Cait Salerno

 Education

10/2016 - present

Master of Science in Global Change Ecology
University of Bayreuth, Germany

09/2010 - 05/2014

Bachelor of Science in Biology
Siena College, Albany, New York, USA

Minor in Spanish

08/2012-12/2012

Semester Abroad in Cuenca, Ecuador                                                  CEDEI Cuenca, Ecuador

Courses in: Environmental Studies of the Andes and excursions to the Galapagos and Amazon Rainforest

Work Experience

04/2017-present

Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) Fellow

04/2013-05/2014

Research Assistant                                                                              Siena College and VIMS Lab, Wachepreague, VA

Conducted lab and field studies of a marine polychaete in the lab of Dr. Sarah Berke

08/2014-08/2015

English teacher at Avalon English                                                           Seoul, South Korea                                                                               

Taught English lessons to children ages 6-15

Science Schools  

02-03/2017

La Palma Science School                                                                           La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain                                                      

Research project: The effects of elevation on endemic plant species

 Conferences  

06/2017

United Nations Oceans Conference, UN Headquarters, New York, USA

As a GLISPA fellow supported the GLISPA team and members in side events as well as high-level events run by the network

03/2017

Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), UN Campus, Bonn, Germany

 01/2014

 Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology (SCIB)                Austin, Texas

Poster presentation: The effects of algal species on a marine polycheate Diopatra cuprea