Ocean Hoptimism @oceanhoptimism.org Uniting ocean enthusiasts over a pint! Ocean Hoptimism is a monthly gathering of ocean conservation, science, exploration, art, recreation, policy, & beer enthusiasts in SF Bay Area. Pint-sized hope for a brighter ocean future!
www.oceanhoptimism.org
EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social 
Sammy Andrzejaczek @sammy-shark.bsky.social Movement ecologist ๐ฆ
Ocean and outdoors enthusiast ๐๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
Research Scientist at Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University
Megan O'Toole @megmarigold.bsky.social Program Director at Shark Conservation Fund.
Mike O'Brien @obrien.page Full-stack fish ecologist. Richmond, VA culture leech living in Eastern Henrico. Small farm dabbler.
https://obrien.page
https://github.com/mhpob
Meag McCord @meagashark.bsky.social Mum ๐ Wife ๐ | Founder: South African Shark Conservancy ๐ฟ๐ฆ | Executive Director: Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance (CCIRA) ๐ | Shark Scientist ๐ฆ Ocean Lover ๐คฟ | Striving to be a better human every day ๐
(she/her)
Isabelle Cรดtรฉ @redlipblenny.bsky.social Professor of Marine Ecology at Simon Fraser University. I love the ocean, diving, fish-watching, open-water swimming and rowing.
Michael Scholl @michaelscholl.bsky.social 
Thomas Peschak @thomaspeschak.bsky.social National Geographic Photographer & Explorer, Director of Storytelling - Save our Seas Foundation, Co- Founder- The Manta Trust, Marine Biologist
Jenny Bortoluzzi @drsharkyjenny.bsky.social Free ๐ต๐ธ
๐ซ๐ท/๐ฌ๐ง living in ๐ฎ๐ช
Bi shark scientist ๐ฆ๐
@irishenvnet.bsky.social Marine Biodiversity & Offshore Renewables Project Coordinator
Scientific advisor w/ @irishbaskingshark.bsky.social
@sharks4kids.bsky.social Lessons Coordinator
Cat fosterer
Jim Wharton, PhD @jimwharton.bsky.social CEO, Connecticutโs Beardsley Zoo. Forever advocate for sharks, empathy, and conservation optimism.
https://linktr.ee/jimwharton
Jeremy Kiszka @jjkiszka.bsky.social Marine community and behavioral ecology, conservation science and marine mammals. Associate Professor at Florida International University, Miami.
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President, Society for Marine Mammalogy ๐ฌ๐ณ ๐ฆญ ๐ฆฆ- D Dom Swift @domswift1.bsky.social Lerkin'
Dr. Camille Pagniello (she/her/elle) @fishysounds.bsky.social ๐จ๐ฆ Assistant Professor of Oceanographic Engineering @ the University of Hawai'i Mฤnoa
#oceanography #marinetechnology #datascience
https://pagniello-lab.github.io/ || https://givingday.uhfoundation.org/amb/ORE
Dr Oliver Jewell @oliverjewell.bsky.social Marine scientist, spatial ecologist, & shark researcher. Research Fellow at University of Western Australia. He/him.
Sophy McCully Phillips @sophyonsharks.bsky.social Principal Fisheries Scientist at Cefas
Mum
Buckland Professor 2024
Chair of ICES WGEF ๐ฆ
Northern Europe IUCN SSG๐ฆ
Andrew Chin @spinnershark7.bsky.social Director Fish & Fisheries Lab, James Cook University | Advisor Save Our Seas Foundation | healthy fisheries, ecosystems, and communities; shark and ray conservation in the Asia-Pacific| Reconnecting with Asia | Recovering Ocean Human ๐๐ฆ๐| ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ญ
Natalie Klinard @natklinard.bsky.social Postdoc in the Marine Behavioural Ecology group at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Working with acoustic telemetry to create a digital twin of animal movement in the North Sea ๐
www.trackdat.org
IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group @iucnshark.bsky.social The IUCN SSC Shark Specialsit Group was established in 1991 to respond to growing awareness and concern of the severe impact of fisheries on shark, ray, and chimaera populations around the world.
Florida International University @fiu.bsky.social Home of the #FIUPanthers, Miamiโs Public Research University making a real impact in Florida and the ๐. Follow us: fiuinstagram
Samuel H Neely, PhD @samuelhneely.bsky.social Postdoc in Biological Sciences and STEM Transformation Institute @ FIU, Miami, FL
Paleontologist | PEAT | Mangroves | Wetlands | Conservation | Invasion Ecology | Biomedical/STEM Education & Career Development
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | ๐ Dad | Runner | ๐ก Reno | Disney AP
Helen Urpi Wagner Coello, PhD @helenurpiwagnercoello.org First Gen ๐ต๐ช advocating for students in Miami FL, focused on supporting Dreamers ๐ฆ SEAS Lab and UNIDOS Center at FIU. @ICQCM and NPA IMPACT fellow | Storytelling in HigherEd | Immigration Studies | SciCom
Emily Lester @emilylester.bsky.social Ocean enthusiast & marine ecologist interested in predator-prey interactions, coral reef function, & the impacts of humans on marine ecosystems.
Postdoc at the University of Sydney, Thriving Oceans Research Hub
Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social Spatial thinking and applying Geotechnologies can transform educational practice and lead to better decision making in society. 
Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social Seafloor mapper, Chief Scientist of smart mapping company Esri, Oregon State U. GIS/oceans professor, EC50, cyclist, 1st Black submersible diver to Challenger Deep, builds w/LEGO, raised in Hawaii. NAS, NAE, ORCID 0000-0002-2997-7611; She/her; views mine
Leonardo Feitosa ๐ฆ @manirfeitosa.bsky.social PhD in Environmental Science & Management. Fisheries ecology & conservation | bioeconomics | wildlife trade. Views my own.
https://lmfeitos.github.io/Leonardo-Feitosa/
Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social Ecologist and fisheries biologist specialising in sharks and rays. Stable isotope expert and general technology aficionado. Senior lecturer in marine ecology, Griffith University (he/him)
Vital Heim @vitalheim.bsky.social Ph.D. in Zoology | Elasmobranch movements, behaviour and management
Jeremy Vaudo, PhD @batoidman.bsky.social Shark and ray biologist. Studying movements, habitat use, and foraging ecology.
Simon Pierce @simonjpierce.bsky.social Shark and ray research & conservation at the Marine Megafauna Foundation. Ocean wildlife photographer (Sony NZ Digital Imaging Advocate).
Living in Kaikลura, New Zealand, working internationally.
Dr. Gail Schwieterman @gschwieterman.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Dog Mom, Fish Nerd
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
SharkScience @sharkscience.bsky.social Cape Canaveral Scientific: not-for-profit Marine Biological & Ecological Research - sharks, other fishes, & ocean ecosystems.
Lisa Whitenack, PhD @whitenacklab.bsky.social Biology professor & Director of Faculty Development at Allegheny College. Biomechanics, evolution, and paleobiology of sharks, snails, crabs, and more. She/her
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/
Amani Webber-Schultz @curlybiologist.bsky.social PhD candidate studying shark scales and tails ๐ฆ
Co-founder of Minorities in Shark Sciences
More active on Instagram @curly_biologist
She/her. Views my own.
Bryan Legare MS ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @sharkecology.bsky.social Seascape Ecologist/Geriatric Mellinial ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Director Shark Ecology Program
Center for Coastal Studies Provincetown
Gulf of Maine and the Carribean focus
PhD Candidate Umass
Views are my own.
Peter Gausmann @petergausmann.bsky.social Naturalist interested in living things, their investigation and conservation ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ณ | This especially applies to sharks on a global scale ๐ฆ๐๐ | Lover of good guitar music ๐ธ and Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ
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
Nathan Pacoureau @nathanpacoureau.bsky.social Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow in population dynamic, conservation and elasmo fisheries. ๐ฆ
Working at IRD, LEMAR lab โ IUEM, France
Paper : Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays bit.ly/SharkEcologicalErosion
Rachel Aitchison @rachhson.bsky.social Ray enthusiast and PhD Candidate @ Simon Fraser University in the @earth2ocean.bsky.social research group | UO ๐ค & MLML ๐ฆ alum
Wade VanderWright @vanderwright.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ Simon Fraser University in the @Earth2Ocean.bsky.social Research Group ๐ฆ๐
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
Eva Meyers @evameyers.bsky.social ๐ชผConservation biologist |
๐ฆCo-founder of Angel Shark Project |
๐ฎ๐จ Head of Science MPAs Canary Islands |
๐งฌLeibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
Irene Kingma @ikingma.bsky.social Marine biologist working on ocean conservation and environmental policy โค๐ฆ
Julia Wester, PhD @drjuliawester.bsky.social Interdisciplinary environmental social scientist, educator, organizer | Field School and UMiami | Unironically loves Florida, even when it hurts me
Emily Yeager @emilyyeager9.bsky.social Marine Scientist ๐ฌ| Adventurer ๐งโโ๏ธ| Nature Lover ๐ PhD Candidate @MiamiRosenstiel studying marine symbioses ๐๐ฆ๐ชธ@Wellesley alumna. She/her. ๐
Dr. Catherine Macdonald @drcatmac.bsky.social Marine scientist and teacher Field School & University of Miami. Director of sharktagging. NatGeo Explorer. Shark & ray ecology, biology, conservation. She/her. 
Chuck โCharlesโ 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/yโall.
Brit Finucci @britfinucci.bsky.social Fisheries Scientist.
Itinerant ghost shark hugger.
Interested in the deep sea.
NZ Muay Thai Champ.
Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social Shark scientist since 1986. Passionate about sharks and rays, and their conservation and management. Lapsed academic. 
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 ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐ฆ ๐ง 
Dr. John Hlavin @marinebiojohn.bsky.social ๐ฆ Eckerd College Asst Prof of Marine Science
๐ฑ scapelab.eckerd.edu
๐จ๐ปโ๐ฌ dr.johnhlavin.com
๐ฆฆ Monterey Bay Aquarium Ambassador
Nick Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social I lift the lid on the oceans & census the life hidden beneath by combining Darwinโs toolboxโof natural history field guides, thermometer, microscope, and dissection kitโwith big-data approaches @earth2ocean.bsky.social
David Shiffman, Ph.D. ๐ฆ @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
Johann Mourier @sharkmourier.bsky.social Shark scientist ๐ฆ & behavioural ecologist | Animal Social Networks
Junior Professor at University of Montpellier @umontpellier.bsky.social | Lab MARBEC
Website: www.johannmourier.com