Melissa Cristina Marquez

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  • Hola, I'm Melissa
    • Meet Melissa >
      • Education
      • Field and Lab Skills
  • As Seen In
    • Speaking Events
    • Workshops
    • TV Presenter Roles
    • Publications
    • Books
    • Sciart
  • The Podcast
  • Journal
  • Get In Touch
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Melissa's main goal is to get rid of unnecessary jargon in science literature - she believes we can discuss science-related topics in an easily understandable and entertaining way! ​Márquez hopes her work via various projects and speaking engagements helps increase the level of scientific literacy among the general non-scientific public so that anyone can understand scientific topics!

Tips or story ideas? Email her at melissacristinamarquez@gmail.com. 

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Select recent publications are below.

MORE PUBLICATIONS

Previous publications (1+ year old) are below.
  • Sharks Are Becoming Functionally Extinct Around The World
  • Sharkcano: Exploring The Relationship Between Underwater Volcanoes And Sharks
  • ​Our Underwater World Is Full Of Cables… That Are Sometimes Attacked By Sharks
  • ​Whale hello there! Dozens of blue whales spotted off the coast of San Francisco.
  • From rediscovered species to white whales: A roundup of feel-good nature news.
  • Eating Sharks Poses Significant Risks To Human Health Due To High Levels Of Mercury.
  • What are these animals doing? Viral TikTok videos explained.
  • What Happens Next In Brazil Is Crucial For One Shark Species.
  • What’s good in the (oceanic) neighbourhood? Some positive marine news to kickstart your weekend.
  • Lamprey Vs. Shark Seen Off Rhode Island In Rare Observation.
  • World Oceans Day celebrations look a little different this year.
  • How Shark Skin Can Help Human Medicine.
  • What is #BlackBirdersWeek and why does it matter.
  • Shark Vs Gigantic Squid Showdown! Who Lived To Tell The Tale?
  • ​​Waves of Change featured in Lateral Magazine
  • How to neutralize the influence of fake news in science
  • The mysterious lives of chimaeras and the effects of deep sea fishing: my deep sea MSc research and why deep sea fisheries oversight is needed featured in Women Are Boring
  • Fact File: Elephant fish featured in New Zealand Geographic​
  • First, do no harm featured in Biosphere
  • An Ocean of Opportunity featured in Lateral Magazine​
  • Life in the deep: how animals live in the eternal dark featured in SciChic
  • ​Watery Neighbours: The animals that reside beneath Australia's waves featured in Wild Melbourne 
  • Diverse Sharks of Australia featured in Wild Melbourne
  • Squidtoons "The Fallacy of Sharks" contributing scientist
  • The Network that cried, "(Fake) Shark!" featured in The Dodo
  • Spearfishing and Shark Safety featured in The Dodo
  • Katharine the Great: What is She Up To? featured in Tracking Sharks 
  • Tracking Sharks guest scientist​

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES​

  • Science Communication in Multiple Languages Is Critical to Its Effectiveness by Melissa C. Má​rquez and Dr. Ana Maria Porras
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  • How ‘Blue’ Is ‘Green’ Energy? by Andrew J. Wright, Claryana Araújo-Wang, John Y. Wang, Peter S. Ross, Jakob Tougaard, Robin Winkler, Melissa C. Márquez, Frances C. Robertson, Kayleigh Fawcett Williams, and Randall R. Reeves
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"I really admire [Melissa]. She has taken [her opportunities], and using [them] as a platform to speak about the issues that matter to her. She’s using the blessings that she’s received [and] is turning that around to the benefit of others." - Andrea Rose

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"Thank you so much for taking the time to write [a quality article about sharks] and for the effort made to get it right. So often things get misconstrued and it’s great to see your science side and writing skills combined!​" - J. DODD

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