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Research
Interests:
A
native of San Diego, my name bears the meaning 'Beautiful
California' in Chinese. I received my B.A. in Integrative Biology
from
UC Berkeley in 2004, along with a minor in Creative Writing, and
am
currently pursuing a PhD in Zoology at UH. Though my undergraduate
research experience involved studies of marine invertebrate ecology
and working with macrofauna, it was the life history questions pertaining
to how organisms come to be the way they are that triggered my
curiosity in embryology and development. My research interests entail
the effects of chemical cues on the recruitment, settlement, and
metamorphosis of invertebrate larvae. I am most interested in the
life
history evolution of opisthobranch larvae, which has recently broadened
into the investigation of egg masses and the rare occurrence of
poecilogony. Outside the realm of science, I am most passionate
about
poetry and (stemming from my Berkeley nature) serve as a local activist
and performance poet here in Hawaii. Given metamorphosis concerns
how babies grow big, it makes sense to include baby photos (of all
sorts).
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