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Instructor

Sonya Timko

PhD Marine Biology - Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego MS Marine Biology - Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego BS in Marine Biology - UC San Diego Biodiversity and Mandarin Studies, Education Abroad - University of Singapore Grossmont / Cuyamaca Colleges Transfer Student G.E.D. Recipient

Bio

Sonya Timko is a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography using infrared technology to research heat exchange in crabs. She has also been involved with research focusing on cleaner shrimp, mantis shrimp, plankton, cuttlefish and underwater assays of tropical marine fishes. Sonya has had experience teaching for UCSD Extended Studies since 2017 and is one of the lead instructors for Research Scholars, Marine Science. She most recently worked on the Hawai'i program, and hopes to continue to develop more exciting programs in the future! 

Teaching Experience

Elementary / Middle School
- Internship for Bilingual Education in Science and Math, Preuss School, UCSD
- The EcoLogik Institute Summer Experience - Cabrillo National Monument
- Marine Science Community Workshops - Online / In person / Event Tabling

High School / Pre-College Programs - UCSD Extended Studies
- Introduction to Marine Biology (Academic Connections)
- JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC) STEM Camp
- Diversity of Plankton - 2018 Catalina Experience
- Life in the Oceans 
- Global Environmental Leadership and Sustainability (GELS)
- TRIO / Upward Bound
- Research Scholars, Marine Science (all classes/tiers)

Undergraduate: Scripps Institution of Oceanography / UCSD
- SIO 184: Marine Invertebrates Lab
- SIO 3: Life In the Oceans
- SIO 181: Marine Biochemistry & Physiology
- ESYS 101: Environmental Biology 

- Scripps Community Outreach for Public Education (SCOPE) all ages

Publications
Cohen, R.E., James, C.C., Lee, A., Martinelli, M.M., Muraoka, W.T., Ortega, M., Sadowski, R., Starkey, L., Szesciorka, A.R., Timko, S.E. and Weiss, E.L., 2018. Marine host-pathogen dynamics: Influences of global climate change. Oceanography, 31(2), pp.182-193.

Timko, S. E. (2021). Thermal Ecology of Ocypode quadrata and Pachygrapsus crassipes using Infrared Thermography. UC San Diego. ProQuest ID: Timko_ucsd_0033M_20727. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m54239x8. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1xk6x3zd