Summary
Charlene Mccord is an Assistant Professor and marine organismal biologist with nine years of experience bridging functional morphology, biomechanics, behavior, and phylogenetics to study how animals are built, move, and feed. She runs the Marine Organismal Biology Lab at CSUDH, mentoring students on projects from hagfish locomotion and anesthesia physiology to coral propagation and deep-sea biodiversity surveys. A dedicated educator and outreach advocate, she translates complex science for audiences from kindergarten classrooms to public forums and prioritizes inclusive STEAM access for underrepresented communities. Her background spans field expeditions, museum-based collections and molecular work at The Field Museum, and organizing collaborative FuturePhy workshops—skills that combine hands-on experimentation with comparative and computational approaches. Colleagues know her for pairing rigorous research with creative teaching and for applying organismal insights to conservation-relevant problems.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Organismal Biology and Anatomy at University of Chicago
University of California, Los Angeles
English, Spanish