(Cross-posted from my team’s account on X (@GLANSIS_news) as we don’t have official NOAA accounts here yet — I’m hoping that will change, as this seems to be a great new platform for getting the word out about participatory science!)

Hi there! I’m a science communicator with Michigan Sea Grant, where I do outreach and comms work around aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes. My ResearchGate profile is here: www.researchgate.net/profile/El-L...

El LOWER | GLANSIS Communication Specialist | Master of Science | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | U-M | School of Natural Resources and Environment | Research profile

Communicating the science of aquatic invasions in the Laurentian Great Lakes.

Sympathy and solidarity! As someone with health anxiety who recovered (quickly and with no lingering issues!) from my second round of COVID in July, I’ve been quiet about it because anecdotes can be panic-inducing just like WebMD. Balancing awareness and dread is hard from a comms perspective!

Good to see you online again, Titus! I’ll try to coax the rest of our Great Lakes and Sea Grant gang over here slowly but surely….