Aashni Parikh Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Middletown, Connecticut, USA

• Conduct research exploring fish toxicology and habitat fragmentation in Connecticut freshwater systems
• Analyze and manage data using Peak Scanner software, curated from experiments with Black Nose fish DNA
• Facilitate weekly discussions with the entire team to evaluate results and review project progress

Middletown, CT

Middletown, Connecticut, United States

• Led the bioinformatics team pioneering a project on sequencing the first ever genome of Long Nose Dace fish using Nanopore Technologies’ MinION device
• Installed and applied software such as MinKNOW, Flye, Guppy, and Medaka to construct the genetic sequence
• Extracted and conducted experiments on DNA from specimens to prepare the product for sequencing
• Compiled and presented research highlighting the molecular and computational methods of sequencing a genome in a department-wide, university conference

Connecticut, United States

• Supported editing for 10 chapters of Prof. Machado and Chernoff’s book on Caura River fish in Venezuela and provided quality control
• Participated in weekly meetings over a 3 month period to assess the progress of the book and assign responsibility for reviewing literature, conducting research, and modifying the manuscript
• Attended weekly lectures in the fields of Biology and Environmental Science, held by various Wesleyan faculty members

Connecticut, United States

Mumbai Area, India

• Co-authored a 22-page research paper published in the Environment, Development and Sustainability journal on coastal regulation zones along the coast of Maharashtra, India
• Conducted theoretical research by reviewing literature and condensing relevant information used to further understand and develop data from primary research
• Self-learnt the Quantum Geographic Information Systems software to analyze and graphically display the data on violations to coastal rules

Mumbai Area, India

• Conducted primary research on the evolution of brains in marine organisms, specific to the sense of smell in bony and cartilaginous fish
• Learnt to dissect fish brains and used the observational data to create a model exhibiting the anatomy, used as a teaching aid in the college
• Wrote a 9 page research paper by conducting literature reviews and using anatomical data from the dissections as evidence for evolution

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Biology And Earth And Environmental Science, Data Analysis Minor

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate research assistant, Varsity Women's Squash, Women's Club Soccer, Women in Science Steering.

Baccalaureate Diploma And Igcse Certification