Coral Reef Engineering Lab

🔬@dwangpraseurt, an interdisciplinary marine biologist, dives into the future of reef survival, where materials science, biotech, and synthetic biology join forces. @ReefEngineers Can Biotech Help Save Coral Reefs? participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw…

Thrilled to share our new paper in @iScience_CP, showing how Turbinaria reniformis corals fine-tune their microskeletal architecture with depth, boosting light capture up to 2.7× in mesophotic corals! #mesophotic #coral #photoadaptation @Scripps_Ocean ➡️sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🪸 📣Can healthy reef sounds help baby corals find a home? A new study led by Scripps Oceanography scientists with @ReefEngineers & the Thode Environmental Acoustics Lab says yes! Tune into the @acousticsorg meeting tomorrow at 9 a.m. PT to learn more! ⬇️ live.webcastplatform.com/webcast/regist…

🚨 Big leap for coral restoration: We developed "SNAP-X", a hybrid material that mimics healthy reef cues to drive coral recruitment 20x higher than controls. 🔗 Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @Scripps_Ocean @UCSDJacobs @UCSanDiego #Reefense

Excited to share our research @ACSPublications! We developed "coral-guards"—fouling-prevention coatings that reduce algal overgrowth, supporting coral reef resilience 🔗pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… @UCSanDiego @Scripps_Ocean @UCSDJacobs

Thrilled to announce the UC San Diego #AIMaward to accelerate coral reef growth & mitigate climate change! #CoralReefEngineering @Scripps_Ocean today.ucsd.edu/story/2025-aim…

🔎 Tiny bioeroders, big impact! We used µCT to provide precise insights into boring bivalve size, distribution, and impact on coral skeletons #coral #symbiosis #BoringBivalves 🔗frontiersin.org/journals/marin… @TelAvivUni @Scripps_Ocean @UCSDJacobs

Coral propagation just got a boost! Walton et al. developed a hypersalinity protocol to create coral micropropagates with high attachment rates. frontiersin.org/journals/marin… @Scripps_Ocean @UCSDJacobs @dwangpraseurt

Some simple tools to generate coral micropropagates and get them to grow @ReefEngineers @martin3guerres @FrontMarineSci #Coral frontiersin.org/journals/marin…

🌊🧬BIG NEWS: Thanks to a four-year, $10 million grant funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, a new center will be established at Scripps Oceanography to understand how climate change may impact the nervous systems and behavior of marine animals. 🧵⬇️ @AllenInstitute

It's finally official - excited to begin working with this team! Stay tuned for PhD and Postdoc positions in my lab as part of this project!! UC San Diego Receives $10 Million for Center on Neurobiology in Changing Environments today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-d…

Huge thanks to @IAmASTEM for breaking stereotypes in STEM and igniting a passion for science in the next generation! This project was a blast, and I hope it inspires students to forge their own unique paths – it’s ok to not fit in. @SOAlliance

how to design living algal-powered photobioreactors? check out some optics tricks from our new paper in @pnas, amazing collab with sing-teng @VignoliniLab @MicroSensing @SchertelLukas pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Had a great time at this workshop and learned a lot about the possibilities of 3D printing nature-inspired infrastructure.ewn.erdc.dren.mil/podcasts/episo… @Engineering With Nature #ERDC #EWN #N-EWN #naturebasedsolutions #ecosystemrestoration #climatechange #communityresilience

Tune in to the "Engineering With Nature (EWN)" podcast to hear @dwangpraseurt sharing insights on bioinspired designs, and how this tech could enable more resilient coastal protection. #CoralEngineering #NatureInspired #ClimateAdaptation @UCSanDiego podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ewn…

Call for students! Passionate about marine ecology? Dive into research with us! Explore #reefs in a changing climate, study #mesophotic ecosystems, and unravel the secrets of marine history. Apply now for MSc and PhD programs. #MarineScience #ResearchOpportunity @iui_eilat

thanks @locke_marissa it was fun working with you. Check out what nanotechnology could offer for coral reef restoration & engineering asbmb.org/asbmb-today/sc…

Shoutout to our amazing #NanoEngineering senior design students for presenting posters on some of our ongoing projects! 👏 #reefengineering @UCSanDiego @UCSDJacobs

UC San Diego and our campus community are deeply saddened and disturbed by the escalating violence in the Middle East. To support our campus community, UC San Diego is offering counseling, opportunities for open dialogue and mental health support. bit.ly/3rAnqDb

Breakthroughs in #nanotechnology described in this new paper are becoming increasingly essential as threats to #coral #reefs around the world continue to rise. @UCSanDiego @Scripps_Ocean #biotech nature.com/articles/s4156…