I am a Ph.D. student in the Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis working with Dr. Andrew Whitehead.
I received my B.Sc. in Biology from Maryville College and M.Sc. in Marine Biology from the College of Charleston, where I investigated the potential estrogenic activity and effects of the oil dispersant Corexit 9500 on sex determination in the American alligator and diamondback terrapin (with Dr. Satomi Kohno and Dr. Louis J. Guillette, Jr.). I then went on to work as a contract research associate with Dr. Shaun McCullough at the U.S. EPA Clinical Research Branch in Chapel Hill, NC, where I was involved in the development of an organotypic model to assess response to inhaled toxicants in the airway.
Broadly, I am interested in using genomics tools and approaches to answer questions about how populations will respond to anthropogenic environmental contaminants, as well as the interconnection between human and environmental health. My current research focuses on the multigenerational impacts of dietary exposure to the flame retardant, BDE-99, in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus).
I received my B.Sc. in Biology from Maryville College and M.Sc. in Marine Biology from the College of Charleston, where I investigated the potential estrogenic activity and effects of the oil dispersant Corexit 9500 on sex determination in the American alligator and diamondback terrapin (with Dr. Satomi Kohno and Dr. Louis J. Guillette, Jr.). I then went on to work as a contract research associate with Dr. Shaun McCullough at the U.S. EPA Clinical Research Branch in Chapel Hill, NC, where I was involved in the development of an organotypic model to assess response to inhaled toxicants in the airway.
Broadly, I am interested in using genomics tools and approaches to answer questions about how populations will respond to anthropogenic environmental contaminants, as well as the interconnection between human and environmental health. My current research focuses on the multigenerational impacts of dietary exposure to the flame retardant, BDE-99, in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus).