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GRFP on Adult-onset Peanut Allergies and the Gut Microbiome

GRFP on Adult-onset Peanut Allergies and the Gut Microbiome

This is a presentation that I gave for my senior seminar in 2019 on Adult-onset Peanut Allergies and the Gut Microbiome. This presentation received high marks and I am very proud of the work I put into it.

Genome Changes in Bats Affected by WNS

Genome Changes in Bats Affected by WNS

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This is a presentation that I gave in my senior seminar in 2020 on a paper written by T. Lilley called Genome-Wide Changes in Genetic Diversity in a Population of Myotis lucifugus Affected by White-Nose Syndrome.

credit for pictures used in slides:
slide 3 –
Image one:
Face of the little brown bat by USFWS/Ann Froschauer
– https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_brown_bat_(7408990420).jpg via CC – Public Domain.
Image two:
Myotis lucifugus by NPS/Morgan Ingalls
https://www.nps.gov/articles/pete-bat-monitoring.htm via CC – Public Domain
slide 10 –
Figure 5 by T. Lilley
via CC BY-NC-SA
slide 15 –
Small bat being interviewed by @cherrypie826
via CC BY-NC

White-nose Syndrome Presentation

White-nose Syndrome Presentation

A presentation given by me in my senior seminar in 2020 on white-nose syndrome’s effects on US bat populations. slide 1 –Image by JONATHAN MAYS, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE via CCslide 3 – image one:Typical grey colony of Pseudogymnoascus destructans on Sabouraud dextrose agar. …

Texas 2020

Texas 2020

In spring of 2020, I spent many months looking for a summer job that encompassed my love for ecology and wildlife. After 64 applications, three interviews, and countless emails I was hired — Range ecologist at East Foundation. I would work for three months on …

Indiana 2019

Indiana 2019

Invasive Species Technician for the USFW.

Newsletter by Duck Tales/USFWS via CC Public Domain

In the summer of 2019, I started my first internship in Muscatatuck, IN on Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge. I was an invasive species intern but I did everything from invasive specie removal to learning how to manage a wetland refuge. I also met the best coworkers I’ve ever had the pleasure of being around.

All images above by Kalee Elliott via CC