Episode 4
Marianne Denton
(Aquatic Ecologist)
In this episode, I speak with Marianne Denton, an Aquatic Ecologist out of Nevada. We talk about invertebrates, going back to school as a mature student, and the fascinating way that dragonflies reproduce! We also talk about Marianne’s fascination with outer space!
Interview with Marianne Denton (Aquatic Ecologist)
Episode Timestamps:
- What does Marianne do as an aquatic ecologist? (0:40)
- What determines good water quality? (01:40)
- Are planaria actually worms? (03:59)
- Are planaria indicators of bad water quality? (05:11)
- Is it ok to take small samples of streams for fun? (07:15)
- Marianne’s favourite creatures (10:00)
- What’s so special about dragonflies? (11:26)
- Dragonfly reproduction is unique (13:07)
- Reproduction in sea slugs (15:47)
- Hashtag Invertefest (19:10)
- Science Twitter as a community (23:43)
- Going back to school as a mature student (26:29)
- It’s never too late to go back to school (30:48)
- Doing public outreach (34:01)
- Communicating science to adults (38:57)
- “Astro-limnology” and other fields in space science (44:22)
- How ‘astrobiology’ happens on Earth (46:00)
- Bacteria as extremophiles (49:47)
- Is there life outside of Earth? (51:56)
- Marianne’s collection of dresses (59:26)
- Parting remarks (101:50)
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