Dr. Jennifer Wong-Ala is a postdoctoral researcher in the Nalley Lab, focusing on coastal health and ciguatera. Her work will focus on the long-term goal of using field and laboratory data to develop HAB models of Gambierdiscus, which can cause ciguatera poisoning. Her experience using individual-based biophysical models and policy analysis to conduct coastal health research on Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis, informs her current focus on ciguatera poisoning to protect human, animal, and environmental health.

Key Research Interests:
Coastal & environmental health
Biophysical modeling
Marine policy & resource management