Splash Biography
SHAWN SCHWARTZ, UCLA Graduate Student Studying Computational Bio
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Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology College/Employer: UCLA Year of Graduation: G |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Education: B.S., Cognitive Science (Highest Honors) and Biology (Honors), Specializing in Computing, UCLA (2015 – 2019) Publications: J Dang, B Lin, J Yuan, ST Schwartz, RM Shah, NK Garg (2018). Smart access to 3D structures. Nature Reviews Chemistry 2, 95-96. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)S193: Why do we remember and why do we forget? Examining the role of value and selectivity in visuospatial memory, learning, and attention in Splash Winter 2020 (Feb. 01, 2020)
Although our memory is quite vast, limited cognitive resources when encoding memories and simultaneously performing other tasks lead us to be selective. In this course, we will explore the science behind key features of our memory system that allow us to remember the locations of items that may be of critical importance to our daily life and survival through an exploration of the latest research on these topics.
S194: The Evolution of Color Pattern in Reef Fish in Splash Winter 2020 (Feb. 01, 2020)
Reef fishes are one of the most biodiverse group of vertebrates on the planet. With so much biodiversity, how can we quantify complicated traits, such as color pattern complexity, to understand how these traits have evolved through time? Students will learn about some modern approaches being used to solve these types of problems. Students will also explore key concepts necessary to ask the types of questions that drive research in ecology and evolution.
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