Coral Scientist, TED Fellow, @GeorgiaTech 40 Under 40, coral breeding innovation, cryopreservation, fighting for baby corals b/c they have very short arms
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ALT A microscope photograph of a white ceramic tile against a black background. ON the tile is one tiny coral polyp less than 1 millimeter wide. It has six tentacles extended. The polyp is translucent with hundreds of small orange dots - these are symbiotic algae that now live inside the coral's tissue, producing food and vitamins for the coral host.
ALT A blue and green underwater photograph of a scuba diver with arms and legs stretched out, trying to measure the size of a coral below, which is even wider than the diver. Next to that coral are more corals just as big, repeating over and over into the distance.
ALT Title slide of a presentation I pre-recorded for the Reef Futures conference. Title is "Larval propagation of gonochoric Caribbean corals: Progress, challenges, opportunities, & best practices." The row of seven images includes five colorful baby corals and two humans, Kristen Marhaver and Mark Vermeij, the talk co-authors.
ALT Title slide of a presentation I pre-recorded for the Reef Futures conference. Title is "Larval propagation of gonochoric Caribbean corals: Progress, challenges, opportunities, & best practices." The row of seven images includes five colorful baby corals and two humans, Kristen Marhaver and Mark Vermeij, the talk co-authors.
ALT Microscope photograph of a colorful juvenile coral polyp with orange, green, and brown pigments, white speckly dots, and a ring of short tentacles. The mouth is translucent white and has tiny grooves at the side, pointing upward a little bit
ALT Same images rotated 180 degrees: Microscope photograph of a colorful juvenile coral polyp with orange, green, and brown pigments, white speckly dots, and a ring of short tentacles. The mouth is translucent white and has tiny grooves at the side, no wpointing downward a little bit
