PAST RESEARCH

M.Sc. Research

I graduated from the University of Rochester in 2023 with my M.Sc. in Biology: Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, and Genomics.
Here, I investigated genes facilitating local adaptation as a response to climate change in social wasp, Mischocyttarus mexicanus.

Exploring the Demographic History, Genetic Diversity, and Range Expansion of a Social Insect

I presented this research at the 2022 AISES National Conference (funded as a Lighting the Pathway Fellowship recipient).
I won first place for graduate research poster presentation!

Undergraduate Research

Contrasting Ecosystem Flashiness: Potential Consequences of Human Activity

This research contributed significantly to the following publication:
Potts et. al. Ecosystem hydrologic and metabolic flashiness are shaped by plant community traits and precipitation. Agric. For. Meterol. (2020).