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MEET DR. TUULA HOLLMEN

Science Director at the Alaska SeaLife Center and Research Associate Professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Dr. Tuula Hollmen holds a duckling.

WHAT SHE STUDIES:

- Breeding ecology

- Toxicology

- Avian physiology

EDUCATION:

D.V.M. and Ph.D. in Physiological Ecology from the University of Helsinki, Finland

HOMETOWN:

Helsinki, Finland

 

"YOU GET TO A POINT... where you can say it is over 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years...well it’s over a quarter century now. I have been working with marine birds for over a quarter century."

"I THINK THE WORLD... will be a different place if we lose this unique species that isn’t necessarily similar to any other species."

Dr. Tuula Hollmen explains her interest in science and in Steller's eiders. (1:00)

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