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Microbial Ecologist

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Curriculum Vitae

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Finished teaching my first section of clinical microbiology lab today!! I’m super honored to be the first TA for this course and really looking forward to all the lab activities!!

Finished teaching my first section of clinical microbiology lab today!! I’m super honored to be the first TA for this course and really looking forward to all the lab activities!!

I love the bio department here haha this made me laugh when I saw it at the department social event!! And very considerate of them 🥹♥️

I love the bio department here haha this made me laugh when I saw it at the department social event!! And very considerate of them 🥹♥️

Okinawa #luxart for myself and Matthew!!

Okinawa #luxart for myself and Matthew!!

Australia #luxart for my labmate Hannah!!

Australia #luxart for my labmate Hannah!!

Here’s to year two of the PhD!!! 🍒🦉

Here’s to year two of the PhD!!! 🍒🦉

Recent doodles! I am really proud of myself with these!! And how crazy that the liquid cultures are SO bright!!

We have a nudibranch, the Philly love sign, a luna moth, and a checkerspot butterfly #luxart

Recent doodles! I am really proud of myself with these!! And how crazy that the liquid cultures are SO bright!!

We have a nudibranch, the Philly love sign, a luna moth, and a checkerspot butterfly #luxart

DNA extractions during last weeks thunderstorms 😍 and listening to a sims 4 video *chefs kiss*

in the videos I am cutting up my filters from Okinawa with sterile forceps and a razor so we can digest and get all that juicy DNA!

DNA extractions during last weeks thunderstorms 😍 and listening to a sims 4 video *chefs kiss*

in the videos I am cutting up my filters from Okinawa with sterile forceps and a razor so we can digest and get all that juicy DNA!

DNA = extracted

DNA = extracted

The museum of natural history is always such a treat!! Probably biased, but I think this bioluminescence display was my favorite

The museum of natural history is always such a treat!! Probably biased, but I think this bioluminescence display was my favorite

Moth night!!! Thank you @sarahmackattack for letting us help and hangout at this event! Seeing how many people are curious about the world around them always warms my heart and gets me excited about science communication

Moth night!!! Thank you @sarahmackattack for letting us help and hangout at this event! Seeing how many people are curious about the world around them always warms my heart and gets me excited about science communication

Unedited 3 second long exposure iPhone photos from the samples Hannah sent us 😍

Unedited 3 second long exposure iPhone photos from the samples Hannah sent us 😍

I cannot express how cool it is to be able to photograph myself and the bioluminescent bacteria we work with!!! The strains really do look this bright (granted the room looks much darker irl!) Swipe to the the original photo with 0 editing and thank you to Matthew for taking this photo for me!! #luxart

I cannot express how cool it is to be able to photograph myself and the bioluminescent bacteria we work with!!! The strains really do look this bright (granted the room looks much darker irl!) Swipe to the the original photo with 0 editing and thank you to Matthew for taking this photo for me!! #luxart

I loooooove having a big island in the lab to work at 😭♥️

I loooooove having a big island in the lab to work at 😭♥️

Hannah’s Australian samples round 1

Hannah’s Australian samples round 1

The iPhones ability to capture bioluminescence never ceases to amaze haha! Shoutout to Matthew for taking this photo of me at work today!

The iPhones ability to capture bioluminescence never ceases to amaze haha! Shoutout to Matthew for taking this photo of me at work today!

I’ve always wanted to visit a salt flat!! It’s crazy that this is just in the Bay Area!? I’m so glad I could pop over and see this during my quick trip to the bay last week

I’ve always wanted to visit a salt flat!! It’s crazy that this is just in the Bay Area!? I’m so glad I could pop over and see this during my quick trip to the bay last week

And that’s a wrap on IPFC this year! And what a welcome surprise! The next IPFC will be in Rapa Nui, Chile 🇨🇱!!! Rapa Nui has been somewhere I have wanted to visit since I was a child - what a special moment this will be!

And that’s a wrap on IPFC this year! And what a welcome surprise! The next IPFC will be in Rapa Nui, Chile 🇨🇱!!! Rapa Nui has been somewhere I have wanted to visit since I was a child - what a special moment this will be!

Poster: discussed ✅

Thank you everyone who stopped by! I really loved talking with everyone!!! If anyone is interested in collaborating or hearing more about my work, my DMs and email are always open!

Poster: discussed ✅

Thank you everyone who stopped by! I really loved talking with everyone!!! If anyone is interested in collaborating or hearing more about my work, my DMs and email are always open!

Finished fieldwork and went straight to the IndoPacifc Fish Conference! So excited to see all the amazing research going on!

Finished fieldwork and went straight to the IndoPacifc Fish Conference! So excited to see all the amazing research going on!

