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Undergraduate Students:
Mackenzie Hebert (she/her) is an undergraduate at the University of Louisiana and is interested in prairie dog genetics. She also hopes to one day work in the medical field. Markya Joseph: I am a current undergraduate, anticipating to graduate in spring 2025. I am majoring in biology with a concentration in allied health and minoring in chemistry. With my degree I plan to work in the dental field due to my high interest in oral health. In Dr. Sackett's lab I will be doing research on Hawaiian honeycreepers and their ability to evolve immunity to malaria. In my free time I enjoy eating seafood and spending time with my friends and family. |
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Prospective Graduate Students:
I am accepting new graduate students with the right fit. Masters' students may come into the lab to work on existing projects, but I expect PhD students to design their own dissertations (preferably working in one of my existing systems, but I can be convinced otherwise with a good project). At the moment, I am most interested in recruiting a student who can work on our recently-funded prairie dog genomics project (see here). I am eager to mentor students, especially those from minoritized identities, with interests in genomics, evolution, conservation, wildlife infectious disease, bioinformatics, and related topics. Somos un grupo bilingüe, y lxs hispanohablantes son muy bienvenidos!
About you: You are highly motivated, hard-working and curious. You have experience in--or the desire to learn--genetic, genomic and bioinformatic techniques to understand evolution. You are tolerant of and willing to work respectfully with diverse groups of people.
I am accepting new graduate students with the right fit. Masters' students may come into the lab to work on existing projects, but I expect PhD students to design their own dissertations (preferably working in one of my existing systems, but I can be convinced otherwise with a good project). At the moment, I am most interested in recruiting a student who can work on our recently-funded prairie dog genomics project (see here). I am eager to mentor students, especially those from minoritized identities, with interests in genomics, evolution, conservation, wildlife infectious disease, bioinformatics, and related topics. Somos un grupo bilingüe, y lxs hispanohablantes son muy bienvenidos!
About you: You are highly motivated, hard-working and curious. You have experience in--or the desire to learn--genetic, genomic and bioinformatic techniques to understand evolution. You are tolerant of and willing to work respectfully with diverse groups of people.
Collaborators:
Our lab is fortunate enough to collaborate with exceptional scientists in academia, nonprofits, management agencies, and education outreach.
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Joe Busch (Northern Arizona University) Susette Castañeda Rico (Smithsonian Institution) Center for Conservation Genomics (Smithsonian Institution) Cali Crampton & Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project Andrew Crawford (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) Ana Davidson (Colorado State University) Rebecca Dikow (Smithsonian Institution) Nina Fefferman (University of Tennessee) Rob Fleischer (Smithsonian National Zoo) Dina Fonseca (Rutgers University) Jeff Foster (University of New Hampshire) Marm Kilpatrick (UC Santa Cruz) Hugo López Arévalo (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) Andy Martin (University of Colorado) Bryan McLean (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Olga Montenegro (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) Hanna Mounce & Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project Eben Paxton (U.S. Geological Survey) Kristina Paxton (University of Hawaii, Hilo) Katie Richgels (USGS National Wildlife Health Center) Tonie Rocke (USGS National Wildlife Health Center) Amy Seglund (Colorado Parks & Wildlife) Kevin Shoemaker (University of Nevada, Reno) Mirian Tsuchiya (Smithsonian Institution) |
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Lab alumni:
Anna Jackson, M.S., now lab manager for Kartzinel lab at Brown University Sydni Joubran, M.S., now a research assistant at the New Iberia Research Center Erin Arnold, former lab manager, now a biologist at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Undergraduates: Jeanette Calarco, now a PhD student at the University of South Florida Rebecca Harripersaud Charné Hill, now a medical laboratory science student, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Univ. Chadwick Kaufman Jeanette Miller, now a PhD student at Vanderbilt University Brenden Scott, now a research assistant at San Diego Zoo |
Lab photo December 2022
Late 2020
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