Postdoc in the Pacific

In 2014, I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) with an M.S. in Marine Sciences, advised by Dr. John Bruno. In 2013, I received my B.S. in Biology from UNC-CH with Highest Honors. 

Following graduate school, I worked with CIEE Bonaire as a teaching and research assistant then advanced to instructor. I then taught marine and environmental science as a faculty member at the College of the Marshall Islands (CMI). While at CMI, I developed a 30-credit Marine Science Certificate program to build local capacity and support scientific-based decision making regarding RMI's marine resources. 

I joined Dr. Eirin-Lopez's Environmental Epigenetics Lab at Florida International University (FIU) as a PhD student in 2018. My dissertation research explored coral stress memory, environmental epigenetics, and applications for restoration and was awarded the FIU SEAS Best Dissertation in the Spring of 2024.