Veronica Martinez Acosta
Univ. of the Incarnate Word/Marine Biological Laboratory
Professor of Biology, Co-Director - Biological Discovery in Woods Hole REU, co-PI - NSF LSAMP PUI-SATX Alliance
DEI In STEM Neural Regeneration Annelid Neurob Undergrad Research
I am a Professor of Biology at the University of the Incarnate Word. I have served as Director of the Honors Program and now serve as the Director for the NSF LSAMP program at UIW. Outside of UIW, I am the co-Director for an NSF REU program at the Marine Biological Laboratory - Biological Discovery in Woods Hole. In all of these spaces I mentor undergraduates in my research lab where we investigate nerve regeneration in an annelid model, Lumbriculus variegatus. I have served as a councilor and as the treasurer for the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) and am the Chair for the Education Council of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).
About Veronica
Location
San Antonio, Texas US
Research areas and interests
Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Programs In Science Science Education Neuroethology; Neurodevelopment; Cellular Neurobiology; Regeneration
Research methods
Synapses Cell Signals Electron Microscopy
Research model system