Genetics and canid nerd. Passion for dingoes, canids, eDNA metabarcoding, citizen science & conservation. Research Fellow at UNSW. threads and insta @dr_cairns
Florian Leese @leeselab.bsky.social Professor at University of Duisburg-Essen 🇪🇺🇩🇪 tweeting mostly about the work we do in our Aquatic Ecosystem Research Group. A lot of DNA / eDNA & popgen stuff on streams & automated biodiversity monitoring approaches.
Teun Everts @teuneverts.bsky.social Invasion ecologist with a softspot for eDNA applications in biological invasions research 👽🧬
Postdoctoral researcher @INBOVlaanderen
Associate Editor BioinvasionsRecords & Management of Biological Invasions
Media & Communication @INVASIVESNET
Henry Wootton @henry-wootton.bsky.social Scientist at the Arthur Rylah Institute. Interested in fish, crayfish, fisheries, fisheries induced evolution, models, eDNA and many other things!
Natasha de Vere @ndevere.bsky.social Biodiversity scientist focusing on plant-pollinator interactions & plant diversity 🌿🌸🐝 especially using eDNA, metabarcoding & museomics 🧬 Full Professor & Curator of Botany, NHM Denmark, University of Copenhagen.
Andrea Polanco PhD. @andreapolancof.bsky.social Researcher Biodiversa Foundation Colombia, eDNA, biodiversity changes, conservation, fishes 🐟 ♥️, mammals, insects
Dr Rachel Glover @rachomics.bsky.social MD of Taxa Genomics. We're based on a whole-nation UNESCO Biosphere called the Isle of Man. #eDNA #metagenomics #speciesID
Bento Bio 🧬 @bento.bio Make DNA Science Yours.
Put the power of PCR in your hands with Bento Lab.
Content about DNA methods, field work and more.
https://bento.bio
Jess Marsh @jessmarsh.bsky.social Researcher Adelaide Uni. Arachnology, taxonomy, conservation. Caves + cave biodiversity. Mum, hiker, ally. She / her.
Co-founder Invertebrates Australia, Councillor Biodiversity Council, Co-chair IUCN Australia Species Specialist Group.
Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm @mkddueholm.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. Aalborg University 🇩🇰 Applied microbial ecology with focus on wastewater treatment, anaerobic digestion, and soil. HQ MAGs, transcriptomics, rRNA operon sequencing, culturomics, biofilms, EPS, and functional amyloids.
Matthieu Leray, PhD @mattleray.bsky.social Associate Professor at 📍
The University of Hong Kong
Symbiosis | Trophic ecology | eDNA | Resilience | Coral reefs🪸
https://leraylab.github.io/symbiosis-resilience-lab/
Anders Lanzén @lanzen.bsky.social Human, scientist, euskaldun berri, purveyor of philosophical subtleties, associate professor at IKERBASQUE / AZTI interested in marine microorganisms great and small, planktonic or benthic, biomonitoring, climate change and coastal pollution.
Julie Lockwood @lockwoodlab.bsky.social Distinguished Professor and Director, Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute
Biodiversity conservation, invasive species, wildlife trade, eDNA, climate change
Lockwoodlab.com
sites.rutgers.edu/edna/
@ednacollab.bsky.social @ednacollab.bsky.social 
Hannah Sima Rempel @hannah-rempel.bsky.social Marine ecologist & PhD student interested in how human impacts reshape marine trophic interactions. (She/her) 🏳️🌈🪸 🐟 ⚛️ 🧬
Other interests include: rstats, sciart, educational outreach
https://hannahrempel.weebly.com
Bettina Thalinger @bettinathal.bsky.social she/her
Group Leader | TRIDENT | WasserCluster Lunz
@trident-wcl.bsky.social
#eDNA & #ecology of #fishes #birds #whales #arthropods plus some #trophicInteractions
⛰️ & 🌊 lover
http://eWHALE.eu & @ewhale-dna.bsky.social
Juan Pierella Karlusich @jjpk.bsky.social Marine microbiologist & bioinformatician. Ramón y Cajal group leader at IBVF (U Sevilla-CSIC, Spain). Former postdoc in Sergey Ovchinnikov’s lab at MIT/Harvard & Chris Bowler's lab at ENS-Paris. PhD in UNR-Argentina.
Scott Morrissey @scottjmorrissey.bsky.social Marine molecular ecologist | Jellyfish eDNA 🪼, eDNA ecology 🌊, Mapping and monitoring benthic environments 🌱
CG Partridge @partridgecg.bsky.social Molecular ecologist, eDNA, invasive species, she/her
Benoît Paix @benoitpaix.bsky.social Researcher in microbiology and chemical ecology. Combining metabarcoding and metabolomics approaches to study holobionts. Currently working on Sargassum-microbiome interactions.
