We have two new graduate students in the lab. Meet Jonathan (he/him) and Melba (she/her)! Both joined the lab in September 2022. Jonathan is a herpetologist/ornithologist/everything-ologist, who completed his Bachelor of Science at the San Diego State University, then gained biotech industry experience before deciding to pursue a PhD in Environmental Biology. He’s a true natural historian: in his element outside, observing wild critters, and pondering questions about evolution across micro- and macro- scales. Melba graduated with a B.S. from the Colorado State University where she first fell in love with Microbiology. While working as a cytology aid in a pathology lab, she self-trained in bioinformatics, data science and machine learning. Melba is pursuing a PhD in Integrative Biosciences and now gets to combine her fondness of microbiology, complex datasets and birds to study health and disease.
What a wonderful team. Heard so much about everyone. Thanks for making my everthingologist son (love the name) feel so welcome. Go team!