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Sanka Johnson

Ida Stephens Owens Distinguished Professor of Biology at Duke University specializing in marine visual ecology and bioluminescence

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Jun 20, 2026

The sparkling deep

Jun 20 · 1h 20m

Kenzie Cooper-RyderHOST

2:28

Could you tell us a little bit about that creature and that discovery?

Sanka JohnsonGUEST

2:32

Yeah, it was very early on.

Sanka JohnsonGUEST

2:34

I mean, it was the very first time I'd actually gone to sea.

Sanka JohnsonGUEST

2:38

Before that, I had worked, you know, as a graduate student, like studying things on coral reefs.

Sanka JohnsonGUEST

2:43

And before that, I grew up in a city that wasn't anywhere even near the ocean.

Sanka JohnsonGUEST

2:47

But I went on what's called a postdoc after graduate school.

Sanka JohnsonGUEST

2:51

to an oceanographic institution and got to go to sea.

46 MINS LATER

Kenzie Cooper-RyderHOST

48:24

What is going on there? You got really deep