cv

PhD

• Implemented field and laboratory experiments to understand the mechanisms underlying differential coral bleaching susceptibility.
• Identified dynamic changes in Symbiodiniaceae communities during heat stress and recovery using qPCR.
• Tested what coral species increase their temperature tolerance through the acquisition of thermotolerant symbionts during natural bleaching events in Florida and Panama.
• Assessed the effect of elevated nutrients and CO2 on pre-bleaching symbiont communities and further bleaching susceptibility.

B.S

Assistant Scientist

Postdoctoral Researcher

Postdoctoral Fellow