{"id":1386,"date":"2012-06-08T16:06:44","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T04:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2012-06-08T16:06:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T04:06:44","slug":"new-ouassa-staff-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/new-ouassa-staff-member\/","title":{"rendered":"New OUASSA Staff  Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2012\/06\/Aquarium_ROV-Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1388\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2012\/06\/Aquarium_ROV-Small-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a>Hi everyone<\/p>\n<p>My name is Darren Smith.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve just joined the OUASSA team and will be helping out Kate and Steve for the rest of the year. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a biology teacher and the sea has always been my playground, passion and study &#8211; and has been since I was old enough to gut a fish and focus a microscope. I have a Masters degree in marine biology and have worked on science research projects looking at the effects of nutrient enrichment on coral reefs and fishing impacts on seafloor communities. I\u2019m also really into sharks, but hopefully not as a potential prey item!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m here to help you get the most out of your OUASSA experience and am really looking forward to reading your posts on Knowledge Forum and helping you find the answers to your biology curriculum questions. I\u2019ve been following your progress on KF and have made a few posts on the Marine Science Project A, so maybe take an opportunity for a look.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>See you all soon at the July OUASSA camp for an awesome week of fun, challenging and rewarding science!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone My name is Darren Smith. I\u2019ve just joined the OUASSA team and will be helping out Kate and Steve for the rest of the year. I\u2019m a biology teacher and the sea has always been my playground, passion &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/new-ouassa-staff-member\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5718,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[481,473,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biology-resources","category-for-teachers","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5718"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}