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UDkt. Kaitlyn Lowder

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UDkt. Kaitlyn Lowder usekela i-Ocean Science Equity Initiative ne-TOF. Njengesazi sezinto eziphilayo zasolwandle, ucwaninge imiphumela ye-ocean acidification (OA) kanye nokufudumala kolwandle (OW) kuma-crustaceans abalulekile kwezomnotho. Umsebenzi wakhe ne-California spiny lobster (I-Panulirus iphazamisa) ihlole ukuthi ukuzivikela okuhlukahlukene kwezilwane ezizingelayo okwenziwa i-exoskeleton—imisebenzi efana nezikhali ngokumelene nokuhlasela, ithuluzi lokususa izinsongo, noma ifasitela ukuze kube sobala—ingathintwa i-OA ne-OW. Uphinde wahlola ububanzi be-OA kanye nocwaningo lwe-OW ngezinhlobo zezilwane endaweni eshisayo yasePacific ne-Indo-Pacific kumongo wokuthuthukisa imingcele yokuzwela ukwazisa imodeli ye-ecosystem ye-Hawaii Atlantis.  

Ngaphandle kwelebhu, uKaitlyn usebenzele ukwabelana ngendlela ulwandle oluthinta ngayo futhi luthintwa ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kubo bobabili abenzi bezinqubomgomo kanye nomphakathi. Unikeze izinkulumo kanye nemibukiso yezandla kumalungu omphakathi wakhe angaphezu kwe-1,000 ngokuvakashela amakilasi e-K-12 nezinkulumo zeningi. Lokhu kuyingxenye yemizamo yakhe yokukhuthaza ukongiwa kanye nokusetshenziswa okusimeme kwemithombo yolwandle kanye nokubandakanya isizukulwane esilandelayo sososayensi, abasunguli bezinto ezintsha, kanye namalungu omphakathi olwazi ngolwandle. Ukuze axhumanise abenzi bezinqubomgomo nesayensi yesimo sezulu sasolwandle, uKaitlyn waya e-COP21 eParis nase-COP23 eJalimane, lapho akhuluma khona nezithunywa e-UC Revelle idokodo lamanxusa, wabelana ngocwaningo lwe-OA e-US Pavilion, futhi wahola isithangami sabezindaba mayelana nokuhlobana kwe-OA. kuya ku-UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Njengozakwethu wenqubomgomo yasolwandle ka-2020 e-NOAA Research's International Activities Office, u-Kaitlyn wasekela izinhloso zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US kwezesayensi nobuchwepheshe, okuhlanganisa namalungiselelo e-UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).

U-Kaitlyn uthole i-BS yakhe ku-Biology ne-BA ngesiNgisi e-Western Washington University kanye ne-MS ku-Biological Oceanography kanye ne-Ph.D. ku-Marine Biology Nobungcweti boCwaningo Lwezemvelo Oluhlukahlukene oluvela e-Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Uyilungu le- HLALA UPHOLE kubazukulu Umkhandlu Olulekayo.


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