Degree(s): Zoology
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Undergraduate Institution: University of West Indies, Oxford University
Graduate Institution: UCLA
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Photo Credit: BlackPast
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Dr. Robert K. Trench is considered the world’s leading expert on coral and their symbiotic algae. His expertise spans coral reef ecology, physiology, biochemistry, phylogenetics of symbiosis, and intercellular recognition phenomena. Dr. Trench served as a faculty member at Yale University and University of California, Santa Barbara before retiring.
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