Becca Young
principal investigator
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Becca is fascinated by the diversity of forms, functions, and behaviors evident across the tree of life and am curious about how these differences arise. In her spare time, she likes to cook, see live music, and spend time with my family and friends, preferrable outdoors.
Clara Zhou de Magalhaes
Lab manager
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Clara received a Bachelors degree in Biology at Hamilton College. As lab manager, Clara perfoms experiments, ordering and organizing supplies, and caring for the many frogs in the animal room She greatly enjoys hiking and sightseeing, and during lazy days at home, she can be found reading or folding origami.
Abby Beman
undergraduate researcher
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Abby is a mathematics major pursuing the Elements of Computing certificate. Her research has focused on comparative transcriptomics of cleaning behavior in Labridae wrasses and differences in gene expression during Dendrobatid frog development.
Sidharth Ramu
undergraduate researcher
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Sidharth is a biochemistry major pursuing a certificate in Elements of Computing. His research analyzes gastrulation-related genes in Dendrobatid frogs to explore potential evolutionary connections with candidate genes in humans.
Anouka Saha
undergraduate researcher
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Anouka is a mathematics major and the president of the Association for Women in Mathematics. Her research examines variation in gene expression through frog embryogenesis.
Jax Schellenberger
undergraduate researcher
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Jax is a Biochemical Engineering major, Texas DnD Quartermaster, and frog enthusiast. Her research aims to identify ecological correlates of frog life history traits.