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February 4, 2025

Navigating Impostor Syndrome as an Early-Career Marine Mammal Researcher

by Sophia Volzke
on behalf of the author: Anaïs Remili  Impostor syndrome (the persistent self-doubt and feeling of inadequacy) is something many of us know all too well. As early-career researchers in marine mammal research, we often find ourselves wrestling with self-doubt, fearing that we don’t truly belong in this field, and questioning whether our successes are just […]

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November 5, 2024

Prof Kit Kovacs Receives the 2024 SMM Kenneth S. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award

by Simon Goldsworthy
I am thrilled to announce that Prof Kit Kovacs has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2024 Norris Award. This career achievement award, given in honour of our founding president, recognises individuals who have made exemplary lifetime contributions to marine mammalogy through research, teaching, and service. Prof Kovacs, currently based at the Norwegian […]

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November 5, 2024

Matus Hodul – recipient of the 2024 F. G. Wood Award

by Simon Goldsworthy
The Wood Award is given in honour of F. G. Wood, one of the founders of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. The Award is presented to the first author of the best student paper submitted to Marine Mammal Science, every biennium. The winner is invited to present their work as a Plenary Talk at the […]

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