Rebekah Lyon

Student Employee (Summer 2017)

Becky worked for the Mammals Collection and Genomic Resources while pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology & Conservation. Her undergraduate research focused on the use of genetic markers to sex historic and archeological walrus specimens.

Kathryn Everson

Ph.D. Student Employee (Summer 2017)

Katie was a Ph.D. student in the Mammals Department at the University of Alaska Museum. Her dissertation research focused on the evolutionary history of tenrecs, which are small mammals that live only on Madagascar. Katie received her B.S. in Evolution & Ecology from The Ohio State University in 2012.

Kendall Mills

Ph.D. Student Employee (Summer 2016-present)

Kendall Mills is a Ph.D. student studying marmots at the University of Alaska Museum. She is investigating molecular adaptations to low oxygen in marmot species that live at high elevations in the Himalayas and the Rocky Mountains. She received her B. S. in Biology from the University of Houston in 2014 and her M. S. in Environmental Science and Management from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2016.

Savannah Anchinges

Student Employee (Fall 2015-Spring 2017)

Savannah Anchinges was an undergraduate at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, receiving her B.S in Biological Sciences and a minor in Wildlife Biology & Conservation. She worked as a part-time student assistant for the Mammal Collection and Genomic Resources at the University of Alaska Museum.

Kayla Tobler

Student Employee (Fall 2015-Spring 2016)

Kayla Tobler graduated from Vista Murrieta High School in Southern California in 2013 and was majoring in biological sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Kayla left Alaska in 2016 to pursue her dream of becoming a veterinary technician.

Jiyeon Baek

Student Volunteer (Summer 2013 & 2014)

Jiyeon "Joan" Baek graduated from West Valley High School in 2012. She received her B.S. in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley in 2016. She is currently working on a graduate degree at Rutgers University.

Kristen Scholten

Student Volunteer (Fall 2013)

Kristen Scholten was a Pre-Med student majoring in Biology with plans to become a surgeon. She began volunteering for the University of Alaska Museum Genomic Resources Department in the fall of 2013.