I am currently an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in biology. My funding comes from the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Right now, I am busy in the lab working on the analysis of the taxonomy of Halymenia from Pacific Panama using both molecular and morphological data.
Contributed Papers
Richards J., W. Gardiner,
W.E. Schmidt, D. Venera-Ponton, O. Camacho, T. Sauvage, N. Arakaki, E.
Hickerson & S. Fredericq. Effects of the anthropogenic April 2010 BP
Deepwater Horizon crude oil spill on seaweed diversity in the NW Gulf of
Mexico. Phycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle WA,
July 13-16, 2011. (Abstract in meeting
booklet, #48 p. 127).
Richards
J., W. Gardiner, W. Schmidt, D.
Venera-Ponton, O. Camacho, T. Sauvage, N. Arakaki, E. Hickerson & S.
Fredericq. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the seaweeds: before and after.
33rd Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Florida International
University, Miami, FL, Oct. 15, 2011.