Rita Franco-Santos
@R_Franco_Santos
Marine ecologist | Postdoctoral fellow working on Blue Carbon @CSIRO | Editorial fellow @rcef_aslo #ASLO_Letters | Diver, hiker, traveller | Views are my own.
#students & #ECRs must gain skills to succeed in #aquaticsciences, but #opportunities aren't always available. @aslo_org offers several programs- a 🧵doi.org/10.1002/lob.10… @Minabizic @peck_erin_k @bmschieler @DrOcean24 @MandaJK07 @RosieGradoville @ljfalkenberg @abigailkreuser
📢 Attending #OSM26? 🌿🌊Working on current/emerging Blue Carbon Ecosystems? 📅Submit an abstract to our session by 20 Aug! Chairs: Bill Austin, Hilary Kennedy, Erin Peck, Xiuzhen Li, @R_Franco_Santos Co-convenors: @peremasque, Andre Rovai Convened on behalf of @official_GO_BC

Are you an early career🌊ocean professional heading to #AMSA2025 in a few days? Check out the pre-conference workshop on Scientific Publishing organised for you by the @OceanDecadeECOP AUS/NZ Node with @CSIROPublishing and supported by @amsa_marine! Spots still available!

📢In our new #ASLO_Bulletin piece📝(doi.org/10.1002/lob.10…🔓), @peck_erin_k and I talk about our experiences as active @aslo_org members and how fulfilling contributing can be. We also pay homage to our grandparents👵🏻👴🏻👴🏻, whose recent passing inspired this piece ❤️
📢Recent publication (co-lead @samegghello) on Hg in Antarctic krill 🦐! We provide fortnightly (2013-2019) records (🔓 data: doi.org/10.25919/dvmw-…) and compile published values to create a baseline for continued monitoring of Antarctic ecosystems. doi.org/10.1071/EN24103
🚨Cool / very useful information!! 🎙️ "Development opportunities for ECOPs with ASLO" webinar hosted by @OceanDecadeECOP with myself and other @aslo_org speakers! 📆 Wednesday, 7 May 🕑 13:00 BST / 12:00 UTC ✍️ Register: lnkd.in/d2pFHmbJ

📣 Are you looking to get involved in community science outreach? Then check out grant opportunities of the #ASLO Global Outreach Initiative. 🔗 aslo.org/call-for-propo… 🌍 promote engagement outside of the US 💴 up to 3k/project 🛑 Deadline: 31 May 2025 ✅ Award winner…
🗳️ ASLO Members: In the coming weeks, we encourage you to participate in the elections for two Members-at-Large and one Treasurer on the #ASLO Board of Directors. Log into your ASLO member account, review the candidates' statements on the ballot, and rank your preferences:…
Call for proposals: The #ASLO Education and Engagement Committee offers up to $3,000 for projects through the ASLO Global Outreach Initiative (GOI) to support aquatic science communication to non-technical audiences outside of the US. Open to all members of our global community,…
🌊🏄 Have you received your PhD after June 1, 2023, or plan to defend by December 31, 2025, and your research deals with ecological issues in #oceanography or #limnology? Then you are eligible for the #ASLO Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences symposium series from…
Tutorial on Scientific Writing for ECRs 20 Nov. aslo.org/short-tutorial… @aslo_org @WileyEarthSpace @CERFScience @rcef_aslo @CASSocieties @ECSAssociation @OceanDecadeECOP @COESSING @BenthosNews @limno_papers @SIL_limnology @openscience @PPICWater @UCDavisWater @CA_DWR
I loved being an #ASLO Editorial Fellow @rcef_aslo & learnt so much about scientific publishing 📝. There are few programs for ECRs to immerse themselves on the topic (@ICES_ASC J Mar Sci also has one) - I’m glad @ESA_org is catching up 💪🏻 Congrats @Bruno_E_Soares & Andrea 🎖️
Meet the inaugural cohort of ESA's Editorial Fellowship Program!🎉 Andrea Paz Velez of @UMontreal & Bruno Soares of @UofRegina will receive leadership training & a chance to influence the publishing landscape in ecology Read the full announcement: esa.org/blog/2024/10/1…