Experience

Kewalo Marine Lab
• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Student Intern

  • May 2022 - Present


University of Hawaii at Manoa

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Assistant

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  I assist as a TA during the scientific diving course offered by the university over the weekends. I supervise a team of two or three divers underwater as they do their tasks and offer advice or help when needed. During the week I prepare the necessary equipment, file and enter data and fill tanks (supervised). I have also assisted and observed the annual tank inspections. I assist as a TA during the scientific diving course offered by the university over the weekends. I supervise a team of two or three divers underwater as they do their tasks and offer advice or help when needed. During the week I prepare the necessary equipment, file and enter data and fill tanks (supervised). I have also assisted and observed the annual tank inspections.

• Student Volunteer

  • Sep 2021 - Dec 2021

  I came in two to three times a week to care for the larvae of Hydroides elegans, Phestilla sibogae and sometimes oysters. My responsibilities were mostly centered around changing their water, feeding them and hatching or spawning them. I would also clean the tanks of the adult Phestilla and all the sock filters as well as check the flow rate of the incoming water. Occasionally, the algae cultures would need to be renewed and the filter for the filtered sea water we used for water changes. I came in two to three times a week to care for the larvae of Hydroides elegans, Phestilla sibogae and sometimes oysters. My responsibilities were mostly centered around changing their water, feeding them and hatching or spawning them. I would also clean the tanks of the adult Phestilla and all the sock filters as well as check the flow rate of the incoming water. Occasionally, the algae cultures would need to be renewed and the filter for the filtered sea water we used for water changes.



Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at Coconut Island

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Volunteer

  • Nov 2019 - Dec 2019

  I did data entry on environmental information pertaining to corals such as water temperature, pH, salinity etc... in Excel. I did data entry on environmental information pertaining to corals such as water temperature, pH, salinity etc... in Excel.



CNRS Laboratoire Arg

• Volunteer

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

  A six week internship studying Eunicella singularis larvae, which gave me a basic idea of how to use a microscope to take pictures of the larvae to analyze growth. I learned how to filter seawater using a vacuum pump. I was also taught the methods for two procedures of colorimetry, lipids and carbohydrates. I also learned to set up a Go-Pro for for behavior analysis of larvae when in the dark that lasted 5 weeks. A six week internship studying Eunicella singularis larvae, which gave me a basic idea of how to use a microscope to take pictures of the larvae to analyze growth. I learned how to filter seawater using a vacuum pump. I was also taught the methods for two procedures of colorimetry, lipids and carbohydrates. I also learned to set up a Go-Pro for for behavior analysis of larvae when in the dark that lasted 5 weeks.



Centre national de la recherche scientifique

• Belgium

• Volunteer

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2018

  2 week internship where I got to study Eunicella singularis larvae with Dr. Lorenzo Bramanti and a specialist in genetics, Marianna. Marianna's study focused on finding out which colonies came from sink or source populations. Sink populations are those that gather, in the example of the gorgonians, all the larvae from the nearby populations, whereas source populations are those that give away the larvae. This would then map out an idea of the interactions at an early stage in the gorgonians lives to help pinpoint the right colonies that need protection. To do this she had to extract polyps from every area that had been sampled and later put them through PCR and compare the data. Through her I was able to learn about DNA extraction and how it is done. With Dr. Lorenzo Bramanti, the project was more centered on observation and analysis as it observed the settlement and metamorphosis of larvae on different bases. The study is conducted on larva of different gorgonian species and observes their preferred environment for settlement. This would help in finding a location for conservation as the surface where grognonian larvae settle would impact future colonies if it disappears because of a natural disaster of climate change. Show less