Experience

Cornell University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate

  • Aug 2006 - Present

  I study evolutionary genetics. Specifically, I am interested in rapidly evolving reproductive proteins. I am testing different hypotheses about why these proteins are rapidly evolving using a comparative approach in birds in the order Galliformes (chickens and such). I study evolutionary genetics. Specifically, I am interested in rapidly evolving reproductive proteins. I am testing different hypotheses about why these proteins are rapidly evolving using a comparative approach in birds in the order Galliformes (chickens and such).



Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics

• Technician/ Lab Manager

  • Jan 2004 - Jul 2006

  At RMCCGS, I worked on the population genetics of the trumpeter swan--a species who had previously been severely depleted and possibly endangered. At RMCCGS, I worked on the population genetics of the trumpeter swan--a species who had previously been severely depleted and possibly endangered.



National Park Service

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Jul 2003 - Dec 2003

  As an intern, I worked on a field project investigating potential ways to manage malaria in native bird populations. As an intern, I worked on a field project investigating potential ways to manage malaria in native bird populations.