Evolving Seas RCN Trainees

Ph.D. student at University of Alabama. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Janna Fierst. Pursuing a career focused on genetics, phylogenomics, as well as bioinformatics.

Ph.D. student at Washington State University. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Steven Roberts and 2020-2021 with Dr. Brian Cheng. Pursuing a career that combines bioinformatics and fisheries science to explore genomic responses to physiological stressors.

Ph.D. student by research at the School of Geography, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Marta Gomez-Chiarri. Pursuing a career in academia to continue research on aquatic diseases and develop a lab to combine paleoclimate research with genomic tools.

Undergraduate at Northeastern University. Participated in the Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Emily Rivest. Pursuing a career focused on conservation ecology either conducting research or working for a government agency.

Undergraduate at Northeastern University. Member of the RCN Diversity Committee and participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Patricia Valdespino Castillo. Pursuing a B.S. in Economics and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology to work in conservation.

Currently, a Lab Technician applying to 2022 Ph.D. Programs. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Carolyn Tepolt and Dr. Ann Tarrant. Pursuing a career in academia, as either a professor or a research associate.

Undergraduate at University of Maine. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Katie Lotterhos. Working towards Master's and Ph.D. degrees in marine science to pursue academia.

Ph.D. student at University of California, Santa Barbara. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Steven Roberts. Pursuing a career in academia with the goal to advance ecological genomics and physiology and help the public better understand issues such as global pandemics and global change.

Undergraduate at University of Maine. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Randall Hughes. Pursuing a Master's in fisheries management with the goal of working in policy.

Undergraduate at the University of California-Davis. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Michael Kantor. Hoping to explore different options in marine and environmental science to get different perspectives and a well-rounded view on environmental issues.

Ph.D. student at University of Rhode Island. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Daniel Bolnick. Pursuing a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology with a focus on marine invertebrates.

Undergraduate at University of California, Davis. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Katie Lotterhos. Pursuing a B.S. in Marine and Coastal Science to work in rehabilitation and conservation.

PhD student at the University of Vermont. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Moisés A. Bernal. Pursuing a career within conservation or a governmental agency focused on marine ecosystems.

Ph.D. student at the University of Auckland. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Sam Scarpino. Pursuing a Ph.D. in microbiology, and hopes to continue researching and teaching about microbes and their roles in evolution and conservation.

Undergraduate at the College of William & Mary. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Carly Danielle Kenkel. Pursuing a Ph.D. in marine science to research preservation of clams in the Chesapeake Bay.

Ph.D. student at Boston University. Participated in Virtual Lab training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Roxanne Beinart. Pursuing a career in research or within a government position with a focus on marine conservation.

Undergraduate at Northeastern University. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Brook Moyers. Working towards Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Ecology centered on field research outside of the United States.

Undergraduate at Northeastern University. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Alessia Dinoi. Exploring opportunities in the marine sciences with a goal of working for protection action for animals.

Undergraduate at University of Maine. Participated in Virtual Lab training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Carolyn Tepolt. Currently pursuing a Master’s degree with the goal of working in conservation and aquaculture.

Ph.D. student at Purdue University. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Katie Lotterhos.

Undergraduate at the Central University of Tamil Nadu in Thiruvarur, India. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Natalya Gallo. Working to gain lab and field experience before pursuing a Ph.D. in medical research.

Ph.D. student at Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR). Participated in Virtual Lab training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Jonathan Puritz. Currently studying the major processes that shape biodiversity with genomic tools.

Undergraduate at Northern Arizona University. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Randall Hughes. Pursuing a Master's in marine biology to study estuary conservation with a sub-focus on science communication.

Ph.D. student at Southern Cross University. Participated in Virtual Lab training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Michael Kantar. Pursuing a career in policymaking with a focus on genomic sequencing, evolutionary processes, and bioinformatics.

P.h.D student at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Participated in the Virtual Lab training program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Andrew Whitehead. Currently focused on publishing a paper that explores how gene network connectivity affects local adaptation of the Texas endemic silver leaf sunflowers.

Research Technician in the Niyogi Lab at UC Berkeley. Pursing a career focused on wildlife conservation.

Master’s student at Texas A&M University. Participated in Virtual Lab training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Mikhail Matz. Pursuing a career in coral reef research and science communication.

Ph.D. student at the University of Alabama. Participated in Temporal Genomics Working Group and Virtual Lab Training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Malin Pinsky. Working towards a career in academia and developing a lab that links microevolutionary processes to macroevolutionary patterns.

Ph.D. student at the University of Rhode Island. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2020-2021 with Dr. Katie Lotterhos. Pursuing a career as a research professor at a public university in California with the goal of mentoring students and helping them develop their research interests.