I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. As a member of the NMNH Coral lab, I am using genomic and bioinformatic tools to study the evolutionary history and population connectivity of several deep-sea invertebrate fauna.
My previous postdoctoral work was done in collaboration with the Bracken-Grissom Crustomics lab at Florida International University (Miami, Florida). My research at FIU was primarily focused on the evolution of bioluminescence and light detection in crustaceans. Aspects of this project involved high-throughout RNA sequencing and subsequent characterization of the (autogenic) bioluminescent organs and visual systems of various species of deep-sea shrimp via molecular, genomic and bioinformatic tools.
Prior to this, I received my PhD in Biology from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) in 2016. As a member of the Cordes lab my dissertation research was focused on using genomic tools to study anthropogenic impacts to deep-sea coral communities with particular emphasis on the effects imposed by the 2010 Deep-water Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
My previous postdoctoral work was done in collaboration with the Bracken-Grissom Crustomics lab at Florida International University (Miami, Florida). My research at FIU was primarily focused on the evolution of bioluminescence and light detection in crustaceans. Aspects of this project involved high-throughout RNA sequencing and subsequent characterization of the (autogenic) bioluminescent organs and visual systems of various species of deep-sea shrimp via molecular, genomic and bioinformatic tools.
Prior to this, I received my PhD in Biology from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) in 2016. As a member of the Cordes lab my dissertation research was focused on using genomic tools to study anthropogenic impacts to deep-sea coral communities with particular emphasis on the effects imposed by the 2010 Deep-water Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
