Currently a member of the Hekkala Lab!

Research Projects

marine mammal parasites

Molecular diagnostics for marine mammal parasites

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leech iDNA

Leech iDNA for biodiversity surveys and forensic cases

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future projects

Characterizing helminth and viral diversity in South African wildlife

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Selected Talks and Lectures

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Caught red handed: iDNA points to wild source of contraband leeches

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Different coasts and different hosts: seal lungworm speciation

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bestiary parasites

The understanding of worms and parasites through history

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Fieldwork that sucks (literally): using iDNA for biodiversity surveys

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Bioinformatics: sequence alignment

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How North America gained and lost giant sloths

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Teaching

NEB Molecular Biology Summer Workshop

I’ve been a lab instructor for the New England Biolabs Molecular Biology Summer Workshop since 2013. If you’re interested in learning hands on molecular biology in two weeks, check it out! (Pictured: Kareen Seignon, session ‘18)

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Teaching in classroom

At Fordham University and Smith College I have been a teaching assistant and lab instructor for several courses. (Pictured: Kalani Williams identifying skulls with four Fordham University students)

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Publications

Williams2020b

Williams et al., 2020

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Williams2020a

Williams et al., 2020

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Fahmy2020

Fahmy et al., 2020

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Keroack2018

Keroack et al., 2018

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Keroack2016

Keroack et al., 2016

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Williams2014

Williams, 2014

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CV

CV

CV last updated 01/21/2021

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