Experience

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  Hippo Harvest

  • Plant Scientist

    • Jul 2020 - Present

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  Stanford University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Graduate Student

    • Sep 2014 - Jul 2020

    Thesis: Uncovering natural variation in root system dynamics- Established robotic platform designed to automate root phenotyping- Transformed and maintained a population with hundreds of plants through multiple generations- Generated, curated, and analyzed large datasets of late stage soil grown root system images- Developed ImageJ, R, and Python pipelines to quantify root morphology - Utilized quantitative genomics - Managed multiple collaborations, including a computational root anatomy modeling project- Presented results at multiple international conferences

  • Teaching Assistant

    • Mar 2017 - Jun 2017

    EARTHSYS30: Ecology for Everyone, a course designed to introduce students to ecology and the scientific method through a series of field projects

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  Stanford University

  • Teaching Assistant

    • Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

    BIO43: Plant Biology, Evolution, and Ecology, an introduction to the fundamental principles

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  Skidmore College

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    • Sep 2012 - May 2014

    Project: Examining cell wall expansion dynamics in the unicellular green alga, Penium margaritaceum- Performed and prepared samples for many forms of microscopy, including: confocal microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (with and without immunogold labeling), and bright field imaging - Analyzed the physical properties of cell wall extracts

  • Laboratory Assistant

    • Sep 2012 - Dec 2013

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  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

  • Lab of Dave Jackson, PhD

  • Undergraduate Research Program Participant

    • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
    • Lab of Dave Jackson, PhD

    Project: Identifying direct targets of FEA4, a master regulator of meristem size in maize- Harvested male and female Maize shoot meristems - Imaged meristems using scanning electron microscopy- Performed ChIP-seq using NuGen's Ovation Low Input kit- Performed qPCR- Assisted with Maize planting and pollination in the field

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  Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

  • National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) Summer Research Intern

    • May 2012 - Aug 2012

    Project: Validating a unified model for comparing along C4 and C3 crop developmental gradients- Isolated 14 day old Maize and Sorghum leaf tissue- Performed RNA-seq validation via qPCR

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  Mahoney's Garden Centers

  • Cashier and greenhouse assistant

    • Mar 2010 - Aug 2010