Articles featuring melissa

• Shondaland: 4 Women Leading the Charge on Shark Conservation​ - July 2021
• National Geographic: Deep-sea shark bonanza seen off remote island chain - June 2021
• Diversity in Action magazine feature- March/April 2021
• Only One "Women Making Waves" 2021
• International Day of Women and Girls In Science 2021 
• ​InStyle Magazine: Badass 50 Women - February 2021
• GROK: Talking sharks and diverse representation with the "Mother of Sharks"
• What the world’s largest sharks, crocs, and spiders can tell scientists
• Bitten by science: When studying animals in the field results in a #fieldworkfail
• Attacked by a croc, a marine researcher now prefers diving with sharks
• Ocean of Hope Interview
• Melissa Márquez Is the Shark Week Expert We All Want to Be
• Una boricua apasionada de los tiburones​
• 'Humans need to do better’: An Australian fisherman’s viral ‘shark bong’ draws outrage, death threats
• Fisherman sparks outrage for using dead baby shark as a bong
• Shark Talk: Mother of Sharks Melissa Cristina Marquez
• Midwestern women join climate change contingent in Antarctica
• 'Holy crap that happened' - Marine biologist recalls the moment she realised she'd been bitten by a crocodile
• Crocodile victim lined up for Nelson-inspired kids' event
• Spotlight On… Melissa Cristina Marquez
• ​BBC: The life of a shark scientist
• Young Hispanic marine biologist, ‘Wonder Woman’ of the ocean
• Marine Biologist MELISSA CRISTINA MÁRQUEZ Shares Her Favorite Ocean-Inspired Books
• Bióloga sobrevive a brutal ataque de cocodrilo ¡lo cuenta con humor!
• Lateral Magazine: Smash and Grab
• Una bióloga marina fue atacada por un cocodrilo (y vivió para contarlo por Twitter)
• Washington Post: Shark scientists explain what’s right and what’s wrong with Shark Week
• Outside Magazine: Surviving a Crocodile Bite While Filming Shark Week
• The truth about Shark Week: Scientists separate fact from fiction
• Jezebel: Marine Biologist Melissa Cristina Márquez Was Bitten and Dragged by a Crocodile...and Lived to Tell Her Story
• Inverse: Which Is Scarier: Space or the Ocean? Experts Finally Settle the Score
• Meet the Shark-a-holic: Melissa Cristina Marquez
• Stuff Magazine: IDEAS Festival
• Marine biologist casually shares story of being bitten by a crocodile
• New Scientist: Shark-free world? That’s a wish that would come back to bite us
• ​Circles of Life by Franz Anthony
• Smore Magazine (covergirl and interview)
• Beast of the Week interview
• The Female Scientist: Melissa C. Marquez interview​
• Real Scientists
• ​SciComm Monday: 27 June 2017

• ​Tiny Science
• Bumbling Biochemist: Melissa Marquez

• WiSE CSHL June 2017 Melissa C. Marquez bio feature

• Lady in STEM Interview: Melissa Cristina Marquez (The Fins United Initiative Founder)​

• ​Curious Minds New Zealand Interview: Melissa Marquez  

• Seafood New Zealand Magazine June 2016

• Fisheries Inshore New Zealand Ltd: Business Plan 2015/16: September 2015

• Seafood New Zealand Magazine August 2015​

• A Plus: Stupid Common Names

• Daily Dot: Stupid Common Names

• Stories of Women leading science and tech
• Scientific American's "The Best Shark Biologists and Conservationists to Follow During Shark Week."
• Christie Wilcox's, "Fraud, Deception And Lies: How Discovery’s Shark Week Became The Greatest Show On Earth."

• David Shiffman's Storify, "Scientists: Stop lying! Shark Week: Try this delicious ice cream!"

