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Join date: Jul 31, 2025

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Founder, CRV Science - 2022

CRVScience was founded in 2022 as an art & t-shirt company by Bryan White, local Corvallis Biologist and Science Educator. Bryan uses digital and print media to teach about the importance of biodiversity and science education around the world.

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Background:

2023 MS Cybersecurity, Enterprise Business Management, National University, La Jolla, California

2020 MS Public Health; Health Promotion, National University, La Jolla, California

2015 MS Biology; Genetics & Systematics, Cal. State Fullerton

2012 BS Biology; Ecology & Biodiversity, Cal. State Fullerton

Publications & Theses

2020 White, B.P. Understanding the Clinical Use of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Neurofeedback/biofeedback in the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (EBDs), and Exposure Therapy for Specific Phobias. Master’s Thesis. National University, Department of Public Health.

2015 White, B.P. Adapting DNA barcoding for use in routine biomonitoring programs. Master’s Thesis. California State University, Fullerton, Department of Biology, ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing.

2014 White, B.P., Pilgrim, E.M., Boykin, L.M., Stein, E.D., and Mazor, R.D. Comparison of four species-delimitation methods applied to a DNA barcode data set of insect larvae for use in routine bioassessment. Freshwater Science 33(1), 338-348.

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Bryan

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Jul 14, 2026 ∙ 20 min

More Than a City Bird: Unlocking the Bronze Age Origins of the Pigeon

The Evolution of a Synanthropic Bond - Humans and Pigeons For millennia, the rock dove (Columba livia)—commonly known as the pigeon—has been an enduring fixture of the human environment. In contemporary urban landscapes, feral pigeons are frequently dismissed as opportunistic pests, heavily stigmatized as the byproduct of industrialized cityscapes and criticized for their association with disease and architectural degradation1. However, this modern perception obscures a profound and complex...

Jul 14, 2026 ∙ 17 min

Outpacing the Math: Why Range-Shifting Species Are in Greater Danger Than We Think

Introduction to Climate-Driven Biodiversity Loss and Extinction Forecasting of Native Species The acceleration of anthropogenic climate change poses an unprecedented and multifaceted threat to global biodiversity, fundamentally altering the ecological, thermal, and geographical parameters that dictate species survival. Historically, conservation biology has focused heavily on mitigating direct, highly localized threats, such as habitat destruction, overexploitation, agricultural expansion,...

Jul 10, 2026 ∙ 15 min

Botanical Vampires: Inside the Bizarre Genetics of Fully Parasitic Plants

Introduction to Parasitic Plant Genomics The evolutionary transition from an autotrophic (photosynthesis) lifestyle to heterotrophy (parasitism) represents a profound physiological and morphological shift in the plant kingdom. Angiosperms have independently evolved parasitism at least twelve times, resulting in a phylogenetically diverse group of organisms that extract water, nutrients, and carbon from host plants1. Central to this parasitic lifestyle is the evolutionary innovation of the...