Selected Media Appearances:
In addition, I have been interviewed as an expert reference by: The Washington Post, Hakai Magazine, BBC Earth, NPR, Gizmodo, and National Geographic.


Scientific Presentations:
Selected Oral Presentations
  • Savoca, M.S. 10 January 2020. Foraging behavior and physiology of baleen whales: implications for past and present oceans. Animal Behavior Graduate Group Seminar Series. UC Davis.
    *Invited lecture
  • Savoca, M.S., Kahane-Rapport S.R., Cade, D.E., Czapanskiy, M.F., Fahlbusch, J.A., Segre, P.S., Calambokidis, J., Nowacek D.P., Johnston, D.W., Bierlich, K.C., Dale, J., Hazen, E.L., Friedlaender, A.S., and J.A. Goldbogen. 22 October 2019. Rorqual ingestion estimates for the Eastern North Pacific based on direct measures of feeding rates and prey quality. PICES 2019 Annual Meeting. 
    *Best Oral Presentation, Biological Oceanography Section
  • Savoca, M.S. 21 October 2018. On polymer seas: The rising tide of plastic in the ocean and what to do about it. The Great Scientific Exchange, The Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Atlanta, GA
    *Invited keynote lecture
  • Savoca, M.S. 29 August 2017. Something smells fishy: The science of how and why marine wildlife eat plastic. Monterey Bay Aquarium Seminar Series, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
  • Savoca, M.S., Ebeler, S.E. and G.A. Nevitt. 8 April 2016. Olfaction as a mechanism for plastic debris ingestion by marine wildlife. Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium. University of California – Davis. Davis, CA
    *Chancellor's Grand Prize for Best Oral Presentation*
  • Savoca, M.S., Wohlfeil, M.E., Ebeler, S.E. and G.A. Nevitt. 20 February 2015. Marine plastic debris as an olfactory trap for procellariiform seabirds. 42nd Annual Meeting, Pacific Seabird Group. San Jose, CA 
    *Honorable Mention, Outstanding Student Paper Award*
  • Savoca, M.S. and G.A. Nevitt. 12 August 2014. Can a marine infochemical facilitate a tritrophic mutualism between primary producers and top predators? 99th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA. 
  • Savoca, M.S., Wohlfeil, M.E., Ebeler, S.E. and G.A. Nevitt. 15 February 2014. Marine plastic debris as an olfactory trap for procellariiform seabirds. 7th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Ecology. University of California – Davis. Davis, CA 
    *Voted Best Student Presentation*
  • Savoca, M.S. and G.A. Nevitt. 18 February 2012. Evidence for a marine tri-trophic interaction mediated by an induced defense: examining 50 years of diet data in a Southern Ocean seabird assemblage. 5th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Ecology. University of California – Davis. Davis, CA  
    *Voted Best Student Presentation*​

Poster Presentations
  • Savoca, M.S., Hazen, E.L., Bograd, S.J., Hoover, A.L. and L. Benaka. 12 February 2018. Evaluating US fisheries' capacity for uptake of dynamic ocean management. 19th Ocean Sciences Joint Meeting. Portland, OR
  • Savoca, M.S., Van Alstyne, K.L., Ebeler, S.E. and G.A. Nevitt. 24 February 2014. Marine plastic debris as an olfactory trap for procellariiform seabirds. 17th Ocean Sciences Joint Meeting. Honolulu, HI
    *Outstanding Student Presentation Award*
  • Savoca, M.S. and G.A. Nevitt. 17 and 18 August 2012. Evidence for a marine tri-trophic interaction mediated by an induced defense: examining 50 years of diet data in a Southern Ocean seabird assemblage. 5th North American Ornithological Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
  • Savoca, M.S., Bonter, D.N., Ellis, J.C., Zuckerberg, B. and Dickinson, J.L. 28 April 2010. Nesting density an important factor affecting chick growth and survival in the Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). 25th Cornell Undergraduate Research Board’s Spring Forum. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY

Selected Outreach Presentations
Photography:
I also enjoy photography, primarily wildlife and landscape. Some of my favorite photos are below.

​If you want to see more pictures, check out my Flickr page!
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