#newPI ¡Hola! I'm Geo (he/él), a Mexican & indigenous microbiologist with intersectional identities. I do science to provide resources to my communities. Our UConn Microbial Ecophysiology Lab is interested in understanding the role of methane-producing microbes in One-Health.

Excited to share our new paper on Kroyeria—a group of parasitic copepods found on sharks. Best part of the project was working with Greg Deets, who imo is the GOAT when it comes to copepod illustrations. We describe 5 new species + redescribe most others doi.org/10.1645/24-115

Adorable gray tree frog on my sliding door in Connecticut 🐸

My Epiphyllum oxypetalum bloomed for the first time ever last night. The giant flowers only last a single night. Absolutely epic 🌺🥀

Tomorrow at UConn Storrs! Stop by! Lots of activities for adults and kids. I’ll be at a table talking about horns and antlers

Kicking off the International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda here in Malaysia at the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies

Thrilled for me and my students to be part of this!

Copepod collecting at the 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda

The lab in action collecting copepods! 🐟🦐🔬

My attempt to dissect a leg of a parasitic copepod... It was really hard...

Just completed the 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda in Malaysia! Gained hands-on skills in copepod taxonomy, field collection, specimen dissection, and parasite data analysis plus presented my Lepeophtheirus ID key project.

Presentations from our lab group at the International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda

The 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda was undoubtably a major success! We couldn’t have asked for better hosts at CEMACS, Malaysia. We miss you already!

My Psychopsis orchid is blooming for the first time and is such a diva

Surprised to see this TED-Ed opened with a quote from yours truly. Really nice video, happy to have been included. ed.ted.com/lessons/let-us… via TED-Ed

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Big thanks to Liam Revell for an excellent seminar at UConn EEB Department. Thanks for sharing your research and insights, and for being so kind and engaging with our faculty, grad students, and undergrads 👏👏👏

New paper out in the WAC PeerJ hub: Imaging analysis on two oceanic copepods peerj.com/articles/19956/ via PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment

The Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Copepoda has just been published! Very diverse research topics reflective of our diverse membership. Check it out: jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/pbr/20/…

Not every day that you get to describe something from a Megamouth 🦈 😁 jstage.jst.go.jp/article/pbr/20…