Dr. Gorka Bidegain
- Ecology
- Fisheries
- Invasive Species
- Modeling
- Biological Oceanography
- Physical Oceanography
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, U.S.A., 2013-present
- Ph.D. in Marine Science, University of Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 2013
- M.S. in Marine Sciences, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, 2005
- M.S. in Engineering and Management of Coastal and Port Areas, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, 2001
- B.S. in Environmental Science, University of Almería, La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería, Spain, 1999
- B.S. in Marine Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain, 1997
Postdoctoral Research Associate
My research focuses on the ecological dynamics of marine invertebrates with an emphasis on the interactions between biological and physical processes. My current primary current interests center on the ecological modeling of marine infectious diseases. Yet, the concepts and models developed for terrestrial examples are not specifically transferable to aquatic ecosystems because of fundamental differences in community structure, species diversity, life-history phenomena and dispersal mechanisms. Aquatic ecosystems consist of complex relationships among hosts and pathogens that challenge traditional views of disease processes. A better understanding of marine disease dynamics is essential to evaluate the influence of anthropogenic and climatological drivers stimulating the spread and intensification of marine diseases.