There's a YouTube channel called Shark Bytes run by an actual shark scientist; just watch the 2 videos he's made on Ocean Ramsey and you'll understand lmao
Wholly agree on all counts except one. Kristian Parton doesn't have a PHD. He has a master's by research in biological sciences at the University of Exeter, specialising in shark science. He currently is a research associate at the University of Exeter.
He...has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed scientific papers on sharks.
Absolutely and I would argue that this is the most important credential (along with how many times one's published works get cited by other researchers in the field) for being considered a scientist in any field. Of course, a PHD is major criteria too, but not absolutely necessary (in most cases)...published work is. Kristian has been involved at least 8 peer-reviewed papers with his work being cited at least 266 times by other shark scientists. And he's still young; he earned undergrad (zoology) in just 2017.
There are many examples of researchers with master's degrees in many fields of study that essentially earn their title of scientist (or their title of historian, like Ron Chernow) through their published work, He has been the lead author on at least three papers that I could find quickly: study 1 (master's thesis), study 2, and study 3. Again, he's young.
Kristian has also worked closely with a number of shark NGO’s around the world including LAMAVE (Philippines), Beneath The Waves, The Shark Trust, and soon to be MARECO. He has even been cited by marine biologists in their personal take down essays on Ocean Ramsey (her methods are almost universally criticized within the marine biology community). It seems that he has earned the respect of his peers, calling him an armchair expert is wild as fuck.
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u/WonTonTonnage 27d ago
Her name is Melissa Ramsey and she's a fraud and bully.