{"id":5660,"date":"2018-04-08T09:43:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T09:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/?p=5660"},"modified":"2018-04-08T19:30:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T19:30:48","slug":"5660-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/5660-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine biologist Catherine Jordan exploring our oceans aboard the Celtic Voyager"},"content":{"rendered":"

“From Killala Bay<\/a>\u00a0to exploring the ocean along the Wild Atlantic Way<\/a>\u00a0“- the story of NUIG<\/a>\u00a0Science ambassador and Marine Biologist Catherine Jordan<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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We are delighted to be working with Catherine Jordan.\u00a0 She is NUIG Science ambassador and has worked with Galway Aquraium<\/a>\u00a0in the past and is currently on-board the research vessel the\u00a0Celtic Voyager<\/a>\u00a0. Catherine and the team are working on a Nephrops\/Dublin Bay prawn larvae survey<\/a><\/p>\n

Since she was a young child she has always dreamt of working to make our world a better place.\u00a0 Catherine has now started her PhD in NUIG Catherine is well on her way to living her dream.\u00a0 We will would love to see what work you or your school is doing to make our world a better place.\u00a0 In the meantime thanks to Catherine for her writing about her inspiring\u00a0 journey to marine biologist:<\/p>\n

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“My name is Catherine Jordan, I grew up in the North of Mayo and from a very young age I was happiest when I was outdoors. I spent a lot of my time exploring the seashore, forests or anywhere with nature and my family.\u00a0 Many of our weekends were spent on the River Moy or Killala Bay on my Dad\u2019s boat. My parents always encouraged me to go and do what makes me happy. After my leaving cert I went to study Earth and Ocean Science in NUIG. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

On completing my school that I was extremely lucky to get a job in The National Aquarium of Ireland.\u00a0 This gave me the platform to show lots of people how amazing our native sea-life\u00a0can be.\u00a0 It afforded me the opportunity and to spread very important messages about how we can work together to protect our seas.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

A few years I decided to return to university and study my Masters in Marine Biology in University College Cork<\/a> which gave me the platform for my job as a scientific officer for the Loughs Agency<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0in Derry for over 2 years.\u00a0 \u00a0I spent the majority of my time on boats in Lough Foyle monitoring the native oyster fishery, I worked on a research vessel and with local fishermen. I returned to Galway to work once again with Galway Atlantaquaria<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0and had the honor of getting to work with the Explorers Education<\/a>\u00a0team who travel to primary schools to teach all about Ocean Literacy.<\/p>\n

Before Christmas I was then given the opportunity to begin my PhD with the Marine Institute and NUIG. My PhD project focuses on using satellite technology to observe Phytoplankton<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0blooms in the ocean<\/em>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This area of science is extremely cool the way we can use satellites in space to see processes going on in our ocean. I will be spending lots of time on the Irish research vessels the Celtic Explorer<\/a>\u00a0and the Celtic Voyager.<\/a>\u00a0 We will be collecting data on different surveys, each survey has a specific purpose.\u00a0 I will be helping other scientists collect their data while I collect my own.\u00a0 At the moment will be focusing on collecting Nephrop<\/em> larvae from areas around the Aran Islands<\/a>\u00a0and in Dublin Bay<\/a>\u00a0and is being led by a PhD student Ryan McGeady.”<\/p>\n

We will be releasing blogs of our progress so follow us for more!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If you want us to share your work simply\u00a0Contact Us<\/a>\u00a0and we will share the link to your school blog, website or Facebook page and we will post it from there.\u00a0 You can find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @Inspiringyouirl also.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inspiring You In Real Life #IYIRL<\/strong><\/p>\n

#IYIRLEnvironment #IYIRLOceans<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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