I am an aspiring microbiologist that dabbles in bioinformatics, so an all around lover of microbes. Although, I’ve been recently been told I am a marine biologist: I study the protein biology of marine mammals, so … they aren’t wrong. I use they/them/she/her pronouns.

I am a Ph.D. student studying the evolution of hemoglobins in whales, dolphins, and porpoises. I am leveraging the availability of global genomics data to accomplish the goals of resurrecting ancestral whale hemoglobins as well as determine if certain hemoglobin variants might predict different life styles.

Education

Doctorate of Philosophy - in progress

Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

Area of Research: Whale hemoglobin evolution and ancestral reconstruction

Master’s of Science - 2023

Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada

• Thesis Title: Comparative metagenomics in livestock production antimicrobial resistance

Bachelor’s of Science - 2021

Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada

• With Distinction
• Honour's Thesis: Characterizing metagenomic resistomes in silico for agricultural and environmental microbiomes
• Co-operative Education