(micro)plastics Research Starter Pack
Dive into the Bluesky (micro)plastics community! Follow these experts sharing research, insights, and solutions on (micro)plastic pollution. This isn’t an exhaustive list - just those I’ve identified so far. Join in and help grow the network!
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@nannahartmann.bsky.social
@farhanrkhan.bsky.social
#ecotoxicologist researching the impact of #pollution in the #aquatic #environment | #plasticpollution #microplastics #tirewearparticles #chemicals Founder of Clean Shores, Great Lakes https://cleanshoresgreatlakes.norceresearch.no/ #clean-up #tanzania
@olganovillo.bsky.social
PhD in Marine Pollution and Biodiversity 🌊 Microplastic and spectroscopy nerd at DTU Sustain 🌿 Photography and mountain enthusiast 🎞️🧗🏻♀️
@oskarhagelskjaer.bsky.social
Ph.D, CEO and founder of Microplastic Solution | Analyses, reference materials, and more
@saratomiolo.bsky.social
Lecturer in Plant Ecology at Tübingen University. Ecology and evolution of plants, climate change, microplastic, plant-soil interactions. First gen, book nerd, dog lover.
@gukueas.bsky.social
@jttmaclean.bsky.social
MicroBiologist 🙆🏽♀️🦠🔬working on plastic-pollution in soil @RilligLab Berlin. Interested in our future live in the plastisphere - of human and microbes
@ciel.org
CIEL defends the right to a healthy planet. #HealthyEnvironmentForAll Sign up for our newsletters ✒️ http://act.ciel.org/signup
@ipcp.bsky.social
Solving chemical pollution through international scientific collaboration. www.ipcp.ch
@veronicanava21.bsky.social
Postdoc @unimib | Prev @UNRlakeTahoe | Freshwater ecosystems researcher Exploring long-term ecological trends & plastic pollution in aquatic environments 🌊🌿| she/her
@cezzalew.bsky.social
Marine Biologist at Exeter University. I love polychaetes. I work on the impact of global ocean stressors on marine invertebrates. Exeter Marine. Global Systems Institute. She/her
@tubakucukkilinc.bsky.social
Professor @ Dpt of Biochemistry, Faculty of #Pharmacy, #Hacettepe University. #Fulbright alumni. #Enzymekinetics, #cytotoxicity, #Alzheimer’s disease, #amyloid beta, #Anti-cancer drugs, drug repurposing
@ninawootton.bsky.social
Marine ecology postdoc at the University of Adelaide 🐟🦀🐠 Interested in marine plastic pollution, blue carbon ecosystems and marine parks. I also love science art, communication and education.
@joshvoorhees.bsky.social
muckraker @fieldnotes.co, a new oil & gas watchdog | past: senior writer @slate.com + (an!) organizer @slateunion.bsky.social | MPH, Johns Hopkins | climate, labor, public health | DM for Signal then hit me w/tips on pipelines, petchem, plastics, PFAS, etc
@elisjthore.bsky.social
Asst Prof at University of Namur | Can also be spotted at SLU 🇸🇪 & KUL-TRANSfarm 🇧🇪 | Into animal behaviour & environmental pollution research 🤓 https://elithore.com/
@jameslofty.bsky.social
Plastic pollution transport in rivers 🌊→🥤| Humboldt Fellowship @kitkarlsruhe.bsky.social @humboldt-foundation.de
@drchrishackney.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Newcastle University. Vice chair of the British Society for Geomorphology. Researching sand mining, river morophodynamics, microplastics and deltas ⛏️🏞️
@aquaben.bsky.social
FFN+ PDRF at the University of Exeter. Aquatic stressor biologist researching microplastics | microfibres | invasives | pollutants | fishes Exeter Marine | Global Systems Institute | BU Visiting Fellow | FSBI council member | BRC Freshwater Fish Verifier
@oceanplasticdan.bsky.social
Physical Oceanographer and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Exeter @exetermarine.bsky.social. Currently researching the transport of plastic bottles in the global oceans through observations and computer modelling.
@zarabotterell.bsky.social
Marine Biodiversity Researcher at Bluedot Associates, UK Marine Verts and Inverts, Conservation, Plastic Pollution 🦈🐬🐋🦞🦐🐟🦀 🌊
@sarahenelms.bsky.social
Lecturer in Marine Vertebrate Ecology and Conservation @UniofExeter #ExeterMarine investigating #plastic pollution in the #marine environment. She/her
@brendangodley.bsky.social
Conservation Scientist, U of Exeter, Cornwall (UK). Biodiversity, ecology & conservation (research, practice & education). Esp. marine realm- sea turtles, fisheries, and ocean plastic. Academic Lead at @exetermarine.bsky.social & @exetergses.bsky.social
@vdettling.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the National Museum of Natural History (Paris, France). Microplastic contamination of marine organisms.
