Professor Explores Yucatán's Underwater Caves
Dr. Fernando Calderon Gutierrez, a biologist and Postdoctoral Fellow, is featured in a new episode of Jonathan Bird’s Blue World, an Emmy Award-winning science/adventure series. The episode focuses on Gutierrez’s expedition to the Yucatán and Cozumel, where he explores underwater caves in search of unique fauna like blind shrimp, crayfish, and remipedes. The expedition is part of a University research project funded by a National Science Foundation grant. Gutierrez is working on the project with Dr. Elizabeth Borda, an assistant professor and the project's principal investigator.
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