Rodrigo Muñoz-Cordovez

We are organising the 2026 MBA postgraduate conference in Newcastle! You can already get your early ticket and submit your abstract :)

See you all on April!

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Isles of Scilly - Also beautiful underwater!
#IslesofScilly

Isles of Scilly - beautiful coast!
#IslesofScilly

Almost a month ago I returned from an amazing field trip to the Isles of Scilly 🌊 Studying L. hyperborea at its southern UK range was a privilege. Big thanks to @hjncatherall.bsky.social and @pippajmoore.bsky.social for such a great experience! #KelpForests #MarineBiology #Fieldwork #UKScience

Here with the winners of the best 5 and 10 min presentations. Honoured to be able to share this moment with these incredible researchers. Congratulations Simeon and Emma!

Back from the IAPETUS Postgrad Conference 2025 — and honoured to be selected as the Best Poster!

Grateful for the feedback and great ideas about my kelp forest & urchin barrens research!

What do you think, BlueSky friends?

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#PhDLife #ScienceComm

Newcastle team representing nature & environmental research at IAPETUS postgraduate conference 2025!

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Just back from the IAPETUS Postgraduate Conference 2025 in Edinburgh! Great talks, inspiring people, and lots of ideas brewing. Grateful to be part of such a vibrant research community!
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#PhDLife #IAPETUS #Edinburgh #AcademicLife #Networking #MarineBiology

Because training never ends — RYA VHF Radio course done! One step closer to supporting fieldwork as a research skipper 😅 Grateful for every new skill that brings me closer to the water.
#PhDLife #MarineBiology #Fieldwork #ResearchVessel #AlwaysLearning

Finished my HSE Scientific Diving course! Grateful to the amazing instructors and fellow trainees — what weeks! Cold, intense, and unforgettable. Now fully certified and ready to start counting urchins and kelp 😆🧜‍♂️!
#PhDLife #ScientificDiving #MarineBiology #HSRDiver

This week I began my HSE diving qualification to become a certified scientific diver in the UK! 🧜‍♂️
It’s exciting, intense, and very cold — Diving is a key part for monitoring underwater habitats. Time to put some cold water under the dry suit and get to work!
#ScientificDiving #PhDLife #UKScience

Newcastle university team!

Starting to organise Marine Biological Association Postgraduate Conference 2026. This time hosted by Newcastle University, see you here next April!

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Because size matters: what we have learned about shark nesting sites My biggest concern in this project is to understand how changes in the size structure of kelp forests could affect the use of kelp as a nesting substrate for elasmobranch species in Chile. Therefore, ...

Exploring 8 nursing sites of red-spotted catsharks in and amongst Chile's kelp forests, Ítalo Fernández found that females showed a greater preference for anchoring eggs to kelp with larger holdfasts, more stipes and greater total length.

More here:
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I’ll be sharing updates, fun field pics, and cool marine science. Dive in! 🐚

#PhDLife #MarineBiology #UrchinBarrens #KelpForests #Ecology #Newcastle #Networking

Hi BlueSky! I’m Rodrigo, a Chilean marine biologist doing my PhD in the UK with @pippajmoore.bsky.social @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @naturalengland.bsky.social. My research explores novel urchin barrens in the UK kelp forests — why they happen and how resilient they are 🌿🧪

A productive day kelping with @newcastleuni.bsky.social MRes student Cris collecting kelp holdfasts to start her Marine Heatwave experiment - What a team!

A perfect Monday morning spent collecting kelp holdfasts for an MRes project looking at marine heatwaves 🤿🌊

Spot me working very hard…..

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