I received my BSc from the University of Toronto in Cellular and Molecular Biology, with minors in Physiology and English. I didn’t engage with insects until my final year of my degree, when I took an entomology course as an elective, and immediately decided to transition into becoming a bug person.

 My MSc research investigates how freeze-tolerant crickets protect their brains from damage during freezing. I use behavioral and electrophysiological methods to look at how differences between freeze-tolerant and freeze-intolerant neural tissue manifest.

 When I’m not in the lab, I like to read, take walks, and play Dungeons and Dragons with my friends.

 If you want to talk more about my research (or my hobbies), send me an email!