
Interview Question 10 with Dr. Kelly Benoit-Bird
10. What continues to inspire you about your work?
Question 10 transcript:
"I think the greatest part about my work is that it's fun so it inspires me because I enjoy doing it and the animals always pose new questions and every time we come up with one answer we have a thousand more questions to answer about what they're doing and the most exciting part about research is the continued discovery."
Interview Questions:
- How did you first become interested in science?
- What is the focus of your research and why did you choose this field of study?
- What have been some of the recent discoveries in the foraging behavior of spinner dolphins and deepwater snappers?
- How do you use acoustics to study foraging behavior?
- What challenges have you faced when studying the behavior of animals that forage beneath the sea surface?
- What has most surprised you about the foraging behavior of spinner dolphins?
- What skills are important in your area of research?
- What are the opportunities in studying foraging behavior? Can people without PhD's participate in some way in this type of research?
- What is the greatest impact/relevance of your research?
- What continues to inspire you about your work?
- What advice would you give a high school student who expressed interest in pursuing a career in your field?
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