Gerene Garcia

Background:

I was born in the Philippines and raised in Hong Kong before coming to the U.S. for university. During my undergraduate career I did an Undergraduate Directed Research project analyzing the accumulation of persistant organic pollutants in two endangered albatross species. I also did some work in an Evolutionary Research lab gathering data about wing directional asymmetry from Drosophila populations. I graduated Summa Cum Laude from California State University Long Beach with an undergraduate degree in Biology (Option in Zoology).

 

The summer following my graduation, I worked with burrowing owls as an Assistant Wildlife Biologist for Courtney at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge for a few weeks. I am now pursuing a Master’s degree and though I don’t know what my thesis is yet, I will probably be working with burrowing owls for my project.

 

    
 

Awards:
   
  • 2010 Robert D. Rhodes Award for Oustanding Baccalaureate Graduate in Biological Sciences
   
  • 2010 Departmental Honors Award from the Department of Biological Sciences