Jason Selwyn

Hello!

I’m a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Marine Science Center at Northeastern University working in the lab of Dr. Steve Vollmer. My current research is focused on understanding the evolutionary history of the Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) and investigating the coral holobiont response to White Band Disease, particularly seeking to understand the genomic basis of disease resistance using genomic and transcriptomic techniques. I recieved my Ph.D. from Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi under the mentorship of Dr. Derek Hogan and Dr. Chris Bird. My dissertation research focused on understanding the interaction between habitat quality and dispersal dynamics in the Caribbean reef gobies Coryphopterus hyalinus/personatus.