Team
Meet the team behind ESB AI Lab.
Computational biologist and AI researcher. Previously Lecturer at UC San Diego (Computer Science & Engineering, Halicioglu Data Science Institute). His research has been published in Nature Plants, PNAS, Genome Research, and other leading journals.
Ph.D. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine (2021)
M.S. Biology, UC Irvine (2019)
B.S. Biomedical Computing, UC Irvine (2014)
Marine biogeochemist at UC Santa Cruz. Her research focuses on surface particulate organic matter, community composition, and phytoplankton physiology. Utilizing field observations, laboratory experiments, and modeling techniques to address climate change impacts on deoxygenation and hypoxia. Founding board member of ESB AI Lab.
Ph.D. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine (2019)
M.S. Biological Science, UC Irvine (2018)
B.S. Marine Science, CSU Monterey Bay (2014)
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Irvine. His research employs integrative approaches spanning transcriptomics, metabolomics, and field ecology to characterize how marine invertebrates respond to environmental fluctuation, with the California mussel (Mytilus californianus) as his primary study system. UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow and Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow.
Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Marine Environmental Biology), USC (2012)
M.S. Biology, CSU Los Angeles (2006)
B.A. Accounting, Morehouse College (1992)
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