Bridget Bickner

University of Nebraska, Lincoln – 2018
DaRin Butz Intern in the Hopkins Lab

Bridget Bickner studied biology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where her research focused on the evolutionary implications of sexual conflict and mating strategies in spiders. In the future, she plans to focus on microevolutionary processes. As a DaRin Butz intern and under an American Society of Plant Biologists fellowship, Bridget worked in the Hopkins Lab to locate cis-regulatory promoter mutations related to Phlox drummondii flower color variation.

Since Fall 2019, Bridget is a PhD Student in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University in the Hopkins Lab.

Anna Blaustein

Bowdoin College – 2019
DaRin Butz Intern in the Des Marais Lab

Anna Blaustein was an undergraduate student at Bowdoin College where she studied Biology and Earth and Oceanographic Science. Anna worked in the Des Marais Lab investigating how CO2 levels affect resource allocation in cereal grain-like grasses.

Emily Brown

Boston University – 2019
DaRin Butz Intern in the Zieminska Lab

Emily Brown, an undergraduate student at Boston University, studied Biology with a minor in Anthropology.  She worked on the project “Tree Anatomy and Function” in the Zieminska Lab.

Emily is a research data coordinator in the Cardiology Department at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Matthew Fertakos

The College of New Jersey – 2019
DaRin Butz Intern in the Spriggs Lab

Matt Fertakos is an undergraduate studying biology at The College of New Jersey. His major interests include ecology, evolution, and conservation. Matt worked in the Spriggs Lab studying evolution and plant conservation of the severely threatened chestnut and ash trees.

Matt was awarded the 2019 Undergraduate Research Prize by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists for this research.

Anny Garcés Palacio

Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia – 2019
DaRin Butz Intern in the Friedman Lab

Anny Garcés Palacio is from Colombia at Antioquia University. She is interested in Evo-Devo plants, evolutionary biology, organismic and embryology. Anny worked in the Friedman Lab exploring the process of double fertilization in Conifers.

Zhe He

Wheaton College – 2018
DaRin Butz Intern in the Holbrook Lab

Zhe He is a recent graduate from Wheaton College with a chemistry major and biology minor. Zhe worked in the Holbrook Lab to help characterize vascular xylem vulnerability to cavitation. In the Walhout lab at Wheaton, she studied the diffusion of rhodamine b in polyelectrolyte solutions.

Since Fall 2019, Zhe is a PhD Student in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University in the Holbrook Lab.

Marissa Lee

Boston University – 2019
DaRin Butz Intern in the Templer and Hutyra Labs

Marissa Lee is an undergraduate at Boston University. She worked on a project in the Templer and Hutyra Labs.

Derek Schneider

Amherst College – 2020
DaRin Butz Intern in the Hopkins Lab

Derek Schneider is a biology major at Amherst College. As a DaRin Butz Intern, he studied speciation in plants in the Hopkins Lab.

Andrew Walter-McNeill

Bowdoin College – 2019
DaRin Butz Intern in the Des Marais Lab

Andrew Walter-McNeill is a undergraduate at Bowdoin College studying biology and computer science. He helped investigate how certain crops respond to changes in their growth environment (especially those related to climate change) in the Des Marais Lab. He spent his spring semester studying the boundary between eucalypt forest and rainforest in northern Queensland.

Andrew is currently a Research Assistant in the Axel Lab, a neuroscince lab at Columbia University.

Ashley Bang

Brown University – 2019
DaRin Butz Intern in the Templer and Hutyra Labs

Ashley Bang was an undergraduate at Brown University studying Geology-Biology. She worked on the ‘Air Pollutions in Urban Ecosystems’ project in the Templer and Hutyra Labs. Originally from Hong Kong, Ashley is interested in studying the shift in ecosystem interactions and functions that have been caused by anthropogenic activities.

Since Fall 2019, Ashley was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for marine conservation & ecology research in Taiwan.

Juliet Bramante

Harvard University – 2018
DaRin Butz Intern in the Hopkins Lab

Juliet Bramante was a Harvard undergraduate working in the Hopkins Lab. Juliet helped to identify cis regulatory changes responsible for color variation in Phlox drummondii.

Vivien Chen

Boston University – 2019
DaRin Butz Intern in the Holbrook, Templer and Hutyra Labs

Vivien Chen was an undergraduate at Boston University studying Earth and Environmental Sciences with a minor in Biology. Vivien worked in the Holbrook Lab to determine whether a correlation exists with phloem size and ploidy in three species of white magnolias. In the Templer and Hutyra Labs, she studied the effects climate change has on nonstructural carbohydrates in hardwood trees.

Jessica Leslie

UMass, Amherst – 2017
DaRin Butz Intern in the Hopkins Lab

Jessica Leslie is a graduate from UMass Amherst, where she was a Biology major with a certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service. She is interested in plant-insect interactions, plant adaptations, and plant speciation. Jessica worked in the Hopkins Lab.

Since Fall 2019, Jessica is a PhD student at the University of California, Berkley in the Molecular and Cell Biology program.

Sruti Pandey

Boston University – 2020
DaRin Butz Intern in the Holbrook Lab

Sruti Pandey is an undergraduate student at Boston University studying biology. She worked with Dr. Losada in the Holbrook Lab and quantitatively studied the vascular system of transgenic Nicotiana plants using confocal microscopy.

Starting in 2019, Sruti is a research associate at a biotech company called Fluent BioSciences.

Asa Peters

Connecticut College – 2019
DaRin Butz Intern in the Wolkovich Lab

Asa Peters from Newton, Massachusetts was a student at Connecticut College studying botany and music technology. He is interested in botany, ecology, and also ethnobotany. Asa worked in the Wolkovich Lab.

Emily Rosa

Sonoma State University – 2018
DaRin Butz Intern in the Zieminska Lab

Emily Rosa is from Northern California and was an undergraduate at Sonoma State University in Environmental Studies and Planning with minors in Biology and Geography. Emily worked in the Zieminska Lab.

Starting in 2019, Emily is a civilian environmental biologist for the US Air Force.

Jack Smith

Harvard University – 2019
DaRin Butz Intern in the Friedman Lab

Jack Smith was a Harvard undergraduate studying Environmental Science and Public Policy. Jack worked in the Friedman Lab exploring plant morphology and development.