Jessica Bellworthy

Experience

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  Coral Cay Conservation

  Sept 2007 - Nov 2007

  Conservation Intern/ Assistant Science Officer

  Two weeks of biology training to identify over 400 local marine species and learn reef check survey techniques, community education including children. Daily marine surveys and data entry using Microsoft Excel. Assigned position of Assistant Science Officer.

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  Barakuda Diving Centre

  Sept 2011 - Dec 2011

  Course Director in Marine Biology

  Creating and selling dolphin and Red Sea biology courses including seminars using Microsoft Powerpoint, guiding snorkelling/ diving trips to educate tourists. Guest supervision to ensure safety and adherence to local conservation laws.

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  Barakuda Diving Centre

  Feb 2012 - Aug 2012

  Office Lead

  Accounting and cash salary payments for 30 staff. Daily planning of staff activities; achieving guest satisfaction for excursions and courses. Ensuring staff maintain excellent guest service. Divemaster during the high season.

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  Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2012

  Research Intern and Marine Guide

  Species ID, equipment and computer program training (PAMGuard, ACDSeePro 8, Distance 6, GPS). Briefings for research vessel and aquatic activity safety. Working in shifts including water/ sky observations, hydrophone monitoring, underwater photo ID, radio communication, data entry, sorting photos for photo ID. Equipment maintenance and preparation.

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  University of Southampton

  Feb 2013 - Oct 2013

  Demonstrator

  For “Introduction to Marine Ecology” undergraduate module and public/ school “Discover Oceanography” sessions. Teaching scientific boat sampling techniques including T/S probe, benthic and neritic trawl, sediment van Veen grab and Secchi disc to people of all ages and abilities.

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  University of Essex

  Oct 2013 - Nov 2013

  Coral Research Intern

  Voluntary internship to acquire the skills involved in coral husbandry including nutrient, pH and carbonate chemistry monitoring. Actively involved in current research projects and in designing and implementing new experiments in the lab. Techniques practised include coral species identification, coral fragmentation, live bio-imaging with Nikon Widefield fluorescence microscope, spectrophotometry, haemocytometer zooxanthellae counts, Fast Repetition Rate fluorometry, titration and gas chromatography. Show less

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  GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel

  Feb 2014 - Apr 2014

  Research Assistant

  Guest researcher on the BIOACID KOSMOS 2014 project on Gran Canaria, Spain, using pelagic mesocosms to assess the impacts of ocean acidification with nutrient additions. Part of an multinational, interdisciplinary team maintaining, manipulating and sampling the mesocosms on site. Personally responsible for measuring macronutrient and heme b protein concentrations using Quuatro autoanalyser and HPLC respectively. Also trained in the analysis of nanomolar nutrients.

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  University of Southampton

  Oct 2014 - Sept 2016

  M.Phil. Student

  A joint funded PhD project between University of Southampton (UK) and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, Eilat (Bar- Ilan University, Israel). Investigating the extreme thermotolerance of Red Sea scleractinian corals with a focus on Stylophora pistillata in the Gulf of Aqaba. Can the Gulf of Aqaba act as a coral reef refuge from global warming?Supervised by Prof. Maoz Fine (BIU), Dr. Sven Thatje (UoS) and Dr. Cecilia D'Angelo (UoS).

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  Bar-Ilan University

  Oct 2016 - Sept 2020

  Ph.D. Student

  Supervisor: Prof. Maoz Fine

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  The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa

  Oct 2020 - now

  Supervisor: Prof. Tali Mass Supervisor: Prof. Tali Mass

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

    Nov 2022 - now

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

    Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
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  Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

  Nov 2022 - Apr 2023

  Science Communication