​Kiirah Green

I got the amazing opportunity to join the scripps Institution of Oceanography, Rouse Lab as a Masters student in the fall of 2021.  My passion for the deep sea led me to the rouse lab where I got the opportunity to explore the invertebrates of that environment; specifically annelids found in chemosynthetic environments. 

My passion for deep-sea biology is driven by my desire to teach what I know and to learn all I can in the field of marine science. On a broad scale I am interested in the study of deep sea organisms in an effort to understand how certain species have evolved over time and moved throughout the ocean, explore how they are currently interacting with their environment, or explore the population dynamics and genetics of non-model organisms.  

Research 

As a Marine Biology graduate student I study phylogenetics with the use of molecular tools to analyze the biodiversity,  biogeography and evolutionary relationships among a group of deep-sea and shallow water chemosynthetic associated annelids from the genus Lacydonia found in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. My project will focus on utilizing the methods above to delineate species, explore the evolutionary relationships among this genus, and understand the connectivity of chemosynthetic ecosystems. ​

Contact Kiirah Green 

Graduate Student
​Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Marine Biology Research Division
Hubbs Hall
8750 Biological Grade, La Jolla, CA, 92093

[email protected], [email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiirah-green-4b6a3b1a8/​

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