Mrinalini Watsa @surroundscience.bsky.social Conservation geneticist @SanDiegoZoo|
Director @fieldprojects |
Maxwell Hanrahan Field Biology Fellow
Wildlife biologist | Venipuncture enthusiast | Twin mum | Immigrant | Science writer
Alumnus of WashU-STL & Grinnell College
Bangalorean ಕನ್ನಡ ಹುಡುಗಿ
Kendra, PhD @dnakendra.bsky.social Queer scientist mom r nerd gardner she/her.
Officially unemployed! Open to consulting (bioinformatics/stats/workshops).
Lynsey Harper @lynseyrharper.bsky.social Freshwater and molecular ecologist | currently Natural England | Illinois Natural History Survey affiliate | EvoHull and Mariani Lab alum | #eDNA #metabarcoding #ponds #amphibians #mammals
John Winkowski @jwinkfish.bsky.social Dad x 2 | PhD candidate @uwsafs.bsky.social | Fish Biologist @ WDFW | Freshwater Ecology | Let’s go Buffalo! | posts are my own
Stephen C. Lougheed @sclougheed.bsky.social curmudgeon, genetics, genomics, conservation, photography, bibliophile, frogs, snakes, birds, bears, eDNA
Dr Angel Borja @drangelborja.bsky.social #MarineEcology, Mister #AMBI. To assess the marine ecological status you have found the right person! Coordinator of #GES4SEAS project Member #CERF (Odum Award 2025) #ECSA Chief editor #Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability, associate edit CSR #Elsevier #AZTI
The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social Marine Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution, Ocean Conservation, Sustainability, DNA monitoring.
Made in Rome, Based in Liverpool.
Own views.
Equity, Inclusivity, Compassion, Justice. ✊🏽🇵🇸
www.mariani-lab.org
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
chrispackh.am/links
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social I am a marine conservation biologist studying sharks and a science writer. Posts are about science and the environment, science communication, and more! He/him
Nick Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social I lift the lid on the oceans & census the life hidden beneath by combining Darwin’s toolbox–of natural history field guides, thermometer, microscope, and dissection kit–with big-data approaches @earth2ocean.bsky.social
Johann Mourier @sharkmourier.bsky.social Shark scientist 🦈 & behavioural ecologist | Animal Social Networks
Junior Professor at University of Montpellier @umontpellier.bsky.social | Lab MARBEC
Website: www.johannmourier.com
Dr. John Hlavin @marinebiojohn.bsky.social 🦈 Eckerd College Asst Prof of Marine Science
🔱 scapelab.eckerd.edu
👨🏻🔬 dr.johnhlavin.com
🦦 Monterey Bay Aquarium Ambassador
Wobbologist @wobbologist.bsky.social queer, HoH, dancer
researcher: neuromechanics, anatomy, behaviour, marine biology
DEI author and educator (DM for collabs or speaking engagements)
Any nongendered pronouns 🏳️⚧️ 🦈 🧠
Brit Finucci @britfinucci.bsky.social Fisheries Scientist.
Itinerant ghost shark hugger.
Interested in the deep sea.
NZ Muay Thai Champ.
Chuck “Charles” Bangley, PhD @dogfishwalker.bsky.social Marine ecologist, shark nerd, and extremely part-time musician. Working my way toward being a broken man on a Halifax pier.
He/him/y’all.
Cliff Hutt 🐟🦈 🥄 @cliffordthehutt.bsky.social Fisheries conservation is my gig. It will probably be the least of what I discuss here. All opinions expressed here are my own.
Jon Kuntz, PhD 🦈 @sharkeye.bsky.social Shark eyes and stable isotopes | Lecturer UC Merced | Alaska Department of Fish & Game 🦀 | AK Sea Grant State Fellow | (He/Him)
Emily Yeager @emilyyeager9.bsky.social Marine Scientist 🔬| Adventurer 🧗♀️| Nature Lover 🌄 PhD Candidate @MiamiRosenstiel studying marine symbioses 🌊🦈🪸@Wellesley alumna. She/her. 🌈
Julia Wester, PhD @drjuliawester.bsky.social Interdisciplinary environmental social scientist, educator, organizer | Field School and UMiami | Unironically loves Florida, even when it hurts me
Irene Kingma @ikingma.bsky.social Marine biologist working on ocean conservation and environmental policy ❤🦈
Eva Meyers @evameyers.bsky.social 🪼Conservation biologist |
🦈Co-founder of Angel Shark Project |
🇮🇨 Head of Science MPAs Canary Islands |
🧬Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
Erin Spencer, PhD @etspencer.bsky.social Marine ecologist, science writer, lover of all things weird in the ocean.
