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Ph.D. in Microbiology

• Dissertation: Host-microbe feedbacks in a tripartite symbiosis
• Advisor: Dr. Kerri Coon

B.A. in Biology and Russian Language and Literature

• Graduated with High Honors
• Honors Thesis: Spatiotemporal variation in cyanobacterial density and colony morphology during a bloom in a naturally eutrophic lake
• Advisor: Dr. Kathryn Cottingham

Postdoctoral Fellow

• Advisors: Dr. Gregory Dick, Dr. Meghan Duffy

Postdoctoral Fellow

• Advisor: Dr. Kerri Coon

• Institute for Global Change Biology Postdoctoral Fellowship; University of Michigan

• Sigrid Leirmo Memorial Scholarship; University of Wisconsin-Madison

• O.N. Allen Soil and Environmental Microbiology Grant; University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Gordon Research Conference: Animal-Microbe Symbioses Poster Prize

• HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

• SciMed Graduate Research Scholars Fellowship; University of Wisconsin-Madison

• NIH Biotechnology Training Grant; University of Wisconsin-Madison

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention

• Research Experience for Undergraduates; University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Thomas B. Roos Memorial Fund Scholarship; Dartmouth College

• James O. Friedman Presidential Scholarship; Dartmouth College

• Porter Family Fund for Sustainability Science Research Grant; Dartmouth College

• Gates Millennium Scholarship

Ecological perspectives on microbiota function in mosquitoes

Host-microbe feedbacks in a tripartite symbiosis

DermBiont internship

Integrative study of Prochlorococcus

Spatiotemporal dynamics of diverse taxa in Lake Mývatn, Iceland

Effects of the temporal structuring of thermal regimes on range expansion

Thermal acclimation effects upon population dynamics in variable thermal environments

Long-term monitoring of bloom-forming cyanobacteria in Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire

• UW-Madison WILD-SEEDS guest speaker
• Ecological Society of America ESA-SEEDS national meeting peer mentor

• Microbiology Doctoral Training Program Representative at SACNAS meeting

• Center for Ecology and the Environment Executive Committee member

• LGBTQ+ Peer Mentor at UW-Madison
• SciMed Graduate Research Scholars peer mentor at UW-Madison

• Microbiology Doctoral Training Program representative at ABRCMS meeting
• Wisconsin Science Festival: “Did ya know? Not all mosquitoes want your blood” video exhibit
• Darwin Days “Tree of Life” Exploration Station: “Friends and Foes: Mosquitoes”

• Wisconsin Science Festival: “The Microbe Place” interactive exhibit

• America Reads volunteer at Dartmouth College

• Latinx Peer Mentor at Dartmouth College
• First-Year Peer Mentor at Dartmouth College

Genomics cruise for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) monitoring and zooplankton survey (Lake Erie)

• Monthly cruise to several long-term monitoring stations in Western Lake Erie to track seasonal cyanobacterial bloom progression.
• Collection of samples for various genomics approaches, including DNA isolation and sequencing.
• Collection of zooplankton samples at each deployment to track incidence of parasite infection throughout bloom progression.

Zooplankton survey of ephemeral habitats and ponds (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

• Weekly collections of Daphnia to survey species composition and infection status across freshwater habitats.
• Taxonomic assignment to species level of live samples and establishment of laboratory lines of several zooplankton species, dipterans in the genus Chaoborus, and hemipterans in the genus Notonecta.
• Live diagnosis of infection in zooplankton samples.

Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis (Woods Hole, MA)

• Immersive research-based course spanning microbial symbioses across diverse eukaryotic host species.
• Particular emphasis on molecular mechanisms of microbe selection, live-cell imaging of host-microbe interactions, biochemistry and metabolic maintenance of microbiome communities, effects of stress on symbiotic relationships, development and application of genetic tools, gene regulatory and signaling networks associated with symbiosis, establishing novel laboratory models, and evolution of symbiosis across taxa.

Cell density and fungal diversity survey of Sarracenia inquiline communities in Cedarburg Bog (Saukville, WI)

• Identification of early successional plant-associated communities in the field followed by collection of water samples for cell density determination and selective isolation of fungal taxa.

Microbiota assembly in Sarracenia inquiline communities in Cedarburg Bog (Saukville, WI)

• Ecologically-conscious manipulation of insect density in natural communities of a bog.
• Collection and preservation of arthropods for downstream characterization and water sample collection for chemical analysis.

Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecology of Lake Mývatn, Iceland

• Extensive limnology experience including motor boat operation.
• Terrestrial sampling regimes, arthropod sampling, dipteran sampling, phytoplankton sampling, zooplankton sampling, and key identification experience across diverse taxa.

Tropical Ecology in Costa Rica

• Familiarity with diverse tropical systems including lowland rain forest (La Selva and Corcovado), cloud forest (Monteverde), dry forest (Palo Verde and Santa Rosa), pre-montane wet forest (Las Cruces), montane forest (Cuerici), alpine paramo, streams, and wetlands.

Marine Biology and Ecology in the Cayman Islands

• Experience in studies of algae, aquatic plants, invertebrates, and fish, with emphasis on populations, species interactions, community structure and energetics, and reef conservation and management.