Dr. Xochitl Clare | #DancingBiologist
@xochitlclare.bsky.social
Marine Biologist & Performing Artist
🇧🇿🇯🇲 #FirstGen | Ph.D. UCSB 23’|📍UW SAFS
🌊🎭Sci-Art: @scistoriesproject.bsky.social
🔗: https://linktr.ee/dancingbiologist
🇧🇿🇯🇲 #FirstGen | Ph.D. UCSB 23’|📍UW SAFS
🌊🎭Sci-Art: @scistoriesproject.bsky.social
🔗: https://linktr.ee/dancingbiologist
Updated flyer! TODAY🦑 Giving a Halloweek seminar at Western Washington University! 🎃
I’ll be sharing my talk:
✨ EcoTrace Project: Mapping Environmental Pollution & Community Awareness in Belize ✨
Bringing ocean + community storytelling to WWU!🌊💙
#WWU #EcoTrace #MarineScience #Conservation
I’ll be sharing my talk:
✨ EcoTrace Project: Mapping Environmental Pollution & Community Awareness in Belize ✨
Bringing ocean + community storytelling to WWU!🌊💙
#WWU #EcoTrace #MarineScience #Conservation
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Updated flyer! TODAY🦑 Giving a Halloweek seminar at Western Washington University! 🎃
I’ll be sharing my talk:
✨ EcoTrace Project: Mapping Environmental Pollution & Community Awareness in Belize ✨
Bringing ocean + community storytelling to WWU!🌊💙
#WWU #EcoTrace #MarineScience #Conservation
I’ll be sharing my talk:
✨ EcoTrace Project: Mapping Environmental Pollution & Community Awareness in Belize ✨
Bringing ocean + community storytelling to WWU!🌊💙
#WWU #EcoTrace #MarineScience #Conservation
🦑 Giving a Halloweek seminar tomorrow at Western Washington University! 🎃
I’ll be sharing:
✨ EcoTrace Project: Mapping Environmental Pollution & Community Awareness in Belize ✨
Honored to bring ocean + community storytelling to the WWU crowd 🌊
#WWU #MarineScience #Halloweek #Conservation
I’ll be sharing:
✨ EcoTrace Project: Mapping Environmental Pollution & Community Awareness in Belize ✨
Honored to bring ocean + community storytelling to the WWU crowd 🌊
#WWU #MarineScience #Halloweek #Conservation
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🦑 Giving a Halloweek seminar tomorrow at Western Washington University! 🎃
I’ll be sharing:
✨ EcoTrace Project: Mapping Environmental Pollution & Community Awareness in Belize ✨
Honored to bring ocean + community storytelling to the WWU crowd 🌊
#WWU #MarineScience #Halloweek #Conservation
I’ll be sharing:
✨ EcoTrace Project: Mapping Environmental Pollution & Community Awareness in Belize ✨
Honored to bring ocean + community storytelling to the WWU crowd 🌊
#WWU #MarineScience #Halloweek #Conservation
Final lap of my WRF Postdoc 🎉 #tbt 2025 Symposium + feeling grateful to present with such a powerhouse cohort.
This year is finishing reports, manuscripts, invited talks, stepping into independence as a scientist through eco-entrepreneurship—Year of risks. Year of growth. Let’s go. 🚀
This year is finishing reports, manuscripts, invited talks, stepping into independence as a scientist through eco-entrepreneurship—Year of risks. Year of growth. Let’s go. 🚀
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Final lap of my WRF Postdoc 🎉 #tbt 2025 Symposium + feeling grateful to present with such a powerhouse cohort.
