Attending the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 in Glasgow Scottish Association for Marine Science In February, I attended the first Ocean Sciences Meeting to be held outside the USA, in Glasgow, Scotland. This was by far the biggest conference I had ever attended, with over 6000 attendees crammed into the Scottish Exhibition Centre for a week…

SOLAS Summer School University of East Anglia & Plymouth Marine Laboratory I had the incredible opportunity to spend three weeks at the SOLAS summer school in Tamandaré, Brazil. SOLAS, which stands for Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study, is an organisation that brings together atmospheric and ocean sciences to study the air-seainterface, including physical, chemical, and biological…

Insights from the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 (OSM26) in Glasgow Heriot-Watt University One of the highlights of my PhD so far has been attending the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 (OSM26) in Glasgow. The meeting brought together around 6000 researchers from around the world, working across physical, chemical, biological, and interdisciplinary ocean science. Through the support…

Field work assistance with Wayamba University, Sri Lanka University of Aberdeen Thanks to the Challenger Society for Marine Science and the Watt Fund from the University of Aberdeen, I was able to travel to Sri Lanka to assist another PhD collaborator, Achini Fernando, with her eDNA field work from January to March 2026. The data…

From Whittard Canyon to Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus: Attending Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 University of East Anglia Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 took place in Glasgow from 22–27 February, bringing together thousands of oceanographers, marine scientists, and industry professionals from around the world. With the support of the Challenger Society Travel Award, I attended the meeting…

Attendance and Presentation at CoastLab 26 (10th Conference on Physical Modelling in Coastal Engineering and Science), IIT Madras, India University of East London I had the opportunity to attend the CoastLab 26  (10th Conference on Physical Modelling in Coastal Engineering and Science) held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India, from 23rd…

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026, Glasgow University of East Anglia Thanks to the Challenger Society for Marine Science Travel Award, I had the chance to attend the Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) in Glasgow earlier this year. As a PhD student in physical oceanography working on Antarctic processes, it was exciting to step out of my usual…

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 University of St Andrews I attended the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow in February 2026, the first time this meeting has been held outside of the USA (with a custom-designed tartan for the occasion). Over 6,000 attendees from all over the world descended on the Scottish Event Campus for an expansive…

Research Visit to the Norwegian Polar Institute and Participation in the 2025 A-DBO Meeting University of Edinburgh I would like to thank the Challenger Society for Marine Science and the Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (SAGES) for supporting my research visit to the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) in Tromsø in December 2025. Although…

Fieldwork at Phillip Island Nature Parks, Victoria, Australia Bangor University and La Rochelle Université With the generosity of the Challenger Society, I had the opportunity to travel to Phillip Island, Victoria to perform fieldwork as part of my Master’s by Research (MScRes) degree with Bangor University. Taking place at the midst of my year-long course,…