Veronica Farrugia Drakard
Sentinels of Change Alliance Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biodiversity and Seasonality of Seaweed Communities in a Changing Climate
Veronica (she/her) is a marine ecologist specializing in seaweeds, particularly large habitat-forming species. She has lived and worked in the Mediterranean Sea, the Irish Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska, and is excited to now be pursuing research questions in the Salish Sea. Based at UBC Vancouver within the Martone Lab, she is co-advised by Matt Lemay, Margot Hessing-Lewis, and Patrick Martone.