From High-Desert Trout to Large-Scale Science: Welcome Dr. Zhongqi Chen to Science on the Fly

Dr. Zhongqi Chen has dedicated his career to understanding how fish handle environmental stress. Now, as a Research Scientist at Woodwell Climate Research Center, he is bringing his expertise in fish physiology, stream ecology and data sciences to the Science on the Fly project as the new Science Lead. We sat down with Zhongqi to discuss why a two-degree water temperature shift is a game-changer for wild trout, how local water sampling scales up to global conservation, and why the single bottle of water collected by our community scientist is a critical piece of a much bigger puzzle.

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