Dr. Tiara Moore

Dr. Tiara Moore is an environmental ecologist completed her B.S. in Biology in 2011 at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. . She received her M.S. in Biology with a concentration in Environmental Science in 2013 from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. After completing her M.S., she spent 2 months in Bali, Indonesia identifying the diversity and abundance of meiofauna in marine sediments across the coral triangle. Dr. Moore earned her PhD in Biology from UCLA.  Dr. Moore is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Washington and The Nature in order to increase biodiversity. She dedicates her time to mentoring minority women in the lab and in afterschool programs. She is also the founder of A WOC SPACE, Dr. Moore aspires to make a safe and inclusive workplace for all women of color (WOC) through WOCShops and individual personal trainings. To round things off Dr. Moore combines her experiences as a WOC Scientist with her upbeat personality in her Academic Standup Shows, both communicating science and the struggles of being a minority in STEM.