CV

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Education

• Ph.D in Marine Biology, University of New Hampshire, 2025
• M.S. in Biological Sciences: Integrative & Organismal Biology, University of New Hampshire, 2022
• B.S. in Genetics, Clemson University, 2019
  

Research interests

Marine biology, population genomics, conservation genomics, comparative genomics, marine ecology, differential gene expression, genomic responses under a changing climate, epigenetics and genomic adaptations, metagenomics, quantitative ecology, bioinformatics, open access programming, theoretical modeling, machine learning, neural networks, disturbance ecology, marine pathogen dynamics

Publications

Total citations:22, H-index:4 as of 1 October, 2024

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Research and relevant experiences

January 2022 - May 2025: PhD graduate research

University of New Hampshire

Supervisor: Dr. Bonnie Brown

• Compared genomes of wild and cultivated eastern oysters to assess genetic diversity.
• Assessed Haplosporidium nelsoni and Perkinsus marinus in eastern oysters through sequencing data.
• Determined gene sequences that contribute to MSX-tolerance in eastern oysters.
• Analyzed epigenetic modifications that could contribute to inherited disease tolerance.
• Inferred population viability of eastern oyster through theoretical modeling.

January 2022 - September 2024: Editor

UNH Research and Large Center for Development

• Edited large grant proposals for numerous agencies, such as NSF and NIH.
• Worked directly with PI’s to produce successful large-scale funding opportunities.

Summer 2023: AI Innovation Fellow - Machine Learning Track

Stanford University - Inspirit Innovators

• Attended sessions dedicated to advanced AI learning, including concepts, applications, and live coding.
• Created benthic ecology photo identification program using knowledge gained from sessions.
• Applied the created AI program into research conducted at the UNH Brown lab.

August 2020 – May 2022: Medical Laboratory Technician

UNH COVID-19 Laboratory

Supervisor: Dr. W. Kelley Thomas

• Performed a variety of routine and specialized medical laboratory diagnostic tests for the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Optimized laboratory testing to acommodate high-throughput testing.
• Performed RNA extraction, isolation, and rt-PCR in a BS-3 laboratory setting.
• Utilized professional judgment in interpretations of clinical lab results and in responding to unusual situations.

Fall 2019 – December 2021: MSc graduate research

University of New Hampshire

Supervisor: Dr. Bonnie Brown

• Quantified and identified parasitic infections using qcPCR in Crassostrea virginica.
• Compared parasitic infections in farmed and wild oysters.
• Assessed eastern oyster larval abundance in GBE in conjunction with physicochemical data.
  

Talks

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Teaching

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Service and leadership