Ep. 4 Dr. Veronica Vriesman X California, Shells and Importance of Place

13/07/2025 32 min
Ep. 4 Dr. Veronica Vriesman X California, Shells and Importance of Place

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In this episode we talk to Dr. Veronica Padilla Vriesman who is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at Scripps and Pitzer Colleges in California. She shares how a lifelong curiosity about the natural world—especially in California—inspired the ShArE Lab (Shells as Archives of the Environment). Through studying mollusks, Dr. Padilla Vriesman uncovers what shells can reveal about climate and ocean change, with a focus on California and the West Coast of North America.

To learn more about the ShArE Lab you can go to the Lab website https://veronicapadillavriesman.com/ or follow on Instagram @sharelabatclaremont.