<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAndrea, originally from El Salvador, is a PhD student in the Biology program. She earned her BS in Environmental Sciences from Zamorano University, and her MS degree in Environmental Toxicology from Clemson University. Prior to joining the Rodgers lab, Andrea worked as a marine technician at the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve and as a management scientist with The Nature Conservancy. Besides scuba diving, Andrea loves hiking, yoga, and spending time with her friends and family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Maria L. Rodgers, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Center for Marine Sciences and Technology 303 College CircleMorehead City, NC 28557 P: 252.222.6376E: mlrodge2@ncsu.edu Visit Dr. Rodgers’s website Specialty Immunotoxicology and comparative immunology in coastal and marine organisms. Professional Experience & Qualifications Research Area This research group broadly studies immunotoxicology and comparative immunology in coastal and marine…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/floating-box-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"backgroundColor\":\"red_400\",\"boxPosition\":\"left\",\"ctaNum\":\"one\",\"useCTA\":false,\"focalPoint\":{\"x\":0.49,\"y\":0.06},\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/cmast.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mr-loggerhead-freeratio.png\",\"imageID\":5732,\"imageAlt\":\"Dr. Maria Rodgers with loggerhead turtle\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5720","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmast.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmast.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmast.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmast.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmast.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5720"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/cmast.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5748,"href":"https:\/\/cmast.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5720\/revisions\/5748"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmast.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmast.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmast.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}