Diego Bernal, PhD
Professor
Biology
Contact
508-999-8307
508-999-8196
a_bok^i=rj^ppa+bar
Violette Research 116
Education
2002 | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego | PhD Marine Biology |
2000 | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego | MS Marine Biology |
1995 | Universidad Autonoma de Baja California | BS Biological Oceanography |
Teaching
- Animal Diversity
- Animal Physiology
- Biology of Sharks
- Environmental Physiology of Marine Organisms
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Research
Research activities
- Muscle performance studies in fish
- Stress response in captured fish
- Pelagic fish cardiac performance
- Thermal ecology of fish
- Movement patterns of fish
Research
Research awards
- $ 199,995 awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for Post-Release Mortality in Recreationally-Caught Shortfin Mako Sharks: Understanding the Effects of Capture, Handling Techniques, and Retained Gear
Research
Research interests
- Fish biology
- Comparative physiology of fishes
- Comparison of the morphological, physiological, and biochemical specializations of high-performance fishes
- Fish response to angling-induced stress
- Disruption to homeostasis in fish
Select publications
- Eddy, C., Pitt, J., Oliveira, K., Morris, J.A., Potts, J. and Bernal, D. (2019).
The Life History Characteristics of Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) in Bermuda
Environmental Biology of Fishes - Queiroz, N., et al (2019).
Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries
Nature - Shadwick, R.E., Bernal, D., Bushnell, P.G. and Steffensen, J.F. (2018).
Blood pressure in the Greenland Shark as estimated from ventral aortic elasticity
J. Exp. Biol., 221, 186957.
Latest from Diego
Featured on
- April 25, 2022 Kayle Williams '22: A biology major's dream