LABORATORY OF INTEGRATIVE MARINE AND COASTAL ECOLOGY
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    • Ecological Interactions and the Future of Coral Reefs
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TEACHING AND MENTORING

TEACHING

Florida Atlantic University
Undergraduate
Honors Experimental Design and Data Analysis (BSC 4930-16H / 3 credits)
Molecular Ecology -Semester by the Sea (BSC 4930-008 / 3 credits)
Honors Beginning Programming for Biologists (IDS 3932 / 3 credits)
Honors Thesis in Biology (ISC 4947-14H)
Honors Direct Independent Research in Biology (BSC 4915-04)
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Graduate
Direct Independent Study in Marine Science and Oceanography (OCE6908-015)
Master's Research Thesis in Marine Science and Oceanography (OCE6972-012)

University of the Virgin Islands
Undergraduate
Independent Research Study DIR BIO 495 (Summer and Fall 2016)
Invited Lecturer Ecology BIO 223- one class (Fall 2016)
Graduate
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Research Methods II MEMS 504 (Spring 2017)
Workshop
Caribbean Sponge Identification Workshop (July, 28, 2016)
Section: Sponge Identification in the Lab 
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University of the Virgin Islands
Undergraduate
Training and supervising undergraduate students (Summer 2016-Fall 2017)

​Graduate
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Committee member of two master theses (Spring 2016- Fall 2017)



Nova Southeastern University
Undergraduarte
Introduction to Biological Sciences Laboratory (Winter 2015)
Graduate
Invited Lecturer Histology (2013, 2014, 2015)
TA Population Ecology (Fall 2010, 2011 and 2012)
TA Biostatistics I. (Fall 2009)
Nova Southeastern University
Undergraduate
Training and supervising undergraduate students (2009- 2012)
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Graduate
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Committee member master thesis  (2015-2017)
Collaborator in two master theses (2011-2015)                                          Mentoring new incoming students (2011-2012)   

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Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
Workshop
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​TA Benthic Workshop in Marine Sponges (2006)
​Mote Marine Laboratory


Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
Undergraduate
Marine Ecology Workshop (2007)
Isla Múcura, San Bernardo, Colombia

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Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Undergraduate
Ornithology - Invited Lecturer (2004, 2005)

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION COMMITTEE MEMBER

2017- Current- Holly Trew. Patterns of the excavating sponge Cliona delitrix distribution and genetic connectivity on reefs around Barbados and the Lesser Antilles. University of the West Indies. Barbados.

MASTER THESES COMMITTEE MEMBER

2016-2017- Lauren Olinger. Competitive Networks Between Coral, Macroalgae, and Sponges. University of the Virgin Islands.

​2016-2017- Elizabeth Brown. White Plague Disease Dynamics in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Coupling Spatial Epidemiology with a Transmission Experiment. University of the Virgin Islands.

2015-2017- Darren Marshall. Growth of Orbicella faveolata in La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Nova Southeastern University. 

COLLABORATOR MASTER THESES

2012-2015- Caidra Elizabeth Rice . Biodiversity and Ecological dynamics of sciophilous benthic communities on artificial plates: Emphasis on reef sponges. Nova Southeastern University. 

2010-2014 - Ariel A. Halperin. Distribution, growth, and impact of the coral-excavating sponge, Cliona delitrix, on the stony coral communities offshore Southeast Florida​. Nova Southeastern University. 

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  • Home
  • Lab Members
    • Dr. Andia Chaves Fonnegra
    • Graduate Students
    • Honors Students
    • Summer Interns
    • Visiting Scholars
    • Volunteers
    • Previous Lab Members
  • Research
    • Ecological Interactions and the Future of Coral Reefs
    • Population Genetics and Connectivity of Marine Organisms
    • Invertebrates Reproduction and Environmental Cues
    • Ecology of Coral Diseases
    • Collaborations
    • Funding
  • Publications
  • Teaching and Mentoring
  • Science for all
  • Contact
  • Protocols
    • Sponge Histology