Paul received his B.S. in Marine Biology with Honors from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and his Ph.D. in Biology from Stanford University. For his graduate research, he studied how the cellular composition changes during the process of metamorphosis in indirect-developing hemichordates under the supervision of Dr. Christopher Lowe. In the Srivastava Lab, is interested in understanding how pluripotent stem cells are made and maintained. Paul is passionate about exploring a broad range of organisms across the tree of life, appreciating the power of diverse perspectives, and bringing the beauty of developmental biology to the classroom.