People Type: Graduate Student-IBio

Research Interests How environmental context impacts host-pathogen dynamics, with implications for disease re-emergence and outbreaks What made you choose this program at UW–Madison? My advisor! Education BS, Biology, UCLA, 2023

Research Interests Google Scholar Arachnid venom systems have emerged independently three times in the spiders, scorpions and pseudoscorpions. I am interested in the gene regulatory networks underlying the development of venom glands in these taxa. Are there shared genes involved in patterning the venom glands in all three groups, and when in evolutionary time were …

Research Interests I am interested in the mechanisms that allow for salinity tolerance in marine organisms, specifically the Eurytemora affinis species complex. I am working on an association study / QTL mapping experiment from F10 advanced intercross lines that will help to identify specific loci that associate with survival at both fresh and saline conditions. …

Research Interests Google Scholar My research focuses on evolutionary, comparative, and population genomics across host–parasite systems. I study mitonuclear evolution and repeated freshwater adaptation in three spine stickleback by integrating population genomics, computational biology, and protein structure prediction. I also investigate the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus through genome assembly and comparative genomics, and use single-cell sequencing …

Research Interests My research focuses on plant community ecology and restoration, particularly how seed traits, plant diversity, and management practices shape plant establishment and community composition. I am interested in combining field experiments, greenhouse studies, and quantitative modeling to improve restoration outcomes and better predict the success and trajectory of restored ecosystems. What made you …