@zebrazuli.bsky.social
Senior Researcher and Team Lead @VLIZnews.bsky.social, Be. #plasticpollution #climatechange #marinebiology Views are my own
@fheritale.bsky.social
The FHERITALE project seeks to provide the European research community with a comprehensive overview of technologies and services relevant to understanding the impact of artificial materials on health, food and the environment. https://fheritale.eu/home
@winniecj.bsky.social
Plastic Pollution scientist | Lecturer at Bangor University. Researching the fate, behaviour, effects of #microplastics & biodegradable plastics to support solutions #PlasticsTreaty. Runner | Happiest outdoors https://winniecourtenejones.wixsite.com/home
@alvaroluna87.bsky.social
PhD in Biology 🐦🌍🦅 | Urban Ecology, Plastic Pollution & Wildlife Conservation | Head of the “Study and Conservation of Biodiversity” Research Group at the European University of Madrid
@idunr.bsky.social
Work in the @UNEP.org INC Secretariat for the #PlasticsTreaty Posts reflect my views. Reposts are not endorsements.
@mrillig.bsky.social
Professor, ecology, FU Berlin, own views Global change, soil, fungi, mycorrhiza, environment, microplastic, biodiversity 🧪 https://www.youtube.com/@mrillig https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinthesoil rilliglab.org https://matthiasrillig.substack.com
@thoba.bsky.social
Ecotoxicologist, Environmental Scientist, Academic, Professor, Photographer.
@sgundogdu.bsky.social
#Microplastic Pollution- #WasteTrade Microplastic Research Group | Cukurova Uni丨#bffp | #SCEPT Yeşil Gazete Otlu Peynir
@victoriafulfer.bsky.social
Oceanographer studying microplastic pollution from land to sea 5 Gyres Institute Microplastics Scientist URI Part-time faculty Backpacker 🏕️, dog mom, aspiring novelist
@maxliboiron.bsky.social
Doing Feminist & Anticolonial science through plastic monitoring. Author: Pollution is Colonialism (2020), Discard Studies (2021). They/them, Michif, 2S, hermit. CLEAR lab at @clear-lab.bsky.social
@marinobacter.bsky.social
🌊🦠🧬🤖 marine chemical ecology & application of bacteria & microalgae #phycosphere #plastisphere @SwanseaUni - @welshcrucible.bsky.social 2023 - parent of 2 - she/her https://www.sonnenscheinlab.com/ #microsky #womeninSTEM
@foodpackagingforum.org
💡 We are a non-profit foundation making scientific facts and expert opinions about food packaging and health accessible and understandable to all. 🔗 Website: https://foodpackagingforum.org 📚 Free resources: https://linktr.ee/foodpackagingforum
@smbrander.bsky.social
Ecotox & EnvStress lab PI, AssocProf @OSU_coastal, co-lead @pnwmicroplastic, AE @STOTEN_journal, Sr. Scientist ASI, #teamsilverside, mom, liberal
@lesleyhenders.bsky.social
Prof of #ScienceCommunication Uni of #Strathclyde, Scotland /#microplastics #Communication #SocialChange / Director Social Dimensions of Plastics doctoral training centre/ http://piscespartnership.org/ Invernessian
@rebecca-altman.bsky.social
Currently writing An Intimate History of Plastics (Scribner)………🐌 Adj Lecturer in Env & Soc @ Brown Words in Orion | The Atlantic | Science 📚 Chatty re: env history of plastic, #plasticstreaty & #creativenonfiction https://rebecca-altman.com
@andresdelcas.bsky.social
🧪Chemical Simplification should be the guiding star 💫 of the #plasticstreaty I ⚖️Senior Attorney at CIEL l |Opinions are my own| 🇨🇴 living in Switzerland
@docmarinfernan.bsky.social
Researcher CONICET (Arg.) #EDC #EndoDisruptors. Member #EDCsSIG, #RACC, Editora Asoc. #JES, Delegation @Theendosociety at #INC. Ed #EMS. Views my own.
@leotrasande.bsky.social
NYU pediatrician protecting ppl from chemical hazards. Author SICKER FATTER POORER. 26x marathoner (PR 3:33:59), @dashingwhippets
@melaniebergma18.bsky.social
Team Science. Marine biologist researching #Arctic #DeepSea & #plastic pollution; born at 326,68 ppm (she/her, sie/ihr). @MBergmann@mstdn.social
@bcarneyalmroth.bsky.social
Ecotoxicologist, fish biologist, plastic researcher, teacher, communicator, wife, mother, lover of animals. Steering member of The Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty https://ikhapp.org/scientistscoalition/
@jambeckresearch.bsky.social
environmental engineer, Regents Prof UGA, 2022 MacArthur Fellow, circular materials, plastic pollution researcher, co-developer Marine Debris Tracker app. Co-author Plastics (book) coming Aug. Podcast coming July. Personal content, no endorse, she/her
@dr-imari.bsky.social
Author of Plastics 📚 Scientist 🌊Microplastics Researcher 🎥 YouTuber💙 UCBerkeley Grad👩🏽🔬 Environ Engin. PhD DukeU She/her Views are my own
@tonyrwalker1.bsky.social
Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦 Editor, Cambridge Prisms: Plastics Born at 324 in 🇬🇧 #plasticpollution #singleuseplastic #microplastics #PlasticsTreaty #ClimateChange #SciComm #SciPol
@nannahartmann.bsky.social
Ecotoxicologist at DTU Sustain. Regulation, fate & effects of nano & #microplastics. Pursuing AI literacy in service of the environment and a sustainable future. #Scicomm enthusiast, yinyoga passionista. Opinions expressed are my own. She/her