Hi Everyone! I am Paul Clerkin. I am a PhD student at the Virginian Institute of Marine Science. I did my m.s. degree at Moss Landing studying deep-sea sharks in the Indian Ocean and I am working on my PhD now using eDNA and other methods to study sharks.
I am excited to use Bristlemouth to try to answer some of the many unknowns related to eDNA such as how long does eDNA stay in an area and what kinds of statements can we make from a detection event. There is a lot of work to be done on this front and I hope to contribute to our growing base of eDNA knowledge.
I would be Atreyu from the Never Ending Story.