Saying goodbye is always hard, so I’ll just say “hopefully see you soon!”

Thank you everyone so much for being so welcoming and kind ♥️ I feel so happy and at peace when I am here in Okinawa because of all of the wonderful people at Sesoko Station. I am so grateful to have met (and reunite with!!) each and every one of you.

I’m excited for the next time I come for fieldwork!

Saying goodbye is always hard, so I’ll just say “hopefully see you soon!”

Thank you everyone so much for being so welcoming and kind ♥️ I feel so happy and at peace when I am here in Okinawa because of all of the wonderful people at Sesoko Station. I am so grateful to have met (and reunite with!!) each and every one of you.

I’m excited for the next time I come for fieldwork!

Nudibranchs can be HUGE!? What a great find by Suan!!!

Nudibranchs can be HUGE!? What a great find by Suan!!!

Took a break from pointing at fish to point at flowers

Took a break from pointing at fish to point at flowers

Helped Tanya today make labels for her upcoming coral experiment!

Helped Tanya today make labels for her upcoming coral experiment!

More videos from when I went to sesoko beach last week! Video credits to @yoganchujunjun and @raphaellemtn ♥️🥹

More videos from when I went to sesoko beach last week! Video credits to @yoganchujunjun and @raphaellemtn ♥️🥹

Today I learned how to imbed samples with @elizabethsuan18 this is such a satisfying technique

Today I learned how to imbed samples with @elizabethsuan18 this is such a satisfying technique

Crude videos of some bioluminescence! The first video is showing siphamia tubifer counter illumination, the second is a copepod, and the third is just a cute video of siphamia hunting! This is sooooooo exciting!!!!!

Crude videos of some bioluminescence! The first video is showing siphamia tubifer counter illumination, the second is a copepod, and the third is just a cute video of siphamia hunting! This is sooooooo exciting!!!!!

Samples officially shipped back home! It’s sad that field work is coming to a close but I am excited to see what data I got!!

Samples officially shipped back home! It’s sad that field work is coming to a close but I am excited to see what data I got!!

Weekends with friends ♥️ I really am so lucky to have these amazing people in my life

Weekends with friends ♥️ I really am so lucky to have these amazing people in my life

An average weekend for ryudai

An average weekend for ryudai

Swimming with friends is really so much fun! Thank you Vicky for surprising all of us with the edit of all of us!!!

Swimming with friends is really so much fun! Thank you Vicky for surprising all of us with the edit of all of us!!!

What a great spot to work on submitting my manuscript 🤞🤞

What a great spot to work on submitting my manuscript 🤞🤞

The sense of community I feel here is really so special 😭 I truly cannot express how grateful I am to be able to do fieldwork here 🥹

The sense of community I feel here is really so special 😭 I truly cannot express how grateful I am to be able to do fieldwork here 🥹

A meal and a view after a long day of work always makes me super happy

A meal and a view after a long day of work always makes me super happy

High tide and low tide never fails to impress

High tide and low tide never fails to impress

Hopefully we can catch our fish’s bioluminescence on film but for now here are some copepods

Hopefully we can catch our fish’s bioluminescence on film but for now here are some copepods

We named the cat Lawson

We named the cat Lawson

We think sea urchins are pretty cool

We think sea urchins are pretty cool

Post-work day shenanigans with friends are the best

Post-work day shenanigans with friends are the best

Some more footage from the field

Some more footage from the field

From sea back to land 🤪

From sea back to land 🤪

Little kicks in the ocean (this song has been stuck in my head!)

Little kicks in the ocean (this song has been stuck in my head!)

Teamwork makes the dream work

Teamwork makes the dream work

Over 60 fish!!! This was such an exciting find!!

If you ever see something like this (even if it is just one fish) while diving, DM me the beach where you saw them please!!

#siphamiatubifer #ヒカリイシモチ #okinawa #沖縄

Over 60 fish!!! This was such an exciting find!!

If you ever see something like this (even if it is just one fish) while diving, DM me the beach where you saw them please!!

#siphamiatubifer #ヒカリイシモチ #okinawa #沖縄

The final water collection site!

The final water collection site!

Lets go get this water!

Lets go get this water!

11 fish, a flat worm nudibranch mimic, a real nudibranch, and an urchin

11 fish, a flat worm nudibranch mimic, a real nudibranch, and an urchin

A lab with a view 😍

A lab with a view 😍

Oh glorious vacuum pump!! and thus the eDNA extravaganza begins

Oh glorious vacuum pump!! and thus the eDNA extravaganza begins

How many fish can you see?

How many fish can you see?

nudibranchs!! Shout out to @raphaellemtn for pointing these out to me!

nudibranchs!! Shout out to @raphaellemtn for pointing these out to me!

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