About Me
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Education: Ph.D Princeton University (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) Advisor: Daniel Rubenstein, Dissertation: “Genetic Architecture of Local Adaptation in Heliconius Butterflies” M.S.C. University of Tulsa (Biological Sciences) Advisor: Warren Booth, Thesis: The Bed Bug (Cimex Lectularius): A Model System for The Study of Mitochondrial and Endosymbiont Genome Evolution B.S. Iowa State University (Major Genetics, Minor Science Communication)
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Publications:Cheng, S. J., Gaynor, K. M., Moore, A. C., Darragh, K., Estien, C. O., Hammond, J. W., Lawrence, C., Mills, K. L., Baiz, M. D., Ignace, D., Khadempour, L., McCary, M. A., Rice, M. M., Tumber-Dávila, S. J., & Smith, J. A. (2023). Championing inclusive terminology in ecology and evolution. In Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.12.011 DeVries, ZC, Santangelo, RG, Booth, W, (Lawrence) et al. Reproductive compatibility among populations and host-associated lineages of the common bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.). Ecol. Evol. 2020; 10: 11090– 11099. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6738 Understanding Mimicry in Butterflies from Images using Machine Learning, Reshma R Babu, Yael Stochel, Christopher Lawrence, Daniel Rubenstein, Chuck Stewart, Wei-Lun Chao, David Carlyn, Jihyung Kil, Yu Su, Luke Song, Anuj Karpatne, Mohannad Elhamod, Krzysztof Kozak, Owen McMillan, Tanya Berger-Wolf (CVPR Submission: Accepted and Presented June 2022) https://www.cv4animals.com/2022-accepted-papers Include ADS link!