{"id":107,"date":"2015-08-26T19:58:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T23:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biology.cos.ucf.edu\/annasavage\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2021-07-30T09:07:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T13:07:00","slug":"undergrads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/people\/undergrads\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergrads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><u><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-671 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/IMG_6794-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/IMG_6794-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/IMG_6794-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/IMG_6794-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/IMG_6794-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/IMG_6794-scaled.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/u><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><u>Rachel Gutner<br \/>\n<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>Rachel is a senior majoring in Biology and has been working in the Savage lab since 2018. She is currently pursuing a project that analyzes genetic differences between coastal and inland populations of the southern leopard frog, <i>Rana sphenocephala<\/i>. Rachel is interested in genetic adaptations to anthropogenic change and plans to pursue a related project for her PhD.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-568 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Jayde-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Jayde-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Jayde-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Jayde.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><u>Jayde Reid<br \/>\n<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Jayde is a senior in her last semester studying General Biology as a second bachelor\u2019s student; her first degree is in Creative Writing. She is working on a project which aims to establish a standards curve for qPCR results for environmental DNA extractions from water samples of known pathogen concentration against which field data can be compared. Jayde plans to attend graduate school to earn an M.S. in Wildlife Biology.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-572 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Net-240x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Net-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Net.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><u>Net Galt<br \/>\n<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Net is a Senior majoring in Biology. She is working on a project with amphibian pathogens in invasive Cuban tree frogs. She plans to attend medical school and pursue a PhD in epidemiology.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-563 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/NOah-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/NOah-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/NOah-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div><u>Noah Penney<\/u><br \/>\nNoah is a currently studying Zoology at UCF. He is involved in the Savage Lab&#8217;s ongoing study of the Bd fungus in amphibians<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-558 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Kathleen-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Kathleen-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Kathleen-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Kathleen.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><u>Kathleen Kuesters<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Kathleen is a Biology and Biomedical Sciences double major, and she iss especially interested in infectious diseases. She is currently working on ecoimmunology of reptiles and plans to earn a PhD in either infectious diseases or epidemiology.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-545 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/AllisonM-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/AllisonM-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/AllisonM-768x783.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/AllisonM.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><u>Allison Malay<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>Allison is a Biology major working with chytridiomycosis. She intends to pursue a Master&#8217;s degree in Evolutionary Biology with a focus in mycology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"divExp\" class=\"divExp\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-543 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Elena1-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Elena1-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/Elena1.png 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><u>Elena Triantafyllopoulou<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>Elena is a senior majoring in Biology and has been part of the Savage lab group since the spring of 2016. She is currently working on a project which aims to sequence most (if not all!) of the genome of the emerging amphibian pathogen <em>Perkinsea <\/em>(aka <em>Dermomycoides sp.<\/em> or PLO = Perkinsus-like organism) using next-generation whole-genome sequencing in an attempt to better understand the organism. Upon graduation, she intends to pursue graduate studies in the field of Nutritional Genomics.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"divExpHdr\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/20150523_122227.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-344 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/20150523_122227-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"20150523_122227\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/20150523_122227-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/20150523_122227-768x900.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/20150523_122227-874x1024.jpg 874w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/annasavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/20150523_122227.jpg 1121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><u>Sire Kassama<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><u><\/u>Sire is a Biotechnology major. She is working on a crop genomics project focused on beans and drought tolerance. Sire intends to pursue a Ph.D. in plant sciences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS Rachel Gutner Rachel is a senior majoring in Biology and has been working in the Savage lab since 2018. She is currently pursuing a project that analyzes genetic differences between coastal and inland populations of the southern leopard frog, Rana sphenocephala. 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