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I graduated with a BS in Biology from the University of Florida in 2018, and in 2021 I received an MSc with Distinction in Conservation, Ecology, and Evolution from Imperial College London. For my Master’s thesis, I used phylogenetic comparative methods to investigate the drivers of extinction risk in lemurs. I also have experience working on research pertaining to plant-insect co-evolution and primate behavior and ecology. I am particularly interested in how global change impacts the distribution, diversity, and evolution of species.
Reading, watching movies, hiking, painting
Brandon CJ, A Sourakov. 2016. Evaluation of mechanical defense provided by pericarps of three different Crotalaria species to their seeds against a specialist herbivore, Utetheisa ornatrix: a case for a possible host-herbivore evolutionary arms race. Tropical Lepidoptera Research. https://journals.flvc.org/troplep/article/view/93269