East Carolina University
I have worked with two incredible summer interns at ECU through the GlaxoSmithKline summer internship program and the C2C REU program. Both interns completed work on species distribution modeling of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) building off my postdoctoral work. We are in the process of writing a manuscript on this work.
University of California, Santa Cruz
I am have mentored one UCSC undergraduate on independent senior thesis.
I have also worked with 11 high school students, undergraduates, or postgraduates on plankton sorting and larval fish identification.
University of Southern California Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) & Zinsmeyer Fellowship
In the summer of 2019, I mentored two women at the University of Southern California's Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies (WIES) on Catalina Island, CA through USC's REU program and Zinsmeyer Fellowship. They completely dramatically different projects over the course of the summer. R. Hallisey studied moray eel coloration in relation to their environment (read the publication!). Elena worked on octopus paralarvae, looking at age, abundance, and species diversity at three environmentally diverse coves around Catalina Island. This work is in prep.
More Active Girls in Computing (MAGIC)
Computer science has historically been male-dominated. MAGIC aims to combat this gender imbalance by targeting younger women, especially those in grades 6-9, and inspiring them to pursue STEM-related careers. MAGIC is unique in that the young women design and build their own computer science project, thus empowering them and increasing confidence in their own abilities to complete daunting projects. I have mentored three young women through this program:
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C. Araguz. 7th grader from Austin, TX, who built an iOS application focused on helping high school students choose a college major. (2017)
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A. Liu: 7th grader from Milpitas, CA, who completed an animation project using Blender; a game about food webs in Scratch; and a prototype tool to help people with language disabilities communicate, also using Scratch. (2018)
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S. Glodek: 9th grader from Menlo Park, CA, who created a filter to remove microplastics from water (2021).
Cultivamos Excelencia
Cultivamos Excelencia ("cultivating excellence") was a program through UC Santa Cruz and San Jose City College to encourage and retain Hispanic undergraduates in science through tailored mentorship, advising, research opportunities, and classes. I have mentored three students through this program on independent research projects and it was been an amazing experience!