This year is finishing reports, manuscripts, invited talks, stepping into independence as a scientist through eco-entrepreneurship—Year of risks. Year of growth. Let’s go. 🚀
This year is finishing reports, manuscripts, invited talks, stepping into independence as a scientist through eco-entrepreneurship—Year of risks. Year of growth. Let’s go. 🚀
#CucSquad 2.0 has entered the chat! 💫💜 Working alongside legends like Prof. Billie Swalla @ Friday Harbor Labs. Let’s gooo 💪🏽 sea cucumbers have spawned! 🌊✨
I’m kicking off a study on how plastic leachates impact early development! 🎉
#WomenInSTEM #PlasticPollution #CucSquad
I’m kicking off a study on how plastic leachates impact early development! 🎉
#WomenInSTEM #PlasticPollution #CucSquad
July 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
#CucSquad 2.0 has entered the chat! 💫💜 Working alongside legends like Prof. Billie Swalla @ Friday Harbor Labs. Let’s gooo 💪🏽 sea cucumbers have spawned! 🌊✨
I’m kicking off a study on how plastic leachates impact early development! 🎉
#WomenInSTEM #PlasticPollution #CucSquad
I’m kicking off a study on how plastic leachates impact early development! 🎉
#WomenInSTEM #PlasticPollution #CucSquad
COUNTDOWN DONE!✅ My 138 samples are officially off to Dartmouth for metals testing! 🧪📦
Collected in 🇧🇿 by fishers & students!:
🐊 Croc nails & scutes
🐟 Finfish gills & fins
🌊 Sediment from mangroves
🦑 Sea cucumber tissue
Processed by hand with care—data coming soon!
#CommunityScience #WomenInSTEM
Collected in 🇧🇿 by fishers & students!:
🐊 Croc nails & scutes
🐟 Finfish gills & fins
🌊 Sediment from mangroves
🦑 Sea cucumber tissue
Processed by hand with care—data coming soon!
#CommunityScience #WomenInSTEM
May 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
COUNTDOWN DONE!✅ My 138 samples are officially off to Dartmouth for metals testing! 🧪📦
Collected in 🇧🇿 by fishers & students!:
🐊 Croc nails & scutes
🐟 Finfish gills & fins
🌊 Sediment from mangroves
🦑 Sea cucumber tissue
Processed by hand with care—data coming soon!
#CommunityScience #WomenInSTEM
Collected in 🇧🇿 by fishers & students!:
🐊 Croc nails & scutes
🐟 Finfish gills & fins
🌊 Sediment from mangroves
🦑 Sea cucumber tissue
Processed by hand with care—data coming soon!
#CommunityScience #WomenInSTEM
It’s official! I’m co-facilitating the Marine Science Ocean Arts workshop at #FridayHarborLabs 🌊🎭🎨 Grateful to Marjorie Wonham & Astrida Neimanis for the vision 💙 As a marine scientist & artist, I’m so excited to dive into this eco-art adventure! 🐚✨ #SciArt #OceanArts
May 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It’s official! I’m co-facilitating the Marine Science Ocean Arts workshop at #FridayHarborLabs 🌊🎭🎨 Grateful to Marjorie Wonham & Astrida Neimanis for the vision 💙 As a marine scientist & artist, I’m so excited to dive into this eco-art adventure! 🐚✨ #SciArt #OceanArts
💙🐻 Fun fact: my parents met at UCLA!—now I get to give a seminar there!
Speaking @ #UCLA next week for the RUA Research Exchange!
🗓️ Apr 16
🕐 12pm PST
🔗 Zoom Link: lnkd.in/gb9cKae2
👉🏽 Second photo is of little me!—this moment’s a long time coming 💫
#RUA #BruinBaby @uclaioes.bsky.social
Speaking @ #UCLA next week for the RUA Research Exchange!
🗓️ Apr 16
🕐 12pm PST
🔗 Zoom Link: lnkd.in/gb9cKae2
👉🏽 Second photo is of little me!—this moment’s a long time coming 💫
#RUA #BruinBaby @uclaioes.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
💙🐻 Fun fact: my parents met at UCLA!—now I get to give a seminar there!
Speaking @ #UCLA next week for the RUA Research Exchange!
🗓️ Apr 16
🕐 12pm PST
🔗 Zoom Link: lnkd.in/gb9cKae2
👉🏽 Second photo is of little me!—this moment’s a long time coming 💫
#RUA #BruinBaby @uclaioes.bsky.social
Speaking @ #UCLA next week for the RUA Research Exchange!
🗓️ Apr 16
🕐 12pm PST
🔗 Zoom Link: lnkd.in/gb9cKae2
👉🏽 Second photo is of little me!—this moment’s a long time coming 💫
#RUA #BruinBaby @uclaioes.bsky.social
🌊💙 Full circle @scrippsocean.bsky.social ! Grateful to return as an invited speaker, sharing how research, communities & storytelling shape my work.
