Dr. Finiguerra conducted his graduate and doctoral research in the Department of Marine Sciences at UConn. There he studied the evolutionary ecology of zooplankton. It was during his graduate work that he fell in love with undergraduate teaching and mentoring. As Assistant Director, Dr. Finiguerra will work alongside his colleagues at CETL to offer graduate students opportunities and experience in undergraduate instructional design. Specifically, helping to give graduate students who want to pursue teaching the pedagogical background and support to make them successful in the classroom.