For many organisms, predation is a near constant threat. Many prey species have therefore adapted ways to detect and avoid predators.

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I explored this complex relationship through two study systems, both from the subtidal zone. One study system explored how invertebrate kairomones (chemical cues that come from a predator and allow a prey animal to detect the predator's presence) affect the behavior of a small subtidal snail, Tegula tridentata. The second system explored how the presence of a predator affects habitat choice in a cryptobenthic blenny, known locally as "trombollito" (Helcogrammoides cunninghami).

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I traveled to Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas in Las Cruces, Chile four times from 2015-2019, and I completed my undergraduate Honors Thesis at the marine station as well.