Fiona Chong
@fchong.bsky.social
Project manager and PDRA on the #ClimateREEFS project. I like measuring nature. Thinking about high latitude reefs, populations and communities.
Really enjoyed revisiting @universityofleeds.bsky.social where I did my first postdoc with @mariabeger.bsky.social a few years ago Great to catch up with old friends, meet new people, and share some of my current research @fchong.bsky.social
First day of our ECR training event. A gentle start as the typhoon delayed participants from Phils. 1-1 surgeries with our Indonesian team members were productive nonetheless - advancing their analysis and patching up knowledge gaps! Super fun and heart warming to see the enthusiasm! #ClimateREEFS
Arrived at Kota Ambon to start work with the members of the #ClimateREEFS project for the next two weeks. But first I was greeted by a cat mama with her two nuggets, and a tropical thunderstorm! Perfect!!! #CLimateAdaptationREsilience @priestleycentre.bsky.social @mariabeger.bsky.social
Anyone who knows me a bit knows I'm utterly obsessed with #parkrun. It has changed my life and I will forever rope more people into it. I am very happy to see this published journals.plos.org/globalpublic... #freeforeveryoneforever @parkrunaustralia.bsky.social @parkrunuk.bsky.social
A generic model of life satisfaction: The case study of parkrun
Parkrun is a free, weekly, timed 5 km run or walk with the aim of creating ‘a healthier, happier planet’. The aim of this study is to use a survey of parkrun to create a model of life satisfaction tha...
journals.plos.org
The ClimateREEFS team has had a wonderful time at #AF2025 showcasing our research on small scale fishery sustainability. Similar challenges but many solutions in climate adaptation. We are in this together. #CLimateAdaptationREsilience @adaptationfutures.bsky.social @priestleycentre.bsky.social
PhD opportunity: improving #eDNA methods to better understand estuarine health. A collaborative university-government project to provide solutions and improve the management of estuaries in Australia. sednasociety.com/2025/10/10/p...
Happy to be part of the preconference inidigenous forum hosted by @adaptationfutures.bsky.social with #ClimateREEFS There's great momentum and positivity here 💪. Can't wait to see how the international indigenous adaptation network evolves #CLimateAdaptationREsilience @priestleycentre.bsky.social
Curious about what lives in NSW (Australia) estuaries? We established a new open access baseline with more than 10,000 taxa for >250 sites using #eDNA methods. Short summary online today with links to video and a site map theconversation.com/from-surpris... @sednasociety.bsky.social
From surprise platypus to wandering cane toads, here’s what we found hiding in NSW estuaries
Researchers worked with Indigenous Rangers to map life in 34 estuaries across NSW using environmental DNA - and made a host of unexpected discoveries.
theconversation.com
It's certainly not everyday that we see a #Nautilus in the wild, with our own eyes. But today was the day! Here it was hanging out in the lagoon, in less than 5m of water, with its own Chrysiptera taupou (Southseas devil) friend.
We are onboard the French RV ANTEA for the next 3.5wks to explore the beautiful #reefs of Nouvelle Caledonie on the NSF-NERC funded DisKer project: Resolving dispersal kernels 🐠🚢🌏🌊. Day 1 of dives today! Watch this space. @mariabeger.bsky.social @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social
Congratulations to Prof. @mariabeger.bsky.social who has won a Water Woman Award from water@leeds. Not only has Maria secured competitive grants and driven research impact, she also consistently fosters an inclusive research culture 👏 biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-s...
Pinch me!!! Massive thanks to awesome (and long-suffering) supervisors Domino and @mariabeger.bsky.social !!! Also to the chair Africa Gomez and examiners Gal Eyal, Mati Patel for reading my thesis and asking interesting questions. @eeiathull.bsky.social
Domino Joyce@domino-joyce.fishsci.com.ap.brid.gy · last yr.Congratulations Fiona on passing your viva (with no corrections! 🙀 ) #coral #AcademicChatter #reef #scuba #GreatBarrierReef #Okinawa #NERC
