Guru earned his B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2023. As an undergraduate, his research centered around using C. elegans as a model to study chemical reprotoxicity. At Duke, he is focused on studying the effects of heavy metals and cannabinoids […]
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Morgan completed a B.S. in Animal Sciences at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and an M.S. in Animal Biology at University of California, Davis. Her Master’s thesis examined the relationship between biophysical properties of stallion spermatozoa and fertility, and subsequent selection of sperm for in vitro fertilization. Morgan […]
Born in North Carolina and raised in Buffalo, NY, Sam earned her B.S. in Biochemistry and Neuroscience from the University at Buffalo in 2021. Prior to starting her PhD, she studied a range of things, from ion channels to DNA damage repair. At Duke, she is using Atlantic killifish to […]
Tenley earned her B.S. in Neurobiology from the University of Washington in 2018. After graduating, she did a fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in the Section on Light and Circadian Rhythms. Her work at the NIMH characterized how a novel brain region mediates the effects of […]
Elizabeth Boxer earned her B.A. in Environmental Studies with a Biology minor from Northeastern University in Boston. While at Northeastern she conducted research on the social and scientific discovery of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute. This work included helping to create the […]
Brittney earned her B.S. in Marine Biology and B.A. in Chemistry with a minor in Astronomy-Physics from Humboldt State University. As an undergraduate, she conducted research studying climate change impacts on urchin-macroalgae feeding relationships, copper pollution impacts on bryozoan larval settlement, and metal bioaccumulation in macroalgae. In her doctoral studies […]
Alex earned his B.S. in environmental science from the University of South Carolina in 2016. Prior to graduate school, he had work experiences in environmental chemistry, microbiology, and immunology, and eventually developed a passion for environmental toxicology. His research in the Meyer lab involves mechanisms of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage […]
Amelia earned her B.S. in Environmental Health Science from the University of Georgia in 2022. As an undergraduate she conducted research in environmental microbiology, working on projects relating to aquatic microbiology, freshwater microplastics, and molecular epidemiology/COVID-19 surveillance. In the Gunsch lab, she aims to focus her doctoral research on bioremediation […]
Laura earned her B.S. in Cognitive Science, Neuroscience track from University of California, Davis then worked as a research technician in Dr. Maxwell Leung’s lab at Arizona State University studying the possible co-exposure effects of cannabinoids and contaminants in the neurological function of model organism c. elegans. In order to […]