Education:
PhD Biology (2016-Present)
Portland State University
Advisor: Mitch Cruzan
B.S. Biology (2013-2016)
Portland State University
Focus: Botany
Departmental Honors
GPA: 3.25
Associates of Science (2010-2012)
Portland Community College
Publications:
Cruzan, M.B., M.A. Streisfeld, and J.A. Schwoch. 2019. Phenotypic effects of somatic mutation accumulation during vegetative growth. BioRXiv (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/08/16/392175)
Awards:
SSE Hamilton Award Symposium Finalist 2019
Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Program
January 2016-June 2016
Portland State University
PLANTS
Botanical Society of America Travel Award to BOTANY Conference 2016
Forbes Lea Research Award 2020
Academic Experience:
Undergraduate Independent Researcher
Cruzan Lab Evolutionary Ecology Lab,
June 2014-2016
Graduate Research Assistant
Cruzan Lab Evolutionary Ecology Lab,
September 2016-2017
Mitch Cruzan, PhD
- Lab work responsibilities included sample collection, RNA extractions and RNA to cDNA library preps. Bioinformatic responsibilities included adapting GATK for a non-model organism to reliably call genomic variants.
Research Mentor
BUILD EXITO
September 2016-Present
Elizabeth Perez, BS
Karla Berg
Courses Taught:
Principles of Biology Lab 214
Graduate Teaching Assistant
September 2017-December 2017
Michael Bartlett, PhD
Principles of Biology Lab 215
Graduate Teaching Assistant
January 2018-March 2018
Daniel Ballhorn, PhD
Plant Reproduction
Graduate Teaching Assistant
April 2018-June 2018
Mitch Cruzan, PhD
Plant Ecology
Graduate Teaching Assistant
April 2018-June 2018
Sarah Eppley, PhD
Principles of Biology Lab 214
Graduate Teaching Assistant
September 2018-December 2018
Michael Bartlett, PhD
Principles of Biology Lab 215
Graduate Teaching Assistant
January 2019-March 2019
Stefanie Kautz, PhD
Principles of Biology Lab 216
Graduate Teaching Assistant
April 2019-June 2019
Erin Shortlidge, PhD
Introduction to Genetics: Recitation 341R
Graduate Teaching Assistant
April 2018-June 2018
Kim Brown, PhD
Plant Reproduction
Graduate Teaching Assistant
April 2020-June 2020
Mitch Cruzan, PhD
Invited Presentations:
Sex & Asex: The Genetics of Complex Life Cycles 2-4 June
2019, Portland, Oregon
Oral Presentation
Graduate Research Symposium
Portland State University, Portland OR
Six graduate students were chosen to represent the PSU Biology Department for recruitment of new students.
Oral Presentation
BIOLOGY SEMINAR 2018
Reed College, Portland OR
Presentation of research focusing on beneficial somatic adaptation of Mimulus guttatus and relevant concepts and bioinformatics
Presentations and Conferences:
- ESEB 2019, Turku Finland (Oral Presentation)
- EVOLUTION 2019, Providence RI. SSE Hamilton Award Presentation (Oral Presentation)
- BOTANY 2018, Rochester MN (Oral Presentation)
- EVO-WIBO 2018, Port Townsend WA (Poster Presentation)
- EVOLUTION 2017, Portland Oregon (Oral Presentation)
- BOTANY 2016, Savannah Georgia (Oral Presentation) of undergraduate research project)
- EVO-WIBO 2016, Port Townsend WA (Poster presentation of undergraduate research project)
- Student Symposium 2016, Portland State University (Poster presentation of undergraduate research project)
Workshops:
Galaxy Workshop
UC Davis, Davis CA
- Training for analyzing RNAseq data using Galaxy (Interface Program)
Portland OR, Portland State University
- Training for active learning strategies to implement in the classroom
Academic Service:
Promotion & Tenure Committee
Biology Department at Portland State University
September 2015-December 2015
- Providing the undergraduate student perspective on faculty quality when up for review or promotion to tenure.
September 2018- Present
- Assessed quality and rank of science projects and posters for the regional high school science fair
September 2017- Present
- Assessed quality and rank of science projects and posters for the regional high school science fair
March 2017
- Assessed quality and rank of science projects and posters for the regional high school science fair
