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Justin Cordova
Ichthyologist at CSIRO
Ecology, taxonomy and biogeography of sharks and rays
“Hello and welcome to The Deep-Sea Podcast Pressurized, a short, punchy version of our main feed that gets right to the scientific point. If you like what you hear, you'd like to hear the full episode, you can find it in the same feed. And now, to get right to the point.
We are back to our Elasmo specials after a little Lake Baikal intermission. And it's the heavy hitters this time, it's the Sharkies. So we are going to talk with Justin Cordova, who is the co-founder and deputy director of the Rogue Shark Lab.
I got to know Justin at this year's Indo-Pacific Fish Conference. He's good company and someone who really loves his sharks. So we gave him a call to talk about everything Deep-Sea Sharks.
I'm joined by Justin Cordova, who I met at the Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, and who then came over to work with some of the sharks in the museum. And we got on well, and I was just seduced by his infectious positivity and love of what he does. So thanks so much for coming on, Justin.
Thank you so much for having me, Tom. I'm absolutely[…]”
From The Deep-Sea Podcast: PRESSURISED: 048 - Deep-sea sharks with Justin Cordova, 12 Jul 2024
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-deep-sea-podcast/id1505804327?i=1000662016971
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