Our Team
Dr. Sean Lema
Professor
Biological Sciences Department
Center for Coastal Marine Sciences
Current Graduate Students
Teresa Guerre
M.S. Graduate Student
Project: Temperature influences on metabolic and muscle physiology of desert pupfishes
Hayley Mapes
M.S. Graduate Student
Project: Growth of Pacific rockfishes in nearshore California
Previous Graduate Students
Maddie Housh
M.S. Biological Sciences
Project: Temperature effects on reproductive performance of Death Valley pupfishes
Ellie Brauer
M.S. Biological Sciences
Project: Mapping growth of Pacific rockfishes using IGF-1 as a growth rate biomarker
Theresa Bersin
M.S. Biological Sciences
Project: Nutritional stress modulation of GH/IGF-1 hormone signaling in Pacific rockfishes
Kaitlin Johnson
M.S. Biological Sciences
Project: Effects of 4-nonylphenol on the reproductive endocrinology and osmoregulatory ability of the estuarine arrow goby
Nicci Hack
M.S. Biological Sciences
Project: Examining the use of the hormone insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1) as an indicator of growth rate in Pacific rockfishes
Meagan Schrandt
M.S. Marine Biology (Univ. of North Carolina - Wilmington)
Project: Effects of coral reef degradation on the behavior and stress physiology of bicolor damselfish