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Having access to science education and then doing the science didn't necessarily come easy.
Figure from Inchauregui et al., 2023: Aphid death from B. apiculata infection, on Y axis. Common aphid background + symbiont species on X axis. Some of the symbionts are known to protect against natural fungal pathogens of aphids.
Mentoring undergrad researchers
Mentoring undergrad researchers
As a PhD student, I've mentored undergrad researchers over the summer semesters under the National Science Foundation's REU program. One student published a first-author paper in PLoS ONE: We demonstrated that protective bacterial symbionts of pea aphids don't confer resistance to aphid hosts against Batkoa apiculata, a generalist fungal pathogen of aphids that we isolated from natural populations.
Teaching
Teaching
General genetics: I taught two semesters of undergrad discussion sections on classical Mendelian and molecular genetics.
Intro to Biology: I taught one semester of basic bio lab exercises for freshman undergrads with non-science majors.
A student's doodle.
Peer-mentoring grad students
Peer-mentoring grad students
I was the Outreach Chair on the Grad Student Advocacy Committee at Knoxville for my PhD program, and the experience taught me a lot about scientific and social challenges. I helped create a community for incoming grad students and served on peer committees for candidacy exams (I learnt a lot of obscure knowledge about plant hormones, pathogenic and tundra microbes, protein receptors, and the biophysics of photosynthesis).
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