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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Update: I made it through the firings! I should be in the clear. 🤞I know many government workers weren’t so lucky.

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Sokka and I are loving RI ☀️🧢🌳🌊

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Just digging up some old articles and found that time that @fishandfreckles.bsky.social described a new species of guitarfish and staged maternity photoshoots with it. www.americanscientist.org/blog/macrosc...

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

This is me ~6 months ago, excited for my first day of work as a Scientist for the US Navy. After getting my PhD at UCLA and a postdoc at Caltech, I made the big move across the country to help our fleet. Now I may be fired due to the indiscriminate firings of new, “probationary” federal workers.

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

I had such an amazing time at SICB this year! Cool science, even cooler people, and a really amazing community. Thank you to all the organizers!! (Also got this amazing sea slug plushie at the Seattle aquarium) 🧪

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Dabiri lab does Big Hero 6 for Halloween! 🧪

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

I’m cleaning this tall tank for experiments and yes I did spray myself in the face with the hose.

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

So proud of my @Caltech SURF student, Giannka, who has worked so hard these past 10 weeks and delivered an excellent presentation on drag reducing designs for biohybrid robotic jellyfish! 🧪

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 14/08/2023

Both mars rovers have an earth double- this one was called Optimism.

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 14/08/2023

Visited NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory! Got to see the Mars rover’s twin! I had to rep my barbie shirt of course. 🧪

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

🚨I’m on the academic job market this year! Please send me all your tips and advice. And if anyone is looking to hire an interdisciplinary marine biologist interested in how animals sense and interact with their fluid environment please let me know!

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 27/06/2023

Mr. pipefish what are you doing ??? 😋😳

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 27/06/2023

🧪Did you know that male pipefish carry their babies? But don’t crown these fish dad-of-the-year just yet! 👑Male pipefish have been known to cut off the nutrient supply to their young if their food supply is low- or even absorb their own young- called filial (or vampiric) cannibalism 😮🧛‍♂️

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 17/06/2023

My mom got it on Etsy ! It’s called “knives remembered”

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 17/06/2023

Getting a sword for finishing my PhD makes all the trials and tribulations worth it. Who cares about getting a job, I have a SWORD 🤣 🤣

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14/06/2023

You should follow Kelsi, who, among other things, was the science 🧪 consultant for Jordan Peele’s “nope”

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 13/06/2023

If you think this is cool, listen to my 3 min “ted-talk style” presentation on this: youtu.be/PRsjlgaqe_U 🧪

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 13/06/2023

Lots of reasons! Jellyfish are globally available, have very low cost of transport (i.e. energy efficient),current tech is simple and scalable.

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 13/06/2023

No idea what this means but I applaud your creativity

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 13/06/2023

Stingray noses are not connected to their throats/mouth like us! Their noses have evolved just for smelling and not for breathing. Imagine trying to smell without inhaling!! Turns out their unusual nose shapes help to funnel in water without the power of a pump.

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 13/06/2023

Small, cost-effective platforms for ocean sensing! Detecting things like nutrients, oxygen, temperature which are important to monitor for ocean health/climate

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 13/06/2023

Aw thanks Jeff !! It was really awesome to work with the Nope team!

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Kelsi Rutledge, PhD @fishandfreckles.bsky.social · 13/06/2023

Hi! I’m Kelsi and I love the ocean! I just finished my PhD at UCLA studying the “sniffers” of stingrays and the fluid dynamics of their sense of smell. Now I’m starting my postdoc at Caltech where I’ll be working with biohybrid robotic jellyfish!

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