John Robert Foscue III (Trey) studied Oceanography and Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. During his time there, he gained experience in DNA sequencing of seaweed and oysters, as well as spawning of oysters at UNCW’s Shellfish Research Hatchery. After graduation, he joined the University of Arizona’s Aquaculture Pathology lab, where he works at West Campus conducting studies with various bacterial, viral, and microsporidian pathogens.