Marcelino's Lab at Northwestern University
Climate change effects on coral reefs, coral adaptation and acclimatization to warmer oceans
Assistant Professor of Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Lisbon, Portugal
BS./MS., University of Lisbon, Portugal
Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
Phone: 847-491-4035
Email: l-marcelino@northwestern.edu
Address: 2145 Sheridan Road Tech A218 Evanston, IL United States 60208
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I am from Henan, China and graduated from Tsinghua University, Beijing with B.S. in physics and mathematics. I am motivated to use physical models and mathematical tools to study fundamental biology science, protect biodiversity and pursue better healthcare. I am currently working on using a imaging modality called OCT to study optical properties of coral tissues and skeletons. As an optics engineer, I am amazed by the beauty of structural evolution in corals which achieved the delicate balance of light availability and light stress for Symbiodiniaceae.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, MS expected 2024.
MEAS 2020, currently involved in modeling coral transcriptional plasticity as a side project and being a full-time environmental engineer with Brown and Caldwell.
I am a rising sophomore, planning to major in Biology. I was awarded the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Summer Grant to do research on coral adaptation potential at the Marcelino Lab. I have been SCUBA diving for eight years, and I am currently an American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) Scientific Diver as well as a National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) Divemaster.
I am an undergraduate in the class of 2026 at Northwestern (Chemical Engineering and Data Science). I have always been passionate about the environment and have done my best to push myself and others to be sustainable. During the 2023 summer quarter, I was granted the McCormick undergraduate summer research award to work in the Marcelino lab optimizing protocols to measure changes in gene transcription imaging coral’s chromatin structure.
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering at McCormick School of Engineering
Professor, Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, U of Chicago
Professor of pediatrics at Vc-health Sciences-schools, UC San Diego
Associate Director, National Coral Reef Institute, NOVA Southeastern University
Professorial Research Fellow, James Cook University, Australia
Professor, Department of Environmental Ecology, University of Copenhagen
Researcher at the Fishes Department, Shedd Aquarium
Professor of Biomedical Engineering at McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
University of California, San Diego
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Post-Doctoral Fellow 2010 through 2019, currently an Assistant Professor at Nova Southeastern University with the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Earned her MS Biomedical Eng, 2011 (co-supervised with Prof. Vadim Backman)
Graduate student who earned her Ph.D. in 2020, Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Northwestern University (co-supervised with Prof. Vadim Backman)
MEAS 2021
(Summer Internship Program), MEAS 2020
(Honor Thesis), WCAS 2019
(Honor Thesis), WCAS 2017
WCAS 2017
MEAS 2018
MEAS 2014
MEAS 2014
(Honor Thesis), WCAS, 2013
(Honor Thesis), MEAS 2013
MEAS 2012