PODCASTS + RADIO + TV

• One Planet Podcast & The Creative Process | 2021
  
• Future Of | 2021
• Reach Out Science Slam Judge | 2021
• NPR Shortwave: One Key To Healthy Oceans? Sharks | March 2021
• The Scientistt Podcast | January 2021
• We Talk Science | December 2020
• The Future Of: Sharks | November 2020
• People of Growth | October 2020
• Trailblazing Latinos | September 2020
• Treading Lightly | September 2020
• Brains On! | July 2020
• Marine Life Conservation Club | July 2020
• ​Teach The Geek | July 2020
• ABC AU | Never smile at a crocodile and other fails | July 2020
• Ciencia al Seco | Especial tiburones | June 2020
• Murky Waters | We Need to Talk About Sharks: August 2019
• STEMPod | Baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo (in real life): August 2019
• ​Projects for Wildlife: ​June 2019
• ​NGS Navigators: We're Phenomenal! | Meet a Marine Biologist: Melissa Marquez: December 2018
• Decipher SciFi : the show about how and why | The Meg: claspers, megalodon teeth, and shark proponency w/ Melissa Marquez: November 2018
• Dived With Sharks, Attacked By A Croc | Studio 10: November 2018
• ​Seven Sharp New Zealand: October 2018
• Off Script | Dubai Eye Radio: October 2018
• Paul Ross | talkRADIO: September 2018
• RadioNZ: August 2018
• Spirits Podcast: August 2018
• Hack for the Sea: May 2018
• Synapse Podcast: April 2018
• Inside the Petri Dish: March 2018
• ​Beyond the Microscope: February 2018
• ​Her STEM Story: January 2018
• Superwomen in Science: October 2017
• Speak Up For Blue: June 2017
• RadioNZ: June 2017 
• Femmes of STEM: March 2017

TWITTER/INSTAGRAM TAKE-OVERS

• Parley. Instagram. 2021.
  
• Ocean Mimic. Instagram. 2020/2021.
• Ocean Bottle. Instagram. 2020.
• Next Generation Science Standards. Twitter. 2020.
• Seeker. Instagram. 2020.
• Women In Ocean Science. Instagram. 2020.
• MLCC Vancouver. Instagram. 2020.
• Steaminist. Instagram. 2020. 
• Everpointone. Instagram. 2020.
• Real Scientists. Twitter. 2017.
• Sciparty. Twitter. 2017.
• Bio Tweeps. Twitter. 2017.
• SciBlogHub. Twitter. 2017.
• I Am SciComm. Twitter. 2016.

YOUTUBE

• Seattle Aquarium's Lightning Talk: Sharks - November 2020
• Deep Sea Week - October 2020
• Sharktoberfest - October 2020
• ​Walking the Walk Together - September 2020​​
• Marine Biologist Breaks Down Shark Attack Scenes from Movies | GQ - August 2020
• ​TibuLive - July 2020
• The Meg: claspers, megalodon teeth, and shark proponency w/ Melissa Marquez
• ​Sharks (with Melissa Marquez): Spirits Episode #88
• Dali Talks to Marine Biologist and Shark Expert, Melissa Cristina Marquez
• ​Biología marina EN DIRECTO con Melissa Cristina Márquez 🦈
• Smore Magazine AMA with Marine Biologist Melissa
• ​Melissa Márquez: June 26, 2017 - Season 01 Episode 44

"This video ended up going for like an hour for me. Each time she started stating another fact I was like “Wait, WHAT.” This was so cool!!!" - YouTube Viewer

SUPPORT MELISSA'S EFFORTS

​Like Melissa's content? There are a few ways to help her out!
​If you want to support her efforts to provide free and scientifically accurate Chondrichthyan (shark, skate, ray, and chimaera) education worldwide to ALL in multiple languages, check out her Patreon account here. Any support is appreciated!

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"[Melissa] knows that she was given [her] platform to do good with it. I think she wants to be the woman not only talks loudly into a megaphone so all can hear but one that walks the walk. . . . she’s making sure that she’s not going to disappoint, and not only make it about herself." - Karen Rodrigues