BACKGROUND:
In May of 2013, I earned a B.S in Biology from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. I was introduced to population genetics through my involvement in an undergraduate research project that sought to detect cryptic speciation within a globally distributed marine invertebrate, Themiste lageniformis, a species of peanut worm. Shortly after graduating, I was able to connect my interest in population genetics and salamanders at Highlands Biological Research Station through enrollment in the Conservation Genetics of Salamanders summer course.
Before returning to research, I turned my attention to environmental education and outreach through positions with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, State Parks and Historic Sites and the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, Georgia. Outreach and herpetology education continues to be a passion of mine.
I received a Master’s of Science in Integrated Biology from Kennesaw State University in 2016. While at Kennesaw, I investigated the genetic diversity and population structure of a rare species of plethodontid salamander, endemic to Northwest Georgia, Plethodon petraeus, the Pigeon Mountain Salamander.
In May of 2013, I earned a B.S in Biology from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. I was introduced to population genetics through my involvement in an undergraduate research project that sought to detect cryptic speciation within a globally distributed marine invertebrate, Themiste lageniformis, a species of peanut worm. Shortly after graduating, I was able to connect my interest in population genetics and salamanders at Highlands Biological Research Station through enrollment in the Conservation Genetics of Salamanders summer course.
Before returning to research, I turned my attention to environmental education and outreach through positions with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, State Parks and Historic Sites and the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, Georgia. Outreach and herpetology education continues to be a passion of mine.
I received a Master’s of Science in Integrated Biology from Kennesaw State University in 2016. While at Kennesaw, I investigated the genetic diversity and population structure of a rare species of plethodontid salamander, endemic to Northwest Georgia, Plethodon petraeus, the Pigeon Mountain Salamander.
Pigeon Mountain Salamander, Plethodon petraeus