Shayle Matsuda, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate
Marine Biology & Ecology
Shayle Matsuda, Ph.D. is a David H. Smith Conservation Research Postdoctoral Fellow based at the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, IL. His research focuses on the impact of climate change on reef building corals, and specifically the role of coral’s symbiotic microorganisms (symbiotic algae and bacteria) in bleaching response and in informing conservation efforts including assisted migration. Shayle completed his Ph.D. at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa and the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, his MSc in Biology at San Francisco State University and the California Academy of Sciences, and his BA at the University of California Santa Cruz with a double major in Environmental Studies and Women’s Studies. Shayle is an avid science communicator and advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in STEM. He is a member of the Brain Trust for the national Inclusive Science Communication Symposium and serves on the Broadening Participation Committee at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology.
Interested in learning more? Tune into his episode “Cnidariology (Coral) with Shayle Matsuda” on the Ologies Podcast: https://www.alieward.com/ologies/cnidariology
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