Informational Interview with Dr Lauren Gardiner, Curator of Cambridge University Herbarium
By Bryony Yates, Conviron Scholar
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Informational Interview with Dr. Alexandra Erwin, Director of Talent Development at BioKansas
By Aleah Henderson-Carter, Conviron Scholar Alex Erwin is a recent graduate from the University of Kansas Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department. She is now a member of staff at BioKansas, a bioscience networking organization which represents a variety of biotechnology companies and academic institutions across the state of Kansas. Alex is the director of the Talent Development & STEMM Education department. Me: What […]
Informational interview with Dr. Viktoriya Coneva, Postdoc at a PUI
By Hannah Thomas, Conviron Scholar Current position: Post-doc research associate at Kenyon College in Ohio. This position is unique in that it has a strong teaching and mentorship emphasis. She teaching 1 class every semester and mentors 5-6 undergraduate students in the lab. A typical workday: Because Kenyon College is a PUI, her time is […]
Informational Interview with Dr. Claire Bendix, patent agent
By Heidi Wipf, Conviron Scholar Dr. Claire L. Bendix is a patent agent for the Intellectual Property group at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Since beginning her career in IP as a scientific analyst in 2017, Dr. Bendix finds the work to be continually engaging, the work environment to be supportive, and enjoys the opportunities to […]
Informational Interview with Katherine Rose Brian, pesticide regulatory specialist
By Daisy Dobrijevic, Conviron Scholar
Informational Interview with Dr. Chia Sin Liew, core facility bioinformatician, University of Nebraska
Informational Interview by Yen Ning Chai, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2018 Dr. Chia Sin Liew is a bioinformatician working for the bioinformatics core facility at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her jobs include maintaining the computing servers and providing bioinformatics services to the researchers at UNL. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Biology, subsequently […]
Informational Interview with Dr. Amanda Waters, Crop Bioinformatician in the Agro-Discovery team of PepsiCo
Informational Interview by Jaclyn Noshay, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2018 Dr. Amanda Waters is currently a Crop Bioinformatician in the Agro-Discovery team of PepsiCo. After beginning her undergraduate degree as a pre-med biology student, she began to do research in Dr. Nathan Springer’s maize genomics lab where she discovered her joy for plant biology. She later […]
Informational Interview with Professor Lisa Urry, Mills College (PUI)
Informational Interview by Tatyana Soto, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2020 Hope you enjoy my interview with Dr. Lisa Urry. I made it into a graphic just to make it more animated and engaging but this meant I had to condense some information. If you want to hear the inspiring story of her parents being first gen […]
Informational Interview with Prof. Joshua Der, Cal State University, Fullerton
Informational Interview by Ally Weir, ASPB Conviron Scholar 2018 Dr. Joshua Der is an assistant professor at California State University Fullerton. He is also the curator of the MacFadden Herbarium at CSUF, as well as a research associate at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. AT CSUF he studies the evolution of plant biodiversity and […]