Veronica Padilla Vriesman

Biography

Veronica Padilla Vriesman is a marine scientist and paleontologist with broad interests in coastal invertebrate taxa and climate change. She is especially interested in environmental impacts on bivalve biomineralization, and the ways in which molluscan shells record and respond to environmental variability over seasonal to millennial scales. Vriesman uses high-resolution imaging techniques and geochemical tools to examine shell growth features in culturally and ecologically significant marine mollusc species, such as edible mussels and clams. Her research evaluates their responses to ocean warming and acidification in both the past and present.

Please visit Vriesman’s personal website to learn more about research and courses.