Mónica Medina.

Mónica trained as a marine biologist at the University of Miami and completed postdoctoral research at the Marine Biological Laboratory and California Academy of Sciences. Having previously led coral reef research at the Joint Genome Institute, the University of California, Merced, and Penn State, she is now Professor of Ecology and Evolution at University of California, Los Angeles. Her work focuses on coral ancient DNA, microbial diversity, cnidarian development, and coral-algal symbiosis.