Current and Former Students

 

 My name is Nin, and I love crabs and all kinds of arthropods and mollusks. I have my BA in marine science from UC Berkeley and my MS in marine biology from UH Manoa. Currently, I'm studying at TAMUCC for my PhD in marine biology in which I am working under Dr. Xu studying the effects of both PAHs and photodegraded PAHs on the health of the eastern oyster Crassostera virginica. We are specifically interested in the impact on the survival and biomineralization of the oyster, hoping to tie together ecotoxicology with climate change and aquaculture. My favorite activities are diving, spearfishing, tide-pooling, skateboarding cooking and catching crabs. In my spare time,  I run the table tennis club at TAMUCC (Pongers) and am the current graduate student rep for the MARB graduate program. 

My name is Chi. I am a PhD student in Marine Biology program investigating oyster shell calcification on a cellular scale under ocean acidification. I also participated in a side project about utilizing a zebrafish xenograft model to detect and monitor cancer cells and detect cancer cell metastasis. I received by B.S. in Marine Biology from the Ocean University of China and my M.S. degree at TAMUCC. I spent three years focusing on epiphyte-seagrass interactions with image analysis. If you like sports, video games, horror movies, or politics, we can befriend, obviously :) 

Hello, I'm Laurynn Torres and I'm originally from Washington State. I graduated in 2019 from Washington State University with my Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. I moved across the country in 2020 to Miami, FL to pursue my Master of Professional Science (MPS) in Marine Ecology and Conservation, where I graduated in 2022. I came here to TAMUCC in the Fall of 2022 to start my PhD and the Marine Biology (MARB) program working with various marine megafauna and studying marine food webs. I am currently pursuing a project in microbial ecology concerning invertebrate-biofilm interactions, invertebrate-microbial interactions and the effects of oil spills and climate change on the marine microbial ecosystem. I love to read, write stories, watch movies, play video games, and listen to classic rock. I love fantasy and science fiction, horror is also lots of fun!!         

  

   

Carly is using fresh and saltwater snail models to investigate nanoplastic and microplastic toxicity. 

Hello, my name is Megan. I am a first-generation senior Biomedical Sciences major with a concentration in Pre-Professional. As a part of the Honors Program on campus, I am completing my Project of Excellence by being a part of this lab on campus. Also, I give tours on campus and work as a Supplemental Instructor for Physics 1 and 2. I aspire to become a Pediatric Dentist, with a focus on providing preventative education to low-income areas. In my free time I enjoy reading, spending time with my dog Rose and hanging out with my friends!

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