Energetics and growth dynamics of marine organisms under global change
Daniel Okamoto, Professor
Integrative Biology
Applications for Spring 2025 are closed for this project.
Climate change is dramatically altering the oceans. These changes include increases in sea surface temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and primary productivity. We use experiments and field data to assess how these changes affect the physiology, growth, reproduction, and behavior of marine animals. We have numerous samples from past experiments and ongoing projects focused on marine invertebrates (sea urchins, abalone, preserved fish).
Role: Students will be trained, using species like sea urchins, to measure morphometrics, histology, feeding, and assays of energetics (e.g., calorimery, lipid profiling, etc.). Students will also work on data entry, data analysis, literature reviews, mathematical modeling, and other computational tasks.
Qualifications: Students should have basic background in lab safety, rudimentary chemistry, and word processing. Prior experience in laboratory settings and/or computational and statistical background will be beneficial.
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Maya Munstermann, Ph.D. candidate
Hours: to be negotiated
Related website: http://dkokamoto.com
Biological & Health Sciences Environmental Issues