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Curriculum Vita |
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EDUCATION |
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA
M.S., Fisheries Science, September 2003-present |
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Yale University, New Haven, CT
Intensive B.S., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, May 2002
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with distinction in the major |
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AWARDS RECEIVED |
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American Fisheries Society Travel Awards
Funding to attend conferences from the Genetics Section and the Equal Opportunities Section, Fall 2004 and Summer 2005
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National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Three years of funding for graduate research, 2003 |
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Graduate Opportunity Program Research Assistantship
One year of funding from the UW Graduate Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program, 2003-04 |
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Fulbright Fellowship
Full-year grant to study tuna fisheries in Japan, 2002-03 |
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Morris K. Udall Fellowship
National scholarship awarded to undergraduates with demonstrated interest in and potential for careers in environmental and tribal public policy, 2001-02 |
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Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
National scholarship awarded to undergraduates with outstanding potential in the math and sciences, 2001-02 |
| RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
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Yale University, New Haven, CT
Student Researcher. Worked with Dr. Leo Buss and Dr. Stephen Dellaporta on a project to characterize the allorecognition gene in a marine hydroid. Developed a PCR-based screening protocol for recombinant animals and discovered a unique insertion-deletion sequence, 2001-02 |
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San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Lab Volunteer. Worked with Dr. Tod Reeder in a molecular phylogeny lab. Amplified and sequenced DNA fragments in a species of whiptail lizard to produce phylograms, Summer 2001 |
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
Student Research Fellow. Worked with Dr. David Checkley and Alex Curtis in a biological oceanography lab. Studied sardine and anchovy egg distributions off the California coast and participated in two research cruises, Summer 2000 |
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
Lab Volunteer. Worked with Dr. Horst Felbeck and Melinda Duplessis in a marine biochemistry lab. Made acid tissue extractions, which were used in a study of chemical symbioses in the clam Lucinoma, Summer 1999 |
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University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Lab Volunteer. Worked with Dr. Amy Sung and Dr. Xin Chu in a bioengineering lab. Ran gels and PCRs, and extracted rodent DNA, Summer 1999 |