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Dr. Kaitlyn Lowder

Woyang'anira Pulogalamu

Dr. Kaitlyn Lowder amathandizira Ocean Science Equity Initiative ndi TOF. Monga katswiri wa zamoyo zam'madzi, adafufuza zotsatira za ocean acidification (OA) ndi kutentha kwa nyanja (OW) pa crustaceans zofunika kwambiri zachuma. Ntchito yake ndi nkhanu zaku California (Panulirus kusokoneza) adafufuza momwe chitetezo chazilombo zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimachitidwa ndi ma exoskeleton - ntchito monga zida zomenyera nkhondo, chida chothamangitsira ziwopsezo, kapena zenera lothandizira kuti ziwonekere - zingakhudzidwe ndi OA ndi OW. Adawunikanso kukula kwa kafukufuku wa OA ndi OW pa zamoyo za kumadera otentha a Pacific ndi Indo-Pacific popanga magawo okhudzidwa kuti adziwitse mtundu wa Hawaii Atlantis ecosystem.  

Kunja kwa labu, Kaitlyn wagwira ntchito yogawana momwe nyanja imakhudzira ndikukhudzidwa ndi kusintha kwa nyengo kwa onse opanga mfundo komanso anthu. Wapereka nkhani ndi ziwonetsero kwa anthu opitilira 1,000 amdera lake kudzera m'makalasi a K-12 komanso nkhani zapoyera. Ichi ndi gawo lina la zoyesayesa zake zolimbikitsa kuteteza ndi kugwiritsa ntchito bwino zinthu za m'nyanja ndikuchita nawo m'badwo wotsatira wa asayansi, opanga nzeru, ndi mamembala a gulu lodziwa za nyanja. Kulumikiza opanga mfundo ndi sayansi yanyengo yam'nyanja, Kaitlyn adapita ku COP21 ku Paris ndi COP23 ku Germany, komwe adalankhula ndi nthumwi ku UC Revelle delegation booth, adagawana kafukufuku wa OA ku US Pavilion, ndipo adatsogolera msonkhano wa atolankhani wokhudza kufunika kwa OA. ku UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Monga mnzake wa 2020 Knauss Marine Policy ku NOAA Research's International Activities Office, Kaitlyn adathandizira zolinga za US zakunja mu sayansi ndiukadaulo, kuphatikiza kukonzekera kwa UN Zaka khumi za Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).

Kaitlyn adalandira BS yake mu Biology ndi BA mu Chingerezi kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Western Washington ndi MS mu Biological Oceanography ndi Ph.D. mu Marine Biology ndi Specialization in Interdisciplinary Environmental Research kuchokera ku Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Iye ndi membala wa KHALANI WOZILA kwa Adzukulu Advisory Council.


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