Dakota is a Irish Research Council & Hardiman Scholar

in Physical Geography at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Ireland; where he researches past abrupt climate events using deep-sea climate archives to better constrain future climate predictions in a warming world. Dakota is specifically interested in science communication and outreach as a means to inspire tomorrow’s leaders today; as well as increasing general accessibility to scientific research.

Before starting his Ph.D., Dakota studied Biology in the United States before moving to Ireland to obtain a MSc in Coastal and Marine Environments at NUI Galway. Please email d.holmes1@nuigalway.ie or reach out on Twitter @DakotaEHolmes!