Zoom Meeting
THURSDAY LUNCHEON SPEAKER - Damon Tighe - Lake Merritt Below the Surface
Biologist Damon Tighe will talk about the geological and cultural history of Lake Merritt and will provide a visual tour of invertebrates of the lake. He will show us why we should be excited about the current health of the Lake.
Damon works for Bio-Rad Laboratories designing curriculum and training West Coast educators in biotechnology. Born in Klamath Falls. Oregon and raised in Calaveras County,California, Damon attended Saint Mary’s College where he earned a Biology/Chemistry degree. He taught high school in Portland, Oregon and moved back to the Bay Area to work on the Human Genome Project at the National Lab’s Joint Genome Institute. Damon then pursued a MFA in Natural History and Science Filmmaking in Montana before returning to Oakland to work on biofuels and single cell genomics.