Kevin H. Wong

Hello! I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science working with Dr. Nikki Traylor-Knowles. I am broadly interested in cnidarian multi-omic approaches at a single-cell level to understand the molecular mechanisms of coral bleaching. 

I received my PhD from the University of Rhode Island in the Biological and Environmental Sciences Program with a specialization in Evolution and Marine Biology.  Under the guidance of Dr. Hollie Putnam and with funding from the NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship Doctoral Program and National Geographic Young Explorers Program, my dissertation research focused on the physiological and molecular implications of thermal stress on corals within and across generations. I used tools such as metabolomics, transcriptomics, and epigenomics to understand the cellular mechanisms that link environmental stress to physiological outcomes. 

I believe in open and reproducible science, as transparency is fundamental in data science and there is no point in reinventing the wheel! If you are interested in my code and data, check out my GitHub and OSF. For laboratory and field protocols, check out my online notebook and the Putnam Laboratory protocols.

For more information, check out my Google Scholar and Twitter.