My name is Zack Mahan and I am currently a student at University of California San Diego studying Marine Biology, Chemical Biology, and Cell Biology. Within the Lab I am a research volunteer whose main purpose is to assist the other researchers with their experiments and lab work. Being a first time lab student, my interests are very broad and encompass many different fields of Biology (both aquatic and terrestrial) and chemistry. I hope to continue volunteering at Scripps Institute of Oceanography for the years to come and eventually join the ranks of other professional researchers.