Jon Kuntz, PhD 🦈
@sharkeye.bsky.social
Shark eyes and stable isotopes | Lecturer UC Merced | Alaska Department of Fish & Game 🦀 | AK Sea Grant State Fellow | (He/Him)
Foraged this King Bolete (Porcini) yesterday!
For dinner made a porcini pappardelle (pasta with and olive oil, parsley, and garlic sauce) and porcini carpaccio (raw porcini with parmesan and olive oil) 🤤
For dinner made a porcini pappardelle (pasta with and olive oil, parsley, and garlic sauce) and porcini carpaccio (raw porcini with parmesan and olive oil) 🤤
September 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Foraged this King Bolete (Porcini) yesterday!
For dinner made a porcini pappardelle (pasta with and olive oil, parsley, and garlic sauce) and porcini carpaccio (raw porcini with parmesan and olive oil) 🤤
For dinner made a porcini pappardelle (pasta with and olive oil, parsley, and garlic sauce) and porcini carpaccio (raw porcini with parmesan and olive oil) 🤤
This made me really happy today
September 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This made me really happy today
Can you name the four kinds of mushrooms my partner and I found foraging today? 🍄
August 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Can you name the four kinds of mushrooms my partner and I found foraging today? 🍄
The silvers are coming through!
August 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The silvers are coming through!
Got surprised by a couple of Kodiak bears on our hike last night 🐻 be
July 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Got surprised by a couple of Kodiak bears on our hike last night 🐻 be
Currently under evacuation up here in Kodiak, AK… luckily our house is just above the tsunami line
July 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Currently under evacuation up here in Kodiak, AK… luckily our house is just above the tsunami line
My dissertation "Tracing Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata) Life History Patterns in Northern California Estuaries: Insights From Stable Isotope Ecology" got published today! Isoscapes, CSIA-AA, full life history with eye lenses, seasonality in teeth, etc. 🦈🦑🌎
www.proquest.com/dissertation...
www.proquest.com/dissertation...
July 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My dissertation "Tracing Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata) Life History Patterns in Northern California Estuaries: Insights From Stable Isotope Ecology" got published today! Isoscapes, CSIA-AA, full life history with eye lenses, seasonality in teeth, etc. 🦈🦑🌎
www.proquest.com/dissertation...
www.proquest.com/dissertation...
All ready for Kodiak Kelp Fest 2025 put on by the local kelp farmers and scientists here! Lots of community engagement and science all week!
June 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
All ready for Kodiak Kelp Fest 2025 put on by the local kelp farmers and scientists here! Lots of community engagement and science all week!
All ready for Kodiak Kelp Fest 2025 put on by the local kelp farmers and scientists here! Lots of community engagement and science all week!
June 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
All ready for Kodiak Kelp Fest 2025 put on by the local kelp farmers and scientists here! Lots of community engagement and science all week!
The south end of the stadium was just expanded a few years ago! But was built ~ 2000, so not new new (best views of any football stadium thooo)
May 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The south end of the stadium was just expanded a few years ago! But was built ~ 2000, so not new new (best views of any football stadium thooo)
Currently doing some eye lens work at the Swedish Museum of Natural History! Anyone want to take a guess at the taxon? 🌍🦑
May 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Currently doing some eye lens work at the Swedish Museum of Natural History! Anyone want to take a guess at the taxon? 🌍🦑
I passed my PhD defense 🦈
May 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I passed my PhD defense 🦈
I am defending my PhD tomorrow for anyone who wants to join! 🦈
May 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I am defending my PhD tomorrow for anyone who wants to join! 🦈
Haven't had a screw up this bad in a while! Almost psychedelic 🫠
April 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Haven't had a screw up this bad in a while! Almost psychedelic 🫠
On that estuary life science path and not stopping anytime soon
March 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On that estuary life science path and not stopping anytime soon
PhD defense set for May 7th! Let me know if you want to see what I’ve been up to for the last 4 years of my PhD 🦈
February 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
PhD defense set for May 7th! Let me know if you want to see what I’ve been up to for the last 4 years of my PhD 🦈
Rainy day manatees doing belly rolls! Even a little tagged individual! 🦑
December 30, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Rainy day manatees doing belly rolls! Even a little tagged individual! 🦑
They even had great science about feral cats @sciencewithtyus.bsky.social!!! 🐈⬛🧪🌎
December 23, 2024 at 7:52 PM
They even had great science about feral cats @sciencewithtyus.bsky.social!!! 🐈⬛🧪🌎
Had to make our annual stop to the Field Museum, especially for their new “Cats: Predators to pets” exhibit! 🌎🧪
December 23, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Had to make our annual stop to the Field Museum, especially for their new “Cats: Predators to pets” exhibit! 🌎🧪
Thankful for a job I love and a great team around me 🌎🦑🦈
November 29, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Thankful for a job I love and a great team around me 🌎🦑🦈
This is science for me tonight at 1:30 am… 🔥🧊🧪
December 8, 2023 at 9:37 AM
This is science for me tonight at 1:30 am… 🔥🧊🧪
My besties for work @NASAJPL so I got to see Mission Control today 🧪
November 7, 2023 at 2:07 AM
My besties for work @NASAJPL so I got to see Mission Control today 🧪
Got the opportunity to go out with USGS on the San Francisco Bay for some POM sample collection. Not a bad lab setup 🦑🌏🧪
October 31, 2023 at 12:56 AM
Got the opportunity to go out with USGS on the San Francisco Bay for some POM sample collection. Not a bad lab setup 🦑🌏🧪