Amanda Perez

Visitors

visiting student

Biography

I am a PhD student and an explorer of marine microbial life, from jellyfish to corals. I currently study marine bacteria associated with lab-grown corals from the Mexican Caribbean, exploring their potential use as probiotics  

Research Interests

Coral microbiome, Marine bacteria, 16S rRNA, BMCs, Marine microbiology

Selected Publications

Differentiation of the bacterial communities associated with Orbicella faveolata across different growth conditions and life-cycle stages, Pérez-Trejo, A., Aguirre-Macedo, M. L., Banaszak, A., García-Maldonado, J. Q., PLOS One (2025). Manuscript under review.

Education

PhD. Marine Science – Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN)

Yucatan, Mexico. (2022-present)

 

M.Sc. in Marine Science and Limnology – National Autonomous University of Mexico, Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology-Academic Unit of Reef Systems (UNAM-ICMyL)

Quintana Roo, Mexico. (2014-2017)