PhD Candidate Education Education: B.S. Biology (2016) Duke University Research Research Areas: Evolutionary Genetics Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Interests: Variation in nature relies on reproductive isolation between populations and species. Reproductive isolation can be measured directly, through crossing barriers and fitness, as well as indirectly through rates of hybridization in the wild. I am interested in how reproductive isolation varies across different scales, using Mimulus monkeyflowers as a model system. I aim to use patterns of reproductive isolation and hybridization in these wildflowers to better understand the formation and persistence of new species. Awards, Honors and Recognitions Of note: Lewontin Early Award 2020 Recipient, Society for the Study of Evolution NIH Training Grant Recipient, Department of Genetics, 2020 and 2021 Plant Center Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2021 Linton and June Bishop Fellowship, 2022 and 2023
