Fiona Chong

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

Faezeh is everywhere!!! 😍

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

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...

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

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

Beautiful south coast of NSW

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.

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

A Nautilus shell, a flèche faîtière through tutut shells and an Araucaria pine

And I learnt that #NewCaledonia is one of the few places in the world where Nautiluses are found in the shallows. And it's also in the emblem of NC.

A nautilus chilling under a Montipora coral with a C. taupou hiding behind its shell

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.

Two divers hanging out in the lagoon with beautiful visibility. Brian S in front, Dom M slightly to the back.

All this is made better and even more fun by excellent colleagues on the survey team Dom Muenzel @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social and Brian Stockwell from Uni South Pacific. Here they are as handsome underwater models.

A white tip reef shark gliding above white sand and small coral bommies, in a lagoon

We are surveying entire communities in the outer #reefs and the lagoons - doing UVCs, benthic photo transects and eDNA. This gives us a really comprehensive picture of the diversity and abundance reef life here.

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

Professor Maria Beger smiles at the camera.

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...

Clare... Such kind words, thank you! 💖💖💖

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

Here so early that I can use my preferred username!!!