Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2015
Elora López is a Ph.D. candidate in Biology at Stanford University, based at the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, CA. She uses genomics to address questions about the ecology, evolution, and conservation of marine life. Her research spans a wide range of topics, including coral bleaching recovery in American Samoa, somatic mutations in very long-lived organisms, and the effects of nuclear radiation on wildlife at Bikini Atoll, a former nuclear testing site in the Marshall Islands. López's first research expedition to Bikini Atoll was featured on the PBS documentary series Big Pacific
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