Lisa komoroske
Research Interests:
Effects of Pollutants in the San Diego Bay Ecosystem
Trophic Interactions and Bioaccumulation
Course Instructor/T.A.
Fall '06/Spring '07 Biology 101L: World of Animals
Fall '07: Biology 540: Conservation Ecology
Spring and Fall '08 Biology 215: Biostatistics
Education
Environmental Education Program Development - German Technical Cooperation & Phuket Marine Biology Center, Thailand
B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Tulane University, New Orleans
Institute of Tropical Marine Ecology - Dominica, West Indies
Background
I caught the travel bug early when I took my first solo international trip to Thailand. I spent the next summer in Costa Rica and then left my hometown in upstate New York to attend university in the Big Easy (New Orleans, LA). As visited field sites in the bayous and bottomland forests, I saw just how severe the wetland losses and Gulf ecosystem changes have been due to human activities. My love for marine ecosystems landed me on the island of Dominica for a semester abroad. While Dominica is fairly undeveloped, when I traveled to other developed islands in the West Indies I found stark contrasts almost everywhere from human alteration of the ecosystems. These experiences spurred my interest in researching the ecosystem effects of anthropogenic activities and effective conservation. Since then I have worked on field and laboratory research project in Delaware, Big Sur CA, Thailand, and the Appalachian Mountains.
In addition to my goal of cycling all of San Diego :), my current projects involve work with the NOAA Green Turtle Project and the San Diego Bay Trophic Transfer Project. My master's thesis is investigating the levels of trace metals and persistent organic pollutants in the green turtle food web Green Turtles and Contaminants
Effects of Pollutants in the San Diego Bay Ecosystem
Trophic Interactions and Bioaccumulation
Course Instructor/T.A.
Fall '06/Spring '07 Biology 101L: World of Animals
Fall '07: Biology 540: Conservation Ecology
Spring and Fall '08 Biology 215: Biostatistics
Education
Environmental Education Program Development - German Technical Cooperation & Phuket Marine Biology Center, Thailand
B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Tulane University, New Orleans
Institute of Tropical Marine Ecology - Dominica, West Indies
Background
I caught the travel bug early when I took my first solo international trip to Thailand. I spent the next summer in Costa Rica and then left my hometown in upstate New York to attend university in the Big Easy (New Orleans, LA). As visited field sites in the bayous and bottomland forests, I saw just how severe the wetland losses and Gulf ecosystem changes have been due to human activities. My love for marine ecosystems landed me on the island of Dominica for a semester abroad. While Dominica is fairly undeveloped, when I traveled to other developed islands in the West Indies I found stark contrasts almost everywhere from human alteration of the ecosystems. These experiences spurred my interest in researching the ecosystem effects of anthropogenic activities and effective conservation. Since then I have worked on field and laboratory research project in Delaware, Big Sur CA, Thailand, and the Appalachian Mountains.
In addition to my goal of cycling all of San Diego :), my current projects involve work with the NOAA Green Turtle Project and the San Diego Bay Trophic Transfer Project. My master's thesis is investigating the levels of trace metals and persistent organic pollutants in the green turtle food web Green Turtles and Contaminants