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Research Scientist with the Navy. Prior: Post-doc @caltech. PhD @UCLA. @NDSEG fellow. Bioinspired design, sensory biology, fluid dynamics, biohybrid robotics. she/her
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This is me ~6 months ago, excited for my first day of work as a Scientist for the US Navy. After getting my PhD at UCLA and a postdoc at Caltech, I made the big move across the country to help our fleet. Now I may be fired due to the indiscriminate firings of new, “probationary” federal workers.

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I had such an amazing time at SICB this year! Cool science, even cooler people, and a really amazing community. Thank you to all the organizers!! (Also got this amazing sea slug plushie at the Seattle aquarium) 🧪

submitted 416 days ago • 1 comment

Dabiri lab does Big Hero 6 for Halloween! 🧪

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I’m cleaning this tall tank for experiments and yes I did spray myself in the face with the hose.

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So proud of my @Caltech SURF student, Giannka, who has worked so hard these past 10 weeks and delivered an excellent presentation on drag reducing designs for biohybrid robotic jellyfish! 🧪

submitted 552 days ago • 1 comment

Visited NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory! Got to see the Mars rover’s twin! I had to rep my barbie shirt of course. 🧪

submitted 563 days ago • 1 comment

🚨I’m on the academic job market this year! Please send me all your tips and advice. And if anyone is looking to hire an interdisciplinary marine biologist interested in how animals sense and interact with their fluid environment please let me know!

submitted 566 days ago • 2 comments

Please admire Sokka’s new dog tag #LOTR

submitted 569 days ago • 1 comment

🧪Did you know that male pipefish carry their babies? But don’t crown these fish dad-of-the-year just yet! 👑Male pipefish have been known to cut off the nutrient supply to their young if their food supply is low- or even absorb their own young- called filial (or vampiric) cannibalism 😮🧛‍♂️

submitted 611 days ago • 3 comments

Getting a sword for finishing my PhD makes all the trials and tribulations worth it. Who cares about getting a job, I have a SWORD 🤣 🤣

submitted 621 days ago • 7 comments

DOCTOR!

submitted 622 days ago • 5 comments

You should follow Kelsi, who, among other things, was the science 🧪 consultant for Jordan Peele’s “nope”

submitted 624 days ago • 5 comments

If you think this is cool, listen to my 3 min “ted-talk style” presentation on this: https://youtu.be/PRsjlgaqe_U 🧪

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Hi! I’m Kelsi and I love the ocean! I just finished my PhD at UCLA studying the “sniffers” of stingrays and the fluid dynamics of their sense of smell. Now I’m starting my postdoc at Caltech where I’ll be working with biohybrid robotic jellyfish!

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