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Daniel Olivares-Zambrano
Current - PhD Candidate in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography at the University of Southern California
M.S. Biology - CSU Los Angeles 2021
B.S. Biology - CSU Monterey Bay 2019
About Me
I am a PhD student in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography PhD Program at USC. I will be studying the evolution of coral and sea anemone symbiosis under the mentorship of Dr. Carly Kenkel. I am recently finished my MS in Biology at CSULA with Dr. Andres Aguilar studying depth-based adaptation in rockfish. In addition to my research, I have devoted my time to being a mentor and various outreach efforts in order to advance justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in academic spaces and the broader STEM communities.
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I am now a PhD Candidate
Received a grant from the CSU to continue work related to Anthopleura elegantissima symbiosis.
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REU Student, Mahala Peter-Frank presented her research on coral chemical bleaching in at the Wrigley Institute Research Symposium
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I was selected as an alternate for the Ford Predoctoral Fellowship
I was a part of a group of many scientists and volunteers that delivered a series of Bioblitz events at SACNAS in San Juan Puerto Rico.
Reimagining Broader Impacts published in Frontiers in Education
MS work with Dr. Andres Aguilar, out in Ecology and Evolution.
April 2022 - Attended a data management and publishing workshop meant to facilitate skills in this area for fellow graduate students. Special thanks to Dr. Bryan Juarez and company for putting this event together.
May 2022 - Carly and I helping out with the Acrobats Miami Experiment
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I was selected as a CSU Doctoral Incentive Program Fellow and received an Honorable Mention in the Ford Predoctoral Fellowship
January 2022 - Presented at SICB along with the rest of the CEELab.
Started an Open House informational event to increase recruitment of historically excluded students in the Marine and Enviornmental biology section at USC.
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July 2021 - Lead a workshop on reflecting on broader impacts in the Ecology and Evolution communities. Special thanks to Dr's., Rebecca Tarvin, Molly Schumer, Jorge Ramos, Lauren O'Connell, and Sarah Davies for sharing broader impact statements for this workshop/activity.
May 2021 - Successfully presented my MS thesis titled, Finding the right home: Depth as a driver of adaptive evolution in the genus Sebastes.
