National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology at Florida Atlantic University and University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Labs
Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Texas A&M University at Galveston
Dual B.S. in Marine Science and Biology from University of Miami
I am an aquatic sensory biologist interested in how animals use their sensory systems to understand their environment and navigate predator–prey relationships. I mainly study the olfactory system of a common ocean predator—sharks—by describing the general morphology, distribution of sensory structures, and fluid dynamics of different chondrichthyan nasal morphologies. I utilize a suite of biovisualization techniques including histology, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and computed tomography (CT) scanning to visualize the noses of sharks and their relatives.
I am an aquatic sensory biologist.
I am a Latina—my mother was born in Cuba.
I was born and raised in Miami, Florida—a community that is both largely Latine and is tied very closely to...