Museum and Sequencing core visits

Museum and Sequencing core visits

Last week Dr. Burnes and I had the chance to visit Mississippi Museum of Natural Science and the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Our visit was part of a project looking at biogeography of Sceloporus lizards, in connection with Dr. Burnes’...
BSB 360 Biomechanics poster session

BSB 360 Biomechanics poster session

Today students in my Comparative Biomechanics course presented posters summarizing published studies they researched related to biomechanics concepts we covered in class. Our audience were students in our SM100 seminar course. All the students did great presenting...
MUW Excellence in Research Award

MUW Excellence in Research Award

I’m very excited to share that this week I was awarded MUW’s first Excellence in Research Award for my research efforts at the W. I want to thank my chair for nominating me! I’m very proud of all the work I’ve done over the last few...
Mauritius Field Research

Mauritius Field Research

This summer I was lucky enough to plan a field research trip to the island of Mauritius in the Indian ocean. This trip was funded by the British Ecological Society, the MUW department of Science and Mathematics, Mississippi Space Grant Consortium, MUW Nancy Yates...
European Natural History Museum Visits

European Natural History Museum Visits

This summer I had the opportunity to visit three natural history museums in Europe! I visited the Natural History Museum in London, the National Museum of Natural History (MusĂ©um National d’Histoire Naturelle) in Paris and the Natural History Museum of Marseille...