Currently a member of the Hekkala Lab!
Research Projects
Molecular diagnostics for marine mammal parasites
Leech iDNA for biodiversity surveys and forensic cases
Characterizing helminth and viral diversity in South African wildlife
Selected Talks and Lectures
Caught red handed: iDNA points to wild source of contraband leeches
Different coasts and different hosts: seal lungworm speciation
The understanding of worms and parasites through history
Fieldwork that sucks (literally): using iDNA for biodiversity surveys
Bioinformatics: sequence alignment
How North America gained and lost giant sloths
Teaching
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)
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)
Publications
CV
CV last updated 01/21/2021