Derek Scolaro

Derek is from Everett and he majored in Marine Science and minored in Biology at BU. He spent two and a half years in the Buston and Atema labs, as a volunteer, as a UROP student and working toward his honors thesis. While in the labs, Derek completed a project investigating swimming speed of larval neon gobies. Derek Graduated from BU in May 2014 and went on to work at Mass General Hospital as a Research Animal Specialist.

Honors Thesis

Scolaro, C. 2014. Development of swimming behavior in the larvae of the neon goby Elacatinus colini.

Lab Publications

Majoris, J. ^D, Catalano, K. ^U, Scolaro, D. ^U, Atema, J. & Buston, P. (2019) Ontogeny of larval swimming abilities in three species of coral reef fishes and a hypothesis for their impact on the spatial scale of dispersal. Marine Biology 169: 159.