Cohort 2

Aura Alonso-Rodriguez

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Aura Alonso-Rodriguez

Natural Resources
Advisor: Taylor Ricketts
Hobbies: Exploring outdoors, salsa dancing, live music, reading science fiction, movies

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Tropical forest ecology, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, agricultural landscapes, sustainable resource management

Contact

Email: aura.alonso-rodriguez@uvm.edu
Website(s): Taylor Ricketts Lab

Mariah Boudreau

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Mariah Boudreau

Mathematical Sciences
Hobbies:  Reading, hiking, puzzles, crossfit
Advisor: Chris Danforth, Co-Advisor: Laurent Hebert-Dufresne

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Network analysis, mathematical modeling for biological applications, modeling spread of disease

Contact

Website(s): The Computational Story Lab

Benjamin Camber

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Benjamin Camber

Biology
Advisor: Sara Cahan
Hobbies: Losing arguments, debates

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Local adaptation, insect evolution, host-parasitoid arms races

Contact

Email: benjamin.camber@uvm.edu
Website(s): Helms/Helms Cahan Research Laboratory

Mahalia Clark

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Mahalia Clark

Natural Resources
Advisor: Gillian Galford
Hobbies: Hiking, swimming, Aikido, playing fiddle

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Agriculture, climate change, soil carbon, remote sensing

Contact

Email: mahalia.clark@uvm.edu
Website(s): Ecosystems & Global Change Research Group


 

Alison Hall

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Alison Hall

Biology
Advisor: Melissa Pespeni
Hobbies: Sudoku, kayaking, running, camping, community orchestra, cello

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Ecological genomics, global climate change, evolutionary adaptation

Contact

Email: alison.hall@uvm.edu
Website(s): Pespeni Lab ~ Ecological Genomics

Gabriel Meyer-Lee

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Gabriel Meyer-Lee

Computer Science
Advisor: Nick Cheney
Hobbies: Sewing, reading

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

AutoML, deep learning, computer vision, robotics

Contact

Email: gabriel.meyer-lee@uvm.edu
Website(s): Cheney Neurobotics Lab

Csenge Petak

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Csenge Petak

Biology
Advisor: Melissa Pespeni
Hobbies: Hiking, climbing, dancing

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Evolutionary biology, evolvability, gene regulatory networks, complex systems, computational modeling, modularity

Contact

Email: csenge.petak@uvm.edu
Website(s): Pespeni Lab ~ Ecological Genomics