Currently: Comms around mesophotic & deep restoration in the Gulf.
Order The Incredible Octopus now: https://tinyurl.com/66s9xj2p
Rachel Aitchison @rachhson.bsky.social Ray enthusiast and PhD Candidate @ Simon Fraser University in the @earth2ocean.bsky.social research group | UO 🐤 & MLML 🦈 alum
Wade VanderWright @vanderwright.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ Simon Fraser University in the @Earth2Ocean.bsky.social Research Group 🦈🌊
Nathan Pacoureau @nathanpacoureau.bsky.social Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow in population dynamic, conservation and elasmo fisheries. 🦈
Working at IRD, LEMAR lab – IUEM, France
Paper : Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays bit.ly/SharkEcologicalErosion
Jean Utzurrum @jean8rum.bsky.social work in progress / I should be writing
#Philippines marine biology and #scicomm
All things #sharks n' rays, #TeamFish, and marine mammals
Peter Gausmann @petergausmann.bsky.social Naturalist interested in living things, their investigation and conservation 🦋🌿🌳 | This especially applies to sharks on a global scale 🦈💙🌍 | Lover of good guitar music 🎸 and Denmark 🇩🇰
Patricia Charvet @patriciacharvet.bsky.social Biologist, researcher working with sharks and rays🦈<:>—
Bryan Legare MS 🏳️🌈 @sharkecology.bsky.social Seascape Ecologist/Geriatric Mellinial 🏳️🌈
Director Shark Ecology Program
Center for Coastal Studies Provincetown
Gulf of Maine and the Carribean focus
PhD Candidate Umass
Views are my own.
Domino Albert 🌊 @dominocean.bsky.social Delivery Director at @commsinc.bsky.social - Ocean Conservation 🌊 Sharks 🦈 Scuba Diving 🤿 and Nature Positive 🌍
Amani Webber-Schultz @curlybiologist.bsky.social PhD candidate studying shark scales and tails 🦈
Co-founder of Minorities in Shark Sciences
More active on Instagram @curly_biologist
She/her. Views my own.
Jaida Elcock @sofishtication.bsky.social MIT-WHOI grad student | cofounder of Minorities in Shark Sciences🦈 | IG: sofishtication_ | she/her | Venmo: jaielcock | all opinions are my own
Dr. Jack Cooper @cooperpalaeo.bsky.social Science Communicator with a PhD in shark functional diversity. If you couldn't tell, I like sharks. Known for studying #megalodon, the biggest of them all. Scottish. Climber, cinema-goer and cyclist. Cat person. Find more at: https://www.drjackacooper.com/
Lisa Whitenack, PhD @whitenacklab.bsky.social Biology prof & Director of Faculty Development & Assoc Provost at Allegheny College. Biomechanics, evolution, and paleobiology of sharks, snails, crabs, and more. She/her
Brett Sweezey @saltwatersweezey.bsky.social PhD Candidate Marine Biology | Shark Ecology 🦈 | Trophic Ecology 🐟| Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary 🪸 | Fisheries Science 🎣
Outreach & Educational Content
Sharing my journey into shark science!
https://www.instagram.com/saltwatersweezey/
Dr Joni Pini-Fitzsimmons @motherofrays.bsky.social Marine Scientist ~ Stingray Stalker ~ #TeamFish 🤙
Lead of the Northern Shark and Ray Research Group at Charles Darwin University
Dr. Hollie Booth @hollieboothie.bsky.social 👩🏻🎓🦈 Post-doc researcher at Uni of Oxford on incentive-based approaches for marine conservation & human well-being 🌊🩵
🌿Biodiversity consultant
🎗️NGO founder
🏄🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️Mediocre at sport
🐕🐕 Dog mom
👽🛸 Sci-fi fan
🇬🇧🇮🇩 Brummy abroad
SharkScience @sharkscience.bsky.social Cape Canaveral Scientific: not-for-profit Marine Biological & Ecological Research - sharks, other fishes, & ocean ecosystems.
Grace Casselberry, PhD @gacasselberry.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher @ UMass Amherst currently chasing striped bass in MA and tracking sharks in STX | predator-prey interactions, rec fisheries, depredation, MPAs | National Geographic Explorer