Dr. Victoria Fulfer

During this dark week I am reflecting on the ways humans, who can be so evil to each other, can also be so adorable. Example: One human writes a song and millions of humans learn the words and then we flock to stadiums to stand in a crowd of strangers and sing them together 🥹

Excited to share our latest publication focusing on a time series of marine debris in Nha Trang, Vietnam. This work was conducted during my time as a Fulbright scholar and I am so pleased to be able to finally share it with the world

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Nicaragua will forever hold a special place in my heart and it is heartbreaking to see this authoritarian rule continue 😞

Nothing warms my heart more than when a student emails me just to let me know they used something they learned in class in real life 🥹

Exclusive: Woman told House Ethics panel she witnessed Gaetz having sex with minor, lawyer says An attorney tells ABC News that one of his clients told the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed then-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz having sex with a minor.

BREAKING: A woman testified to the House Ethics Committee that she WITNESSED Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz have sex with a minor (rape.) abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive...

Microplastic diversity drives increases antibiotic resistance genes in soil Results from a recent paper

What happens when you add many different kinds of microplastic particles into soil?

A recent paper shows what happens with antibiotic resistance genes in soil, and this newsletter post talks about this result.

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Someone who was investigated by the Department of Justice for sex trafficking should not be confirmed to lead that same department. Pass it on.

Less than 2 weeks until my defense! Message me if you’d like a zoom link!
#plastics #microplastics #pollution #phdlife

Six years ago I was processing some of my first samples as a masters student and today I finished writing my Ph.D. dissertation 🥲 #phdlife

A computer screens shows an infrared scan of a filter with microplastics on it, next to an FTIR microscope

And just like that the final uFTIR scan of my PhD is complete! 26 days to go! #phdlife

OH MY GOD

I Grant You Refuge • Protean Magazine It is our great honor to publish this translation of "I Grant You Refuge" by Palestinian poet, novelist, and teacher, Hiba Abu Nada. "Refuge" was written on October 10th and is among the last pieces s...

Beautiful and heartbreaking. To write in the face of death…truly unimaginable. Please read her words.

Introduce yourself with.some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:

Cashier
Piano teacher
Data entry operator
Tutor
Lab technician
Hospice worker

Hurricane Lee approaches, microplastics in Narragansett Bay, and more Hurricane Lee has weakened and continues to do so as it moves off the New England Coast. But that doesn’t mean it won’t have an impact on the area. We talk about how to prepare. Also, a former Whi...

I had so much fun talking to Luis Hernandez from The Public’s Radio last week about our recent publication on microplastics in Narragansett Bay! Tune in below (at 14:54)