Beverly French

• Year

  2022

• Program

  AI in Sci

• Institution

  UC San Diego

• Field of Study

  Biological and agricultural sciences, "Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences", Mathematics and computer sciences

Beverly French is a postdoctoral fellow in Stuart Sandin’s lab at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography using high-throughput genetic sequencing to look at the adaptive potential of corals to a changing ocean. Beverly studied the community ecology of coral reef fishes for her Ph.D., combining molecular sequencing with traditional underwater visual surveys. For her postdoctoral work, she uses minimally invasive sampling in combination with large-area imaging to assess genetic adaptations of the coral holobiont in its environmental context and through time. Prior to her Ph.D., she worked on eco-evo questions in freshwater ecosystems in Rick Relyea’s lab at the University of Pittsburgh and on translational neuroscience in Etienne Sibille’s lab at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Beverly has a B.A. in Writing and a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh, where she first learned that she could explore her curiosity for the world and love of nature through research.