📸 Presenting, reconnecting with mentors from my REU days, & iconic Scripps views.
Until next time, Scripps! 💙✨ #JT-SURF #Mentorship #FullCircle
📸 Presenting, reconnecting with mentors from my REU days, & iconic Scripps views.
Until next time, Scripps! 💙✨ #JT-SURF #Mentorship #FullCircle
March 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🌊💙 Full circle @scrippsocean.bsky.social ! Grateful to return as an invited speaker, sharing how research, communities & storytelling shape my work.
📸 Presenting, reconnecting with mentors from my REU days, & iconic Scripps views.
Until next time, Scripps! 💙✨ #JT-SURF #Mentorship #FullCircle
📸 Presenting, reconnecting with mentors from my REU days, & iconic Scripps views.
Until next time, Scripps! 💙✨ #JT-SURF #Mentorship #FullCircle
🎣✨ Fieldwork memories from 2024! #tbt Out on the open ocean with Placencia fishing legend Doyle Gardiner & team, collecting predatory fish for the EcoTrace Project. Monitoring heavy metals in seafood across ecosystems. 🌊🐟
December 19, 2024 at 2:49 AM
🎣✨ Fieldwork memories from 2024! #tbt Out on the open ocean with Placencia fishing legend Doyle Gardiner & team, collecting predatory fish for the EcoTrace Project. Monitoring heavy metals in seafood across ecosystems. 🌊🐟
✨ From Placencia to the @uwsafs.bsky.social lab bench, here’s a glimpse of the #EcoTraceProject ! 🌊🐚This fall, we’ve investigated heavy metals in Belizean sea cucumbers. 💪 Excited to share results in Placencia in the Spring. Until then, the grind continues! ✨
#MarineBiology #Belize #SeaCucumber
#MarineBiology #Belize #SeaCucumber
December 19, 2024 at 2:07 AM
✨ From Placencia to the @uwsafs.bsky.social lab bench, here’s a glimpse of the #EcoTraceProject ! 🌊🐚This fall, we’ve investigated heavy metals in Belizean sea cucumbers. 💪 Excited to share results in Placencia in the Spring. Until then, the grind continues! ✨
#MarineBiology #Belize #SeaCucumber
#MarineBiology #Belize #SeaCucumber
🌊✨ Hi Bluesky! I’m Dr. Xochitl Clare, a Marine Biologist & Performing Artist ( #DancingBiologist ). Afro-Latina 🇯🇲 🇧🇿 🇺🇸 studying community-based climate solutions in WA & Belize. 🎭🌊 Ph.D., 🧜🏾♀️ diver, 🩰 dancer, & filmmaker mentoring future scientists. Let’s connect! 💙 #blackinmarinescience
November 19, 2024 at 5:51 AM
🌊✨ Hi Bluesky! I’m Dr. Xochitl Clare, a Marine Biologist & Performing Artist ( #DancingBiologist ). Afro-Latina 🇯🇲 🇧🇿 🇺🇸 studying community-based climate solutions in WA & Belize. 🎭🌊 Ph.D., 🧜🏾♀️ diver, 🩰 dancer, & filmmaker mentoring future scientists. Let’s connect! 💙 #blackinmarinescience
🌵🏜️💛 #tbt An unforgettable week @ the #2024NDiSTEM conference! 🌵✨Connecting with folks share both scientific & cultural backgrounds close to my own 🌄🧡🌞 Thanks to #UWEnvironment & #SACNAS ! 🌵🌞 #SACNAS2024
November 19, 2024 at 5:38 AM
🌵🏜️💛 #tbt An unforgettable week @ the #2024NDiSTEM conference! 🌵✨Connecting with folks share both scientific & cultural backgrounds close to my own 🌄🧡🌞 Thanks to #UWEnvironment & #SACNAS ! 🌵🌞 #SACNAS2024
✔️Temperature loggers deployed! 🌡️✨ #tbt Tough day in the mangroves, but big smiles! 🌿 Huge thanks to Crocodile Research Coalition intern Alejandra Ariza for the help! 🙌🏾 Monitoring temperature our sites for EcoTrace 🌱🌊
November 19, 2024 at 5:37 AM
✔️Temperature loggers deployed! 🌡️✨ #tbt Tough day in the mangroves, but big smiles! 🌿 Huge thanks to Crocodile Research Coalition intern Alejandra Ariza for the help! 🙌🏾 Monitoring temperature our sites for EcoTrace 🌱🌊
