Project: A Long Term Perspective on High Trophic Level Prey Consumption by Atlantic Walrus

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Bio

Hazel has been with TEAL since 2023, and says that the mentorship, camaraderie, and smorgasbord of experiential opportunities available to lab members have kept her coming back for a third round as a PhD student. Hazel's personal motto is "F*** around and find out" and she brings her sparkling energy to all her doings at TEAL (literally in some cases with bedazzled colour-coded sample vials!). Some of this hands-on work has revealed aptitude in skills she never knew she had like aging marine mammal teeth by growth layers, and creating graphical abstracts and figures of marine mammals. Hazel has thus far had little luck in getting the 1970s mustard yellow of the lab repainted to one of several of her favourite shades of purple, but she still has time. 

Hazel wanted to be a veterinarian or a professor when she grew up, and ended up studying ecology via her love for wildlife. As someone coming from a classical ecology background, she hopes to broaden interdisciplinary collaboration and best practices between ecologists and environmental archaeologists.

Her advice to incoming TEAL members: Paul is a big fan of Reese's products; jump in and get as much experience as possible in the lab; and finally, take "I don't know" as an opportunity not a problem. Bio by Kate Dougherty. 

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TEAL Awards and Honours

🥉 2023 Lab Olympics Bronze Medal: Bone Cutting

🏆 2024 Best CN Analytical Session (shared with Moses Akogun)

🏆 2024 Best CN Sample Replciate (shared with 2024/25 Grad Class)

🏆 2024 Lowest δ13C Value (shared with 2024/25 Grad Class)

🥇 2025 Lab Olympics Gold Medal: Microbalance Speed

🥇 2025 Lab Olympics Gold Medal: Pipette Transfer

🏆 2025 Best CN Sample Replciate (shared with 2024/25 Grad Class)

🏆 2025 Best CN Analytical Session

🏆 2025 Eric Guiry Award

🥇 2026 Lab Olympics Gold Medal: Microbalance Speed

🥈 2026 Lab Olympics Silver Medal: Reagent Weighing

🥈 2026 Lab Olympics Silver Medal: Spigot Control