Aquaculture amidst global change: From multi –omics to organismal response in shellfish models

Samuel received a Master’s in Marine Science (Stony Brook University, 2017) and Ph.D. in Biological and Environmental Sciences Sp: Evolution and Marine Biology (University of Rhode Island, 2021) and was Postdoctoral Research Fellow with NOAA and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. He is a excited to introduce his growing research as a new Assistant Professor at Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences.  The EAGurr Lab (Enhancing Aquaculture Gurr Lab) takes an integrative approach to tackle pressing questions facing sustainable seafood production. A pillar of Sameul's research employs abiotic challenges (hormesis, simulated transplant, and cross-/multigenerational) to characterize acclimatory and adaptive traits underpinning response to stimuli and whether constitutive or biphasic dose-dependent patterns can benefit production of economic species. At OSU Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station, the EAGurr lab works collaboratively with the Pacific Oyster Genomic Selection team to challenge oyster families and collected suborganismal (hemolymph) and superorganismal (multi -omics) data key to link function to phenotypic outcome.