Postdoctoral Research (2021 - 2023) Auburn University, Department of Biological Sciences
My postdoctoral research in ocean sciences focused on understanding the "Effects of increasing temperature and ultraviolet radiation on copepod mitochondria along a latitudinal gradient" along the west coast of North America in CA, OR, and WA. This work aimed to: 1) determine if UV radiation influences mitochondrial behavior and structure in natural populations of Tigriopus californicus copepods in the same manner observed in a laboratory setting, 2) determine if temperature affects mitochondrial behavior and structure in natural populations of copepods, and 3) determine how much the behavior and structure of mitochondria change in the short-term versus the long-term in response to changing environmental conditions. |