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179                    As a quantitative ecologist and evolutionary biologist, I use computational modeling to address diverse questions. Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher in the <a href="https://kramera3.github.io/">Kramer lab</a> at the University of South Florida. We are using machine learning models to determine whether increased spatial resolution of satellite imagery improves predictions of invasive <i>Aedes aegypti</i> mosquito occurrence and abundance in California. I received my Ph.D. in the Biology department at the University of Vermont with the help of my advisor, <a href="http://www.uvm.edu/~ngotelli/homepage.html">Dr. Nicholas Gotelli</a>. <a href="https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1592/">My dissertation</a> focused on the effect of host ecology and evolutionary biology on the pathogen dynamics of <i>Ranavirus</i>, an emerging infectious amphibian disease.
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204                    		<h2><span data-i18n="career.nextcode">Predicting <i>Aedes aegypti</i> occurrence using high-resolution satellite imagery </span></h2>
205                    		<p><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_des"> In my postdoctoral research, I use XGBoost classification models to predict mosquito occurrence and abundance using nearly 10,000 trap site data across California. We assess how increasingly fine spatial resolution (1 km to 30 m) of remotely sensed climate and vegetation data — including temperature, precipitation, humidity, and NDVI — affects model accuracy. </span></p>
206                    		<span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_date"> 2024 - present </span><br/> <small><span
207                    		data-i18n="career.nextcode_job">Remote sensing and geospatial machine learning modeling </small></span>
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216                            <h2><span data-i18n="career.nextcode">Pest species atlas and climate scenario forecasting</span></h2>
217                            <p><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_des">I worked with large climate datasets to map and forecast distributions of invasive pest species in New England under different climate scenarios. Built automated model pipelines and visualizations as part of an NSF EPSCoR grant to create a <a href="https://rpubs.com/lvash/Pest_Atlas_Home">pest atlas.</a> </span></p>
218                            <span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_date"> 2023 </span><br/> <small><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_job">Species distribution modeling and forecasting</span></small> </span>
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229                            <p><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_des">I received my doctorate through the Biology department at University of Vermont. My dissertation was titled "The Effect of Amphibian Host Ecology and Evolution on the Pathogen Dynamics of Ranavirus"</span></p>
230                            <span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_date"> Aug. 2022 </span><br/> <small><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_job">PhD</span></small> </span>
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240                            <h2><span data-i18n="career.ucloud">Visiting Assistant Professor</span></h2>
241                            <p><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_des">I taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Middlebury College: Reproducible Biology in R (a course I created) and Ecology and Evolution for 1 semester each. As an Assistant Laboratory Professor, I taught Cell Biology and Genetics labs (2 years) and Ecology and Evolution labs (1 semester). </span></p>
242                            <span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_date"> 2021 - 2024 </span><br/> <small><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_job">Pedagogical approaches</span></small> </span>
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253                            <p><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_des">I collected 4 Wood Frog egg masses from 10 locations and experimentally infected 5 tadpoles per egg mass with <i>Ranavirus</i> (and included 5 controls). I amplified the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) gene in the experimental Wood Frog tadpoles most susceptible and most resistant to infection to identify any genetic differences and signatures of selection. Manuscript <i>in prep.</i> </span></p>
254                            <span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_date"> 2018 - 2022 </span><br/> <small><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_job">Experimental infection and DNA sequencing</span></small> </span>
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263                            <h2><span data-i18n="career.nextcode">The relationship between <i>Ranavirus</i> and amphibian host biodiversity </span></h2>
264                            <p><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_des">I investigated whether amphibian diversity is related to <i>Ranavirus</i> prevalence and viral load. A positive relationship would be an example of the amplification effect, while a negative relationship would be an example of the dilution effect. Manuscript <i>in prep.</i> </span></p>
265                            <span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_date"> 2019 - 2022 </span><br/> <small><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_job">Molecular testing and computational modeling</span></small> </span>
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274                            <h2><span data-i18n="career.nextcode">The interaction between <i>Ranavirus</i> and helminth parasites in Brazilian anurans</span></h2>
275                            <p><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_des">I collected liver tissue from Bullfrog (<i>Lithobates catesbeianus</i>) and Amazonian anuran species to analyze whether the presence and abundance of <i>Ranavirus</i> is associated with the presence and abundance of anuran macroparasites. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38586581/">Published in the International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (2024) doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100924.</a> </span></p>
276                            <span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_date"> 2019 - 2022 </span><br/> <small><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_job">Fieldwork, DNA isolation, qPCR, and microscopy</span></small> </span>
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286                            <h2><span data-i18n="career.ucloud">Graduate Teaching Assistant</span></h2>
287                            <p><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_des">Over my 6 years of teaching as a GTA I taught: Computational Biology laboratory to graduate and advanced undergraduate students for 5 semesters; Ecology and Evolution to sophomore-senior undergraduate Biology majors for 7 semesters; and Exploring Biology to freshman-sophomore Biology majors for 2 semesters. </span></p>
288                            <span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_date"> 2015 - 2022 </span><br/> <small><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_job">Received GTA of the Year Award</span></small> </span>
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298                            <h2><span data-i18n="career.nextcode">Amphibian tissue collection</span></h2>
299                            <p><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_des">Overall, I collected and tested 1,927 amphibian toe and tail tissue samples from 31 sites across Vermont. </span></p>
300                            <span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_date"> Summers 2016 - 2019 </span><br/> <small><span data-i18n="career.nextcode_job">Field work</span></small> </span>
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309                            <h2><span data-i18n="career.netease">Started at the University of Vermont</span></h2>
310                            <p><span data-i18n="career.netease_des">I started my doctorate degree at the University of Vermont, advised by Dr. Nicholas Gotelli. </span></p>
311                            <span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.netease_date"> Aug. 2015 </span><br/> <small><span data-i18n="career.netease_job">PhD student</span></small> </span>
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320                            <h2><span data-i18n="career.ucloud">Master of Research from University College London</span></h2>
321                            <p><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_des">I graduated UCL with a Master of Research in Biodiversity, Evolution, and Conservation, completing two species distribution modeling projects during that time. My work using support vector machine (SVM) modeling to predict seaweed community classification was published in Aquatic Conservation (2018) doi:10.1002/aqc.2905.</span></p>
322                            <span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_date"> Sep. 2014 </span><br/> <small><span data-i18n="career.ucloud_job">MRes</span></small> </span>
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331                            <h2><span data-i18n="career.college">Graduated from University of Florida</span></h2>
332                            <p><span data-i18n="career.college_des">I graduated from UF with a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.</span></p>
333                            <span class="vertical-date"><span data-i18n="career.college_date"> May 2012 </span><br/> <small><span data-i18n="career.college_job">B.S.</span></small> </span>
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