THE MARHAVER LAB

SPEEDING SCIENCE TO SOCIETY

When not underwater or in the lab, Kristen writes and speaks about coral restoration, ocean conservation, and the craft of science communication itself.

A selection of sci-comm projects are catalogued here and the Lab is always making new breakthroughs and taking even cooler photos. There's only one way to get the newest intel, the latest coral baby photos, and the good jokes, and that's by going straight to the source.

If you're looking for a speaker or guest author for your next project, please reach out to Kristen here.

RECENT SCI-COMM PROJECTS

VIDEOS

• National Academies: Why consider coral interventions?

• National Academies: Coral interventions: What are potential near term solutions?

• Coral Live 2020: Life cycles and baby coral (Ages 11-14)

• Coral Live 2020: Life cycles and baby coral (Ages 7-11)

• Smithsonian's National Zoo: Spawning Hope

• Coral Live 2019: Adaptation on the reef - AM broadcast

• Coral Live 2019: Adaptation on the reef - PM broadcast

• Coral Live 2018: Coral reproduction

• World Economic Forum: The Blue Economy

• TED: Why I still have hope for coral reefs

• World Economic Forum: Why should we care about coral reefs?

• TED: How we're growing baby corals to help rebuild coral reefs

• World Economic Forum: Reviving the ocean ecosystem

• Mendeley HQ: How to recognize digital quicksand: The modern pitfalls of science communication

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ARTICLES

• TED Ideas Blog: A day in life of baby coral

• Wired UK: Scientific research is not clickbait

• Deep Sea News: Crude insults in the Caribbean

• Science Progress: Ecosystems in the age of Cassandra

INTERVIEWS

• LUX: Kristen Marhaver: The marine biologist pioneering coral conservation

• 52 Insights: Humans versus the ocean

• WINGS WorldQuest: Women of Discovery Q&A

• TED Fellows Blog: Meet 12 badass scientists... who also happen to be women

PODCASTS

• DB Future Fundamentals: "Biodiversity Loss"

• Masters of Scale: "The Next Silicon Valley Is..."

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PLUS LOTS OF SCI-COM SHENANIGANS ON TWITTER @CoralSci

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SELECTED SPEAKING APPEARANCES

TED, TED Global, World Economic Forum, Google Tech Talks, TED's Mission Blue II, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cozumel Scuba Festival, Cancún Festival de los Océanos, Mendeley Headquarters, ASMS Annual Meeting, The Exploratorium, Reef Futures, Sci Foo at Google, FIDALMAR, ORD Camp, TEDxHoogstraat, Curaçao Business Council for Sustainable Development

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Talking about—can you guess?—baby corals. Photo: Ryan Lash

"Why I still have hope for coral reefs"

filmed at TED 2017

"Why should we care about coral reefs?"

produced by the World Economic Forum

"Why consider coral interventions?" 

produced by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

"Coral interventions: What are potential near term solutions?" 

produced by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

"How we're growing baby corals to help rebuild coral reefs"

with Mission Blue II and TED.com

"Reviving the ocean ecosystem"

at the World Economic Forum

"Coral life cycles" for Ages 11-14 with AXA Coral Live 2020

Coral Adaptation Interview with AXA Coral Live 2019

Coral Reproduction Interview with AXA Coral Live 2018

Moderating the Blue Economy Panel at the World Economic Forum