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Email: scleigh19@gmail.com Phone: (949)-824-5603 Lab/Office: 5309 McGaugh Hall Mailing Address: University of California, Irvine Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 321 Steinhaus Hall Irvine, CA 92697 Curriculum vitae: PDF Fieldwork Photographs: Gallery
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Welcome!
I am interested in how marine organisms acquire energy based on their specified digestive strategies. Specifically, I am interested in how environmental changes impact the ability of marine organisms to specialize on low-quality food sources. I also enjoy pairing my research with various outreach endeavors. News:
January 2019: I had a great time presenting my research at SICB 2019! Also, check out my new publication in collaboration with Sarah Hoffmann and others in Biology Open on the pectoral fin movement of sharks! You'll find the PDF on my publications page. Finally, I'll be teaching Human Anatomy and Physiology at California State University Fullerton for the Spring 2019 Quarter. 2018 Highlights: Another productive year! I won a Sigma Xi GIAR. I presented my research at SICB and APS, winning an award for my abstract at APS and an award for "Best Talk" talk at SICB. I completed the Pedagogical Fellows Program. I published a chapter of my dissertation on seagrass-eating bonnethead sharks in Proceedings of the Royal Society B and it received a ton of press! I also co-authored a publication in Biology Open. I co-organized the first UCI Climate Solutions Summit. I became a writer for the NPR radio show the Loh Down on Science. I accompanied UCI Vice Provost Dr. Frances Leslie to Sacramento for Grad Research Advocacy Day where I met with legislators to advocate for UC graduate programs. I also debuted my first sci-art piece at Art in the Park. On to even more amazing things in 2019! 2017 Highlights: A great year! I advanced to PhD candidacy, I had one paper published in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries and another one published in the Journal of Comparative Physiology B, I presented at four conferences and won "best talk" awards at two of them (SICB, AES, ESA, and SWOB), I was awarded four major fellowships (UCI OCEANS, UCI Newkirk, UCI Distinguished Public Impact Fellowship, UCI Microbiome Initiative Pilot Project Award), I completed my internship with NOAA through the UCI Climate Action Training Program, and I became more active in science communication (Brews and Brains, SciComm Monday, Gills Club). 2016 Highlights: I was honored to be awarded an NSF GRFP, as well as a YEG from National Geographic, a GIAR from the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, the Raney Grant Award from the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and a GIAR from Sigma Xi. I was also fortunate enough to participate in the Friday Harbor Labs Fish Functional Morphology course and be accepted to the 2017 UCI Climate Action Training Program. 2015 Highlights: Watch me and three young scientists explore the California coast in the SciGirls episode "Terrific Pacific" on PBS! The full episode is now available online here.
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