Allie I. Email and Phone Number

Environmental microbiologist with a desire to address problems related to environmental degradation and food security. Awarded multiple grants and fellowships from private and federal sources. Independent problem-solver who uses effective project management and collaboration skills to achieve stated goals. Research experience includes plant-microbe associations, microbial ecology, genomics, bioinformatics, data analysis, data visualization, and oral and written communication. Determined and intuitive self-starter with a desire to exercise insightfulness and independence in a collaborative environment to solve complex challenges.Passionate about helping students identify goals and career options based on their personality, strengths, values, and skills. Experience includes student organization retention support, student success coaching, mentor for first-­year freshman and first-year transfer undergraduate career exploration course, and Student Director of a community program in a student-initiated and student-­run retention program.