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MSc. Student in Biological Oceanography. Interested the urban ocean, land-sea connections, and novel anthropogenic inputs.

Tess grew up in Vancouver, BC where she became fascinated by marine life, especially marine mammals. Tess attended UBC to complete her undergraduate degree and specialized in biology where she became passionate about marine ecology and conservation science. She volunteered and worked for various IOF research units such as the Sea Around Us and the Marine Mammal Research Unit during her undergraduate degree and looks forward to completing her Master’s… Read More

I am a Master’s student in the Pelagic Ecosystems Laboratory at the University of British Columbia, based in Vancouver, BC. I was born in England, raised in Ontario, and lured out to British Columbia for the mountains and a Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources Conservation from the Faculty of Forestry at UBC. The vibrant people I have met and ocean ecosystems I have had the privilege to connect with convinced me to stay on the West Coast and pursue graduate studies in The Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries. My research, in partnership with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, focuses on employing emerging, non-invasive methods (environmental DNA, or eDNA) to study marine biodiversity and community interactions in urban and non-urban nearshore ecosystems, with a focus on Pacific salmon.