Principal Investigator

Roxanne Beltran 
roxanne@ucsc.edu

2020-    Assistant Professor               UC Santa Cruz
2019     Postdoctoral Researcher     UC Santa Cruz
2018     PhD                                         University of Alaska Fairbanks (defense video)
2015     MSc                                         University of Alaska Anchorage (defense video).

I am currently funded by a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology (focus on inclusion of underrepresented minorities in science).

My research is funded by a National Geographic Research & Exploration grant. 
​You can follow along our Open Explorer Expedition.

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