Pluto Liu
@plutoxliu.bsky.social
She/They | PhD student @ Uni of Otago | Antarctica, Kelp, Ecology, Genomics, Modelling | also a social and environmental activist, professional house sitter, amateur tattooer and more 🚐 🏳️🌈🇳🇿🇦🇶
Decided back on social media because I’m finishing my #PhD soon (in March 2026) so looking for opportunities!
Here is one of my favourite photo from my #Antarctica trip early this year. A very curious gentoo #penguin
Here is one of my favourite photo from my #Antarctica trip early this year. A very curious gentoo #penguin
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Decided back on social media because I’m finishing my #PhD soon (in March 2026) so looking for opportunities!
Here is one of my favourite photo from my #Antarctica trip early this year. A very curious gentoo #penguin
Here is one of my favourite photo from my #Antarctica trip early this year. A very curious gentoo #penguin
Reposted by Pluto Liu
Stoked to see this wonderful story about @plutoxliu.bsky.social, a wonderful PhD student based in @ceridwenfraser.bsky.social's lab who I've had the pleasure to co-supervise: www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
Antarctic trip a dream come true for marine science student
Marine Science doctorate student Pluto Liu recently joined the National Geographic Explorer ship to the Antarctic Peninsula and Patagonia as a visiting scientist.
www.otago.ac.nz
March 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Stoked to see this wonderful story about @plutoxliu.bsky.social, a wonderful PhD student based in @ceridwenfraser.bsky.social's lab who I've had the pleasure to co-supervise: www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
In the Antarctic Peninsula advocating queer rights! (And collecting my samples on the side haha)
February 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In the Antarctic Peninsula advocating queer rights! (And collecting my samples on the side haha)
Maybe I’ll become a cat account instead of science 🤔
February 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Maybe I’ll become a cat account instead of science 🤔
Advances and shortfalls in knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Advances and shortfalls in knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity
Antarctica harbors many distinctive features of life, yet much about the diversity and functioning of Antarctica’s life remains unknown. Evolutionary histories and functional ecology are well understo...
www.science.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Advances and shortfalls in knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
More kelp babies! They have developed into gametophytes!
September 23, 2024 at 2:42 AM
More kelp babies! They have developed into gametophytes!
Small giant kelp babies
September 12, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Small giant kelp babies
Field trip in Concepćion, Chile.
September 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Field trip in Concepćion, Chile.
Reposted by Pluto Liu
Paper in Global Change Biology: Floating debris and organisms can raft to Antarctic coasts from all major Southern Hemisphere landmasses
➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Floating debris and organisms can raft to Antarctic coasts from all major Southern Hemisphere landmasses
Non-native marine species can reach Antarctica by hitching a ride on floating objects like kelp, driftwood, pumice, and plastic. Until now, these non-native species were only thought to have drifted ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 22, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Paper in Global Change Biology: Floating debris and organisms can raft to Antarctic coasts from all major Southern Hemisphere landmasses
➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...