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BGSA Officers

Co-Presidents

 

Stephanie PeakA picture of Stephanie standing on a rocky outcrop, with forests and mountains extending below her to the horizon.

Stephanie is a third-year PhD student in the Willett and Castillo labs. Stephanie is interested in studying coral tolerance to environmental stressors at the physiological level, specifically dysbiosis of the coral-dinoflagellate mutualism with ocean warming. In her free time, she enjoys SCUBA diving, cooking, and painting..

speak@unc.edu

 

Lorrie He A picture of Lorrie posing in front of greenery.

Lorrie is a third-year PhD student in the Kingsolver and Willett labs. She is broadly interested in development, climate change, and the genetics of adaptation and evolution. Outside of lab, she can be found talking about her favorite K-pop band, searching for new places to eat, and petting any and all dogs that she encounters.

lorrie.he@unc.edu

 

GPSG Representatives

 

Indigo EdwardsA picture of Indigo holding a small insect with a background of forest, rock, and a cloudy sky.

Indigo is a third-year PhD student in the Hurlbert Lab. He studies the impacts of urbanization and land use change on arthropod community composition and diversity. He likes backpacking with his dog Nyla, reading science fiction and horror novels, watching horror movies, and playing guitar.

sedwards@unc.edu

 

 

 

Jadyn Sethna                              

Jadyn is a second-year PhD student in the Lohmann lab. Jadyn is studying how sea turtles update their navigational information with changing sensory cues. She’s also passionate about STEM outreach and is looking for more ways to get involved in the community. In her free time, Jadyn loves to get outside and look for critters (particularly frogs, snakes, & salamanders), and if she’s stuck indoors, she loves to read and paint. 

jmasethna@unc.edu

Secretary

Pu Zhang      

Pu is a fifth-year PhD student in the Goldstein lab. She is fascinated by the dynamic changes during development and is using C. elegans as a model to study cytoskeletal mechanisms of morphogenesis. Outside the lab, she enjoys hiking, journaling, and reading about random topics.

puzhang@live.unc.edu

 

 

Treasurer

Nicolas Frasson      

Nico is a third-year PhD student from France, studying bird migration and life history trade-offs in the Sockman lab. My main focus is on physiological trade-offs between migration behavior and survival / reproductive strategy in Lincoln’s Sparrows, a tiny passerine songbird living in the Colorado mountains. During his free time, he enjoys playing pretty much every sport, being outdoors, traveling, socializing around wine/cheese, and supporting UNC basketball teams.

nfrasson@unc.edu

 

Faculty Representative

Madelina Marquez

Madelina is a second-year PhD student in the McCoy lab. Her research topics include environmental microbiology, cyanobacteria, trophic ecology, and secondary metabolites. Madelina’s hobbies include hiking, shopping, and spending time with her cat Finnegan.

 madmar@unc.edu.

 

 

Web Master

 

Steven  Mayer

Steven Mayer is a second-year PhD in the Burch lab studying the evolutionary mechanisms behind speciation. Utilizing bacteriophage, Steven studies these viruses under population bottlenecking and manipulating their environment. When not in the lab he enjoys the outdoors, baking, and spending quality time with friends.

swmayer@ad.unc.edu

 

 

 

SSC Liaison

Esteban Agudo   

Esteban is a 5th year Ph.D. student in John Bruno Lab studying how temperature affects ecological interactions in marine habitats. In his free time, he enjoys playing pickleball and rock climbing.

eagudo@live.unc.edu