About+Sean+Bignami

=About Sean Bignami=

I'm a graduate student at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. I am pursuing a PhD. in Marine Biology and Fisheries, and I am studying the effects of ocean acidification on the early life history of marine fishes. What does that mean?? Check out a video by clicking on the image below!

As a NSF GK-12 graduate fellow, I teach 8th grade science at Brownsville Middle School in Miami, a low socio-economic struggling school. I am paired with a teacher (Ms. Dudley), and I develope inquiry-based activities for the students to do. I have always had a passion for education, and have been involved with some form of teaching since I was a marine biology teaching assistant on a school district research vessel during 7th grade. During college at the University of California Santa Barbara, where I recieved my B.S. in Aquatic Biology and a Minor in Athletic Coaching, I worked as an educator and aquarist at the Research Experience and Education Facility (REEF)...a hands on aquarium on campus. After graduation I began working at Santa Barbara City College, where I served as a biology lab technician. While at SBCC I began volunteering as an assistant Track and Field coach, ultimately becoming a staff member and interim head coach. I also had the opportunity to teach an animal biology laboratory course offered to biology majors. It was these experiences that led me to pursue a PhD, so hopefully I can return to the classroom at the college level. Since entering graduate school, I have also been a teaching assistant and lab instructor for a marine science lab course and an invertebrate zoology course.

To see another video about ocean acidification, just click on the image below to visit the video on a blog site all about ocean acidification.