Genomics & Bioinformatics Cluster, Dept. of Biology

Christine Sarkis

I am a rising senior at UCF and I am a Biology major. I am interested in fisheries, disturbance ecology, conservation, and marine organisms and ecosystems. I am a learning assistant for Calculus 1, working with incoming freshmen with a declared STEM major to help guide them through the beginning of their academic journey. I am currently working on a project in the Forsman Lab to identify the diet of green sea turtles through DNA metabarcoding. This project will provide a new way to analyze diet in sea turtles using genomic methods. After I graduate, I hope to go to graduate school and keep teaching. Outside of school, I love to volunteer with The Pixel Fund, a local animal rescue. I also love to knit, read and travel!