ENVIRONMENTAL EPIGENETICS - Key Persons

Andre Briscoe

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Crest Graduate Student, Ph.D. Student

I completed my B.A. in Marine Biology from the University of California, San Diego where I interned under Dr. Dimitri Deheyn conducting research on the photoprotective properties of Magnolia grandiflora seeds. Following graduation I jumped between various seasonal positions, working as a mourning dove bander, trout and trout redd surveyor, and sea turtle conservationist, before heading to Northeastern University to earn my M.S. in Marine Biology. My thesis research was conducted under the mentorship of Drs. Anne Cohen and Karl Helfrich from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and involved designing software for tracking the movement and physiological changes of coral planula. Between these two degrees My current research for the Environmental Epigenetics Lab (EELab) is centered around the epigenetic response of corals to nutrient stress.

Ciro Rivera-Casas

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Postdoctoral Associate Courtesy Appointment
Student, 2009 - 2015

Dr. Alejandro P. Rooney

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USDA Agricultural Research Service - USA

Dr. Andria Beal

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Postdoctoral Associate

Dr. Javier Rodriguez

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Staff Member

Dr. Jose M. Eirin-Lopez

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Associate Professor
Principal Investigator

Dr Eirin-Lopez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University (Miami, FL). His lab is part of the Coasts and Oceans Division in the Institute of Environment, and the NSF CREST Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment at this Institution. In 2007, Dr. Eirin-Lopez got his first independent faculty position at the University of A Coruña (Spain), where he started the Environmental Epigenetics Lab (EELab). Since then, his research was focused on making fundamental contributions to the study of marine environmental epigenetics using molecular, ecological, and toxicological approaches.

Dr. Juliet M. Wong

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Staff Member

I am an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology in the Environmental Epigenetics Lab (EELab). I am interested in mechanisms of plasticity and how they relate to rapid acclimation or adaptation under a climate change context. I am also passionate about inclusion and diversity in research and science education. I joined the EELab in 2019 after completing my Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). I am currently investigating how the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum, an important herbivore within Caribbean coral reef ecosystems, responds to climate change stressors by assessing epigenetic patterns and their connection to varying genotypes, demography, physiological responses, and environmental conditions.