Mentoring
Mentoring students, whether in the lab, field, or on the computer is one of the (many) things I love about being an ecologist. I’ve been privleged to work with many great undergraduates at UC Davis and at UT Austin (some pictured here) as well as a Master’s student from Northeastern University.

Many of these undergraduates have helped me develop approaches our lab hadn’t previously employed while others have developed their own independent projects.

Check out Mackenzie Kawahara presenting her project eliminating microbial communities from eelgrass roots.

Teaching
I’ve been able to teach a diversity of lab and lecture courses both at UCDavis and University of Chicago with ranging in focus from genetics to cell biology to ecology! I love helping students think critically about the science they’re learning about.

I also developed an Introductory R workshop for underrepresented students interested in data science along with Dr. Kristin Lee and Erin Calfee that we’ve taught at UC Berkeley and UC Davis. You can check out our materials here. We’re gathered the below picture after teaching an iteration of this workshop at UC Davis!

Outreach
I also make sure that the research I’m doing is accessible to non-scientists (or scientists to be!). I’ve given talks to a lunch time general audience at Point Reyes National Seashore, have regularly volunteered at outreach events for Bodega Marine Lab, and am an active member of our graduate group’s Diversity Committee.