Trainees (in alphabetical order)
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Bishnu Adhikari
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.
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Tait Algayer
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.
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Mahsa Alidoostsalimi
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.
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Kiran Bajaj
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.
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Lucia Barrera
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.
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Tatum Bernat
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.
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Ian Birchler De Allende
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.
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Samuel Bogan
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.
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Margaret Campbell
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.
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Su Chung
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.
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Matías Gómez-Corrales
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.
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Genece Grisby
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.
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Alison Hall
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.
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Carmen Hoffbeck
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.
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Kaleea Korunka
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.
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Nicola Kriefall
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.
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Jay Krithivas
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.
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Anna Krylova
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.
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Abigail Ladner
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.
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Andy Lee
Ph.D. student at Purdue University. Participated in Virtual Lab Training Program in 2021-2022 with Dr. Katie Lotterhos.
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Venkat M
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.
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Camila Mac Loughlin Aleman
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.
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Gabi Mendez
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.
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Melissa Naugle
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.
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Uzezi Okinedo
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.
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Raquel Ponce
Research Technician in the Niyogi Lab at UC Berkeley. Pursing a career focused on wildlife conservation.
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Zoe Ruben
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.
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Anthony Snead
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.
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Lauren Zane
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.