Senator
Research
2018 Lepidoptera Databaser, Michigan State University Entomology Collection.
PI: Dr. Anthony Cognato.
2016-2018 Student Research Assistant, Classical Biological Control Laboratory.
Entomology Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
PI: Dr. Ernest Delfosse.
Summer 2016 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU).
Mountain Research Station, University of Colorado Boulder, Nederland, CO.
PI: Dr. Pieter Johnson.
Summer 2015 Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship.
Michigan State University Kellogg Biological Station, Augusta, MI.
PI: Dr. Jen Lau.
Summer 2015 Volunteer Research Assistant, Long Term Ecological Research (LTER).
MSU Kellogg Biological Station, Gull Lake, MI.
PI: Dr. Jen Lau.
Education
2018-in progress University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Advisors: Dr. Daniel Simberloff and Dr. Brian O’Meara
2014 - 2017 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology/Zoology, with Honors
Minor in Entomology
Professional Service
2019-Present Graduate Student Coordinator, Darwin Day UT.
2019-Present Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Senator, Graduate Student Senate.
2019-Present Committee member, Graduate Student Senate Equity and Diversity Committee.
2019-2020 Vice President, Graduate Researchers in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution.
Summer 2019 KidsU Instructor, “Wild World of Bugs.”
2018-Present Mentor to five undergraduate students, EEB Mentors.
2018-Present Volunteer, Engaging Knoxville in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
2018-2019 Assistant Coach, University of Tennessee Crew Club.
Teaching Experience
Summer 2019 Mobile Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching Fellow.
2019-Present T.A. “Biological Literature”, four semesters.
Fall 2018 T.A. “Honors Biology”, one semester.
Awards and Recognitions
September 2020 Vol Court Pitch Competition First Place Winner.
Award Amount: $1,500 plus a year lease in the Anderson Center and legal, accounting, and prototyping services.
February 2020 Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center Research Program.
Award Amount: $2,000
January 2020 GSMCA Campbell Memorial Fellowship.
Award Amount: $5,000
2019 Semester Research Assistants Program (with Dr. Daniel Simberloff).
Award Amount: $1,500 student wages plus $250 supplies.
2017 Hutson Travel Funds.
Award Amount: $500.
2017 MSU Honor College Conference Travel Award.
Award Amount: $500.
2017 Genevieve Gillette Fellowship.
Purpose: Conduct an independent research project.
Award amount: $2,200 stipend plus $500 for supplies.
2016 Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant.
Award amount: $5,000.
2016 Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum Section Award for Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Poster Presentations.
Award amount: $100.