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I am a reproductive evolutionary biologist interested in female mediation of postcopulatory sexual selection. Currently, I am a graduate student at Syracuse University.
News:
April, 2015 - I was awarded the NSF GRFP!
February, 2015 - I will be a guest contributor at the English Graduate Student blog Metathesis this month discussing intersections between science & the humanities
January, 2015 - My undergraduate senior thesis research from a summer internship at the Memphis Zoo was accepted for publication
October, 2014 - My rugby team, the Uticuse Hellbenders, was highlighted in a photo series on the Syracuse Post Standard Website
September, 2014 - I will be speaking at the UW Madison Feminist Biology Symposium October 10th
August, 2014 - I have arrived at Syracuse and dissected my first drosophila.
July, 2014 - I am entering the foray of science blogging with my first guest post on Nitty Gritty Science.
Update: my own blog Idea Spermatheca is now active.
May, 2014 - My poster was chosen as an outstanding poster at the 2014 NIH Post Bacc Poster Day. See an article on me and the other NIEHS awardee in the Environmental Factor .
April, 2014 - I have accepted a fellowship at Syracuse University and will be starting my PhD in Biology with Profs. Steve Dorus and Scott Pitnick in August.