1) Filter performance in large pelagics
Work supported by NSF GRFP, CSU COAST, CSUF Violet Horn Fellowship, CSUF
Jerome Wilson funding.
Work supported by NSF IOS
Work in part supported by NSF IOS and NSF PRFB funding.
2) Osteoderm performance in armadillos
Work in part supported by CSUF Jr/Sr Intramural
funding.
3) Hearing performance in mysticete whales
Work in part supported by CSU Violet Horn Fellowship.
4) Animal bite/jaw performance -
Work in part supported by CSUF Department of Biological Sciences, CSUF Pa'lante Fellowship, and Aquarium of the Pacific African American Scholarship
5) Tooth fatigue and replacement in sharks (Undergraduates Ryan Le, Mariah Cox, M.S. student Taylor Naquin)
6) Microplastics pollution and remediation in commercially important food fishes and coastal waters of the Southern California Bight
Work in part supported by CSU COAST RAPID funds, CSU COAST Graduate Funding, CSUF Coppel Funding, CSUF Jr/Sr Grant, CSUF Department of Biological Sciences, and CSUF Violet Horn Fellowship.
7) Function and performance of accessory reproductive organs in chimeras.
Work supported by CSU COAST and CSUF Department of Biological Sciences
8) Population genetics of Seven Gill sharks.
9) Investigating mesopelagic fish bones (visiting scientist Donald Davesne)
Book Chapters
US Patent: 16240732
Selected research publications
Filtration (Large pelagics and whales)
Biological Armors
Oarfish and their relatives
Fish biology
Other
We have received a U.S. utility patent for bio-inspired manta ray filters for use in ricochet filtration.
Paig-Tran, Strother, and Divi.
U.S. Patent (2019): 16/240,732.
A portion of my research takes me to the the Yucatan Peninsula where I actively study manta rays with my collaborator Silvia Hinojosa Alvarez. This work was supported by funding from a National Geographic Society Waitts Grant.
You can read more about this work here: http://www.proyectomantacaribe.com/