Clarifying how secreted metabolites may explain the evolution of photosymbiosis and coral reefs at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences supported by the University of Tokyo Fellowship (‘24/10 – ‘25/3) and the JSPS DC1 Fellowship (‘25/4 – ‘28/3).

Examining microbial and physiological dynamics of corals amidst the development of experimental coral restoration, rehabilitation, and conservation techniques.Research funding provided by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and SeaGrant

Researched the phenotypic traits responsible for coral reef resilience amidst a changing climate. Although involved in many projects, I focused on the development of flow cytometry as a high-throughput methodology to phenotype endosymbiotic dinoflagellates, which has substantially improved our understanding of coral acclimation.Our research is a part of the Guam Ecosystems Collaboratorium for Corals and Oceans (GECCO) project based out of the University of Guam Marine Laboratory funded by the National Science Foundation.

Regularly collaborating with Dr. Cheryl Ames after an initial 3 month stay in 2022 under support of the new Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change to improve our understanding of venom proteins in box jellyfish and jellyfish ecology.