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Recording plant and soil samples, maintaining fungal cultures, producing grain inoculum, running PCR and ELISA testing, and extracting soybean cyst nematodes from soil.

Initially worked on marking anatomical features of catfish for analysis of morphological variation within the superfamily Aspredinoidea. In May of 2021, I shifted focus to writing code to create an autonomous pipeline used to retrieve genetic data from online, analyze it, and create a phylogeny. The culmination of this project was to write an academic paper and present my research to a panel of professors, earning me high distinction for excellence in research through the University of… Show more Initially worked on marking anatomical features of catfish for analysis of morphological variation within the superfamily Aspredinoidea. In May of 2021, I shifted focus to writing code to create an autonomous pipeline used to retrieve genetic data from online, analyze it, and create a phylogeny. The culmination of this project was to write an academic paper and present my research to a panel of professors, earning me high distinction for excellence in research through the University of Illinois. Show less