Jen Salerno
@jlesaler.bsky.social
Microbes. Everywhere but especially the Ocean. Coral Reefs. Estuaries. Biofilms. Forests. Science Policy.
Associate Professor @ George Mason University
NOAA Knauss Marine Policy Alum
AAAS STPF Alum
Single mom of two boys
https://salernolab.com/
Associate Professor @ George Mason University
NOAA Knauss Marine Policy Alum
AAAS STPF Alum
Single mom of two boys
https://salernolab.com/
This makes me so happy and proud 🥹 🧬 🪸 🔬 I hope they are happy and proud too. I hope that I’m creating an environment where students feel excited to learn and explore, but also safe to mess up. Because that is science.
October 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This makes me so happy and proud 🥹 🧬 🪸 🔬 I hope they are happy and proud too. I hope that I’m creating an environment where students feel excited to learn and explore, but also safe to mess up. Because that is science.
But how many people can say they’ve been rejected from the astronaut candidate program TWICE?! 🤗🤣 #reachforthestars No, I mean really reach. 💫 👩🏼🚀
September 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
But how many people can say they’ve been rejected from the astronaut candidate program TWICE?! 🤗🤣 #reachforthestars No, I mean really reach. 💫 👩🏼🚀
Misty the cat knows the drill and has joined #OceanChat 🌊 🐱
June 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Misty the cat knows the drill and has joined #OceanChat 🌊 🐱
When you’re “the titanium sphere from the submersible that I dove 3000 meters to the bottom of the ocean in is basically in a museum” years old! 😆🌊👍
June 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
When you’re “the titanium sphere from the submersible that I dove 3000 meters to the bottom of the ocean in is basically in a museum” years old! 😆🌊👍
The happy face of an officially tenured professor boom 💥
Note to self: be a lighthouse for others in the way that others have been a lighthouse for me 🌊
Note to self: be a lighthouse for others in the way that others have been a lighthouse for me 🌊
May 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The happy face of an officially tenured professor boom 💥
Note to self: be a lighthouse for others in the way that others have been a lighthouse for me 🌊
Note to self: be a lighthouse for others in the way that others have been a lighthouse for me 🌊
Congratulations to Dr. Jordan Sims on a successful dissertation defense! We couldn’t be more proud! 😊 🌊 🪸 🧫 🧬 @jordansims.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Jordan Sims on a successful dissertation defense! We couldn’t be more proud! 😊 🌊 🪸 🧫 🧬 @jordansims.bsky.social
It was inspiring to help welcome the new class of @noaa.gov Knauss Marine Policy fellows and to stand in a room full of individuals dedicated to the important work of sustainably managing our ocean resources 🌊
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It was inspiring to help welcome the new class of @noaa.gov Knauss Marine Policy fellows and to stand in a room full of individuals dedicated to the important work of sustainably managing our ocean resources 🌊
And on Friday we found ourselves 2,000 feet from the Whitehouse sampling soil microbes in the Cherry tree groves on the National Mall as part of our National Park Service funded project on beneficial fungi and tree health…it was calm, quiet, and peaceful out there
March 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And on Friday we found ourselves 2,000 feet from the Whitehouse sampling soil microbes in the Cherry tree groves on the National Mall as part of our National Park Service funded project on beneficial fungi and tree health…it was calm, quiet, and peaceful out there
As I was leaving DC yesterday with renewed hope about the promise of rising scientists and good news about my own career, I saw a woman walking down the street from USAID with a box of her belongings and my stomach just dropped.
Keep going.
Keep going.
February 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
As I was leaving DC yesterday with renewed hope about the promise of rising scientists and good news about my own career, I saw a woman walking down the street from USAID with a box of her belongings and my stomach just dropped.
Keep going.
Keep going.
February 20, 2025 at 4:51 AM
We take care of one another in this lab 😊🍩💌
February 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We take care of one another in this lab 😊🍩💌
Last Friday at GMU’s Potomac Science Center ❄️
February 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Last Friday at GMU’s Potomac Science Center ❄️
Sounds like someone writing their doctoral dissertation…😬🙃🤣😳
December 12, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Sounds like someone writing their doctoral dissertation…😬🙃🤣😳
Excited to be here!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,290,192!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,290,192!
October 2, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Excited to be here!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,290,192!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,290,192!
My environmental microbiology students getting creative with agar art 😍 Who said science can’t be fun? 🧫
September 18, 2024 at 12:28 AM
My environmental microbiology students getting creative with agar art 😍 Who said science can’t be fun? 🧫
@scifri.bsky.social family event with @iraflatow and Astronaut Cady Coleman 💫🪐🛰️🚀✨🤗 So cool!
March 22, 2024 at 11:03 PM
@scifri.bsky.social family event with @iraflatow and Astronaut Cady Coleman 💫🪐🛰️🚀✨🤗 So cool!
Took a minute but first post! I’m a marine biologist/environmental microbiologist also working at the intersection of science policy and diplomacy! Follow our lab groups’ adventures here and on instagram @salerno_lab 😊🌊🧫🧬
January 10, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Took a minute but first post! I’m a marine biologist/environmental microbiologist also working at the intersection of science policy and diplomacy! Follow our lab groups’ adventures here and on instagram @salerno_lab 😊🌊🧫🧬