Nathan J. Robinson (biologist)
Nathan J. Robinson | |
---|---|
Born | Nathan Jack Robinson |
Citizenship | British |
Education | University of Southampton (MMarBiol 2009) Purdue University (Ph.D. 2014) |
Known for | Starring in several viral videos including removing a straw from a sea turtle's nostril and filming a live giant squid. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Marine biology and science communication |
Institutions | Institut de Ciències del Mar, Barcelona. L'Oceanogràfic |
Thesis | Migratory Ecology of Sea Turtles (2014) |
Doctoral advisor | Frank Paladino |
Nathan Jack Robinson is a
Early life and education
Robinson grew up in the United Kingdom. He earned a Masters of
Research and impact
In 2015, Robinson was awarded a
Two months after removing the straw, Robinson was again studying olive ridley turtles on
Following the impact of these two videos, Robinson began to focus his research activities on using novel visual technologies to generate engaging footage for the purposes of scientific discovery and environmental outreach. This has included projects using drones,[8] animal-borne cameras,[9][10] and deep-sea cameras.[11]
In 2019, Nathan was working alongside Edith Widder in the Gulf of Mexico where they were able to film a live giant squid.[3] This video was the first-time that a live giant squid has been recorded in US waters, is the second time this species has ever been caught alive on film.
In 2022, Nathan was invited to present at Gresham College to give a talk entitled "Going Viral: An Environmental Activist's Story".[12]
In 2024, Nathan was nominated as one of the
Career
Between 2015 and 1017, Nathan was Director of the Leatherback Trust in Costa Rica and a postdoctoral fellow at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Between 2017 and 2019, Nathan was Director of the Cape Eleuthera Institute in The Bahamas. Since 2019, Nathan has worked for L'Oceanogràfic and the Institut de Ciències del Mar, Barcelona.
Publications
Nathan is the author of several
References
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Nick (17 August 2015). "Sea turtle trauma: Video shows rescuers extracting plastic straw from deep in nostril". Washington Post. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Guff, Samantha (17 Dec 2015). "This Sea Turtle With A Fork Stuck In Its Nose Is Exactly Why We Need To Recycle". Huffington Post. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ a b Jarvis, Brooke (21 June 2019). "Giant Squid Reappears on Video, This Time in U.S. Waters". New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Robinson, Nathan (October 2014). "Migratory Ecology Of Sea Turtles". Purdue University. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Robinson, Nathan (2015). "Plastic Straw Found Inside the Nostril of an Olive Ridley Sea Turtle". Marine Turtle Newsletter. 147: 5–6. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ Houck, Brenna (12 July 2018). "Why the World Is Hating on Plastic Straws Right Now". Eater. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Pragnell-Raasch, Hannah. "A Sea Turtle and the Ugly Journey of a Plastic Fork". Project Aware. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Eysenck, Juliet (19 May 2016). "Beautiful drone footage shows endangered turtle returning to the sea after nesting". Telegraph UK. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Robinson, Nathan. "Life From A Sea Turtle's Perspective". Paralenz. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Tracking Green Sea Turtles in the Bahamas with TurtleCams". www.greatbigstory.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ Widder, Edith. "The Medusa". NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Going Viral: An Environmental Activist's Story". www.greshamcollege.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ https://50.explorers.org/community/nathan-j-robinson/website=www.https://50.explorers.org/. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
{{cite web}}
: Missing or empty|title=
(help) - ^ "Nathan Robinson". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.