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Mi nombre es Guadalupe Bauzá y soy de Mendoza, Argentina. Actualmente estudio la Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas con orientación en Biología y me interesa especialmente la ecología, la evolución y la biología marina. Actualmente estoy realizando mi tesina de grado sobre la morfometría de los otolitos de Thyrsitops lepidopoides para investigar posibles stocks en el Atlántico Sudoccidental.
Durante mi estancia en el O’Dea Lab, trabajaré con otolitos fósiles de peces linterna (familia Myctophidae) para reconstruir cambios en la abundancia, el tamaño corporal y los patrones de crecimiento asociados a la formación del Istmo de Panamá. Me entusiasma mucho formar parte de un equipo internacional e interdisciplinario, aprender nuevas metodologías y seguir desarrollando mi formación científica en paleontología y ecología marina.
My name is Guadalupe Bauzá, and I’m from Mendoza, Argentina. I’m currently studying for a Bachelor’s degree in Basic Sciences with a focus on Biology, and I’m particularly interested in ecology, evolution, and marine biology. I’m currently working on my undergraduate thesis, which explores the morphometry of otoliths from Thyrsitops lepidopoides to investigate potential stocks in the Southwest Atlantic.
During my time at the O’Dea Lab, I’ll be working with fossil otoliths from lanternfish (family Myctophidae), aiming to reconstruct changes in abundance, body size, and growth patterns associated with the formation of the Isthmus of Panama. I’m very excited to be part of an international and interdisciplinary team, learn new methodologies, and continue developing my scientific training in paleontology and marine ecology.











I’m a Biology undergraduate student at University of Panama profoundly interested in Marine Biology and paleontology, especially the evolution, adaptation and ecology of coral reefs. I’m working on a project that consists of reconstructing the Caribbean reef fish communities of the past, and my master tools for this research are fish otoliths. Otoliths have distinct shapes that enable us to identify fish families, sometimes even to the level of species and fossil otoliths may help us reconstruct the reef fish community of the Caribbean 7000 years ago (i.e. before human impacts). This information will provide a baseline that will enable us to compare “pristine” with modern reef fish communities.
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