Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D., Marine Biology (2023)
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
• Doctoral Specialization in Interdisciplinary Environmental Research (2023)
  UC San Diego
• M.S., Oceanography (2019)
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
• B.S., Marine Biology with a minor in Chemistry (2017)
  UC Santa Cruz

Work Experience

• Postdoctoral Scholar (2025–present)
  Ocean Health Index: Gulf of California, National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis (NCEAS) at UC Santa Barbara
• UCSC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow (2023–2025)
  Kroeker Lab, UC Santa Cruz
  Learn more about the Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program – supported under the University of California’s Office of the President – here.
• UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellow (2022–2023)
  Aburto Lab, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
• NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2017–2022)
  Aburto Lab, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
• San Diego Graduate Research Fellow (2017–2019)
  Aburto Lab, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego

Teaching

Graduate Instructor

• Instructor of Record (Summer, 2023)
  SIO 3: Life in the Oceans
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  • 5-week summer course, 4 units; 11 students.
• Instructor of Record (Summer, 2022)
  SIO 3: Life in the Oceans
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  • 5-week summer course, 4 units; 19 students.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (Spring, 2022)
  SIOB 274: Natural History Below the Tides (SCUBA field course)
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  • 10-week field course, 6 units; 10 students.

Undergraduate Instructor

• Learning Assistant / Session Co-Leader (Spring, 2017)
  CHEM 1C: General Chemistry III
• Learning Assistant / Session Co-Leader (Winter, 2017)
  CHEM 1A: General Chemistry I
• Learning Assistant / Session Co-Leader (Winter, 2016; Spring, 2016)
  CHEM 1B: General Chemistry II
• Learning Assistant / Session Co-Leader (Fall, 2015)
  CHEM 108A: Organic Chemistry I
  Academic Excellence Program (ACE), Physical and Biological Sciences Division at UC Santa Cruz
  • 10-week courses, 4 units each; co-taught 2 formal learning sessions per week, 15–25 students per session; held 2-5 informal mentoring hours per week, 2-6 students per hour.

Professional Service & Outreach (selected)

• Co-Founder & Co-Lead, Scripps SCUBA DIVERsity Program (2017–present)
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
• Member, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change RINGO Oceans Group (2023–present)
  UNFCCC, Research and Independent Non-Governmental Organizations constituency (RINGO)
• Co-Founder & Co-Lead, ACCESS Diving Program (2023–2024)
  UC Santa Cruz
• Member & Co-Organizer, Scripps’ Women and Minorities in Science group (WMIS) (2018–2022)
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
• Co-Founder & Member, Climate Action and Policy Committee (CAP) (2019-2022)
  Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSA), UC San Diego
• Scripps Community Engagement Fellow (2020–2021)
  (Formerly) Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
• Vice President of Campus Affairs (elected) (2018-2019)
  Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSA), UC San Diego

Newspaper Op-Eds

• Cavan, E., Ferrer, E. M., and Sumaila, R. U. The ocean should be front and center at COP26. Euronews.
• Becker, M., Dohner, J., and Ferrer, E. M. Why ocean lovers should follow the global climate conference. San Diego Union Tribune.
• Costa, M. T., Ferrer, E. M., and Levin, L.A. De Anza Cove wetland restoration would help protect us against sea-level rise. San Diego Union Tribune.