School of Humanities and Sciences
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Jordana Meyer
Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2017
BioMy research focuses on understanding how ecological networks are rewiring in the Anthropocene. Starting local at the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, I have been exploring noninvasive DNA metabarcoding methods to capture the biodiversity of the area, identifying key species, and construct an ecological network (food web) to reveal patterns of trophic interactions and community structure, allowing for predictive impacts of shifting community dynamics. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, I scaled this model to study how the hybridization of one of the largest ecosystem engineers, the Savanna - Forest elephant, is impacting the ecological network through assessing diet and habitat use, the health of individuals (microbiome, parasites & stress), and the ecological structure of Garamba National Park. Hybridization can result in novel ecological interactions, which in turn can trigger a cascade of processes with ecological and evolutionary outcomes. I am working in collaboration with African Parks, an NGO working in protected areas across the African continent, to address these questions. My long-term research goals focus on improving rewilding efforts and landscape-scale ecosystem services by applying conservation genomic techniques and network theory.
Before joining the Hadly Lab, I worked as a behavioral endocrinologist focusing on the reproductive success and management of the African elephant and the black rhino. I co-founded Wildtrax Explorations, a suite of programs offering educational and volunteer opportunities in Africa to help train the next generation of conservationists. -
Maike Morrison
Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2020
BioI am a PhD student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology interested in research questions involving evolutionary genetics, statistics, and infectious disease dynamics.
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Nicole Nova
Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2016
BioNicole is a graduate student co-advised by Dr. Erin Mordecai and Dr. Dmitri Petrov in the Department of Biology at Stanford University. She received her undergraduate and graduate training in dental surgery at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and earned a M.S. in Statistics at Stanford University. Nicole has previously worked on (1) mathematical modeling of cancer evolution at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, and (2) eco-evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases at Duke University. Nicole is generally interested in ecology, evolution, data science, statistics, complexity science, mathematical biology, disease ecology, molecular evolution, animal behavior, population dynamics, population genetics, eco-evolutionary dynamics, evolutionary genomics, planetary health, and wildlife conservation.
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Julie Pourtois
Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2019
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on how environmental conditions affect the interaction between bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts, and their impact on disease. I use mathematical models, and collaborate with lab and field researchers to inform my models. My current study systems include bacterial infections in the lung of patients with cystic fibrosis, and abalone withering syndrome.
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Krti Tallam
Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2020
Ph.D. Minor, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Technical Mentor, Stanford Data Science InitiativeBioKrti studies marine diseases via machine learning techniques, and is interested in long-term marine disease implications for planetary health and environmental justice.
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Maria Viteri
Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2017
BioMy research lies at the intersections of conservation, ecology, and paleontology. Specifically, I am interested in tracking faunal community change over time to create a deeper context for the biodiversity crises of today and tomorrow. At Stanford I am working on discerning the fingerprints of the Anthropocene on small mammal communities in the San Francisco Bay Area using skeletal remains from raptor pellets and archaeological sites.
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Nia Symone Walker
Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2017
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am generally interested in better understanding how cnidarians (e.g. corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish) are able to function under normal and high stress conditions. Currently, I am primarily using genomics, genetics, and physiology techniques and applications to study climate change resilience in coral reefs. My current research focus is on not just identifying, but also challenging, what makes "strong" corals by studying both coral thermal resistance and recovery.