✔️✔️Croc surveys complete! 🐊✨#tbt First time this close to a croc! These predators face coastal pollution just like the smaller species in our project. After safely collecting samples with the #CrocodileResearchCoalition we returned him to the water! Next up: fish & temp loggers 🌊🙌🏾
November 19, 2024 at 5:36 AM
✔️✔️Croc surveys complete! 🐊✨#tbt First time this close to a croc! These predators face coastal pollution just like the smaller species in our project. After safely collecting samples with the #CrocodileResearchCoalition we returned him to the water! Next up: fish & temp loggers 🌊🙌🏾
✔️✨ Collected sea cucumbers & sediment in a 3-site mangrove crawl @ lagoon & reef! 💦 Dream team: University of Belize Prof. Arlenie Rogers, fishermen & students. 🙌🏾🌊 #tbt my EcoTrace Project analyzing pollutants in marine life & sediment!🐙
November 19, 2024 at 5:35 AM
✔️✨ Collected sea cucumbers & sediment in a 3-site mangrove crawl @ lagoon & reef! 💦 Dream team: University of Belize Prof. Arlenie Rogers, fishermen & students. 🙌🏾🌊 #tbt my EcoTrace Project analyzing pollutants in marine life & sediment!🐙
#tbt Juneteenth in Miami🌺✨with BIMS! Meeting Presidents of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers & celebrating the BIMS Immersion Program (BIP) was everything #WEOUTSIDE #blackinmarinescience
November 19, 2024 at 5:32 AM
#tbt Juneteenth in Miami🌺✨with BIMS! Meeting Presidents of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers & celebrating the BIMS Immersion Program (BIP) was everything #WEOUTSIDE #blackinmarinescience
🌊💜#tbt Sharing my Thinktank on Mentoring in an REU Setting for the FHL Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) mentors ! I shared my work on our UCSB FUERTE “Mentoring the Mentors” (Hofmann et al., Oceanography 2023) publication
November 19, 2024 at 5:29 AM
🌊💜#tbt Sharing my Thinktank on Mentoring in an REU Setting for the FHL Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) mentors ! I shared my work on our UCSB FUERTE “Mentoring the Mentors” (Hofmann et al., Oceanography 2023) publication
#tbt 🌊💜My first Open House with the Padilla-Gamino Lab!🔬🪸🐠🐙It was a blast teaching the public about all our invertebrate eco-physiology research! 🌊💜
#sciencecommunication #marinescience #marinebiology #education
#sciencecommunication #marinescience #marinebiology #education
November 19, 2024 at 5:28 AM
#tbt 🌊💜My first Open House with the Padilla-Gamino Lab!🔬🪸🐠🐙It was a blast teaching the public about all our invertebrate eco-physiology research! 🌊💜
#sciencecommunication #marinescience #marinebiology #education
#sciencecommunication #marinescience #marinebiology #education
📆 🎙️#tbt My first talk on my holistic marine science work in Belize 🇧🇿& PNW🏔️ @ UW SAFS last year !➡️Swipe to see how it went! Was super nervous sharing complex work so close to my heart ! So proud! 💜✨ #SciComm #HolisticMarineBiology #blackinmarinescience
November 19, 2024 at 5:27 AM
📆 🎙️#tbt My first talk on my holistic marine science work in Belize 🇧🇿& PNW🏔️ @ UW SAFS last year !➡️Swipe to see how it went! Was super nervous sharing complex work so close to my heart ! So proud! 💜✨ #SciComm #HolisticMarineBiology #blackinmarinescience
📣🏅#repost I’m a 3 yr Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship @ the University of Washington @ Padilla-Gamiño Lab in Marine Biology🌊📣🏅🔥More to share as I get more comfy on here! #AddtoBlackSky #blackinmarinescience
November 19, 2024 at 5:25 AM
📣🏅#repost I’m a 3 yr Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship @ the University of Washington @ Padilla-Gamiño Lab in Marine Biology🌊📣🏅🔥More to share as I get more comfy on here! #AddtoBlackSky #blackinmarinescience