Beatriz Diaz Guijarro
PhD Candidate
BSc (Hons) University of Bangor, MSc James Cook University
James Cook University
beatriz.diazguijarro@my.jcu.edu.au
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au
PhD Candidate
BSc (Hons) University of Bangor, MSc James Cook University
James Cook University
beatriz.diazguijarro@my.jcu.edu.au
As a child she always loved to be in the water, be it in a pool or the ocean, this love was further fueled when she started scuba diving in my early teens. As she finished my college education SHE was considering studying law but marine biology was always alive in my subconscious and in an attempt to completely fill university applications SHE applied for marine related subjects as well as law. After an open day for marine biology at a university in the UK she realised that it was what SHE was supposed to do.
She completed my BSc in marine vertebrate zoology at the University of Bangor, UK, with the goal of working with marine mammals, in particular cetaceans. During summer breaks she volunteered at Seychelles with Global Vision International (GVI) researching the damage a recent tsunami had caused on the coral populations and SHE continued my scuba diving education up to reaching dive instructor certification. Once concluding my BSc she subsequently moved to Townsville, Australia where she completed an MSc in natural resource management, during which she learned she had a passion for molecular genetics. she went on to intern at the Australian Institute of Science (AIMS) where she continued to develop my skills and passion for molecular genetics. she is currently doing a PhD at James Cook University, Townsville, on comparing the molecular bases of regeneration and development in corals.
James Cook University researchers have found brightly coloured fish are becoming increasingly rare as coral declines, with the phenomenon likely to get worse in the future. Christopher Hemingson, a
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This talk is the last of the parachute science seminar series organized by the ARC CoE Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) committee. Abstract Universities and institutions across th
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au