Kiirah Green

Kiirah is a laboratory assistant at UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her passion for knowledge about marine invertebrates and phylogenetics have driven her research and field work thus far. Through her work, she has acquired much teaching experience from being a TA on the Scripps campus to being a marine biology instructor on Catalina. Her style of educating can be described as warm and supportive, and she cannot wait to begin teaching here at Academic Connections.

• M.S. in Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego (2021-present)
• B.S. in Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University (2019)
• Study Abroad, Discovery Bay Marine Lab, Discovery Bay Jamaica (2019)

• Teachers Assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2022-current)
• Marine Science Instructor, Catalina Island Marine Institute (2021)

• Fish Life History/Invertebrate Laboratory Assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2023-current)
• Assistant to the Manager of the Benthic Invertebrate Collection, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2021-2022)
• Aquatic Specialist, PETCO (2020-2021)
• Fisheries Observer, NOAA Fisheries Service, Alaskan Observers INC (2020)