During my masters at Southern Illinois University Carbondale I studied nutritional programming with soybean meal replacement in zebrafish and largemouth bass and the effect it had on the gut microbiome of the fish. I also studied parental nutritional programming with soybean meal and effects on the gut microbiome of progeny in zebrafish.
Currently I am a Lead Technician II at Blue Ocean Mariculture in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Blue Ocean Mariculture raises Hawaiian Kanpachi (Seriola rivoliana) in open water net pens off the Kona coast. I specifically work in the larval rearing department.