I am Ph.D. student in biology at UL Lafayette since Fall 2006, working in the lab of Dr. Scott France. My research interests, detailed here, are centered on the ecology and evolution of marine invertebrates.

Past projects include early detection of parasitic infection using molecular markers, spatio-temporal recruitment of scleractinian corals in French Polynesia, zonation of benthic invertebrates in the Tuamotu Archipelago, temporal decline of a Bahamian coral community, co-occurence and population dynamics of fish ectoparasites in South Carolina.

You can contact me at pante -at- louisiana -dot- edu

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