Kim is currently a second year Master’s student in the Hoffman lab. Before pursuing her M.S. from UCF, Kim received her B.S. in Biology from Stetson University in Deland, Florida. During her undergraduate, she had the opportunity to work with Stetson Biology professor Dr. Alicia Slater, studying Phylogeography and Population Differentiation of the Golden Stonefly, Hesperoperla pacifica, Across Mountain Ranges in the Great Basin. Kim also conducted research in Dr. Naomi Pierce lab at Harvard University the summer after her undergraduate graduation. The project examined the Effects of Ant Association on Population Structure of Myrmecophilous lycaenid Butterflies. After her summer research at Harvard, Kim continued conducting research as a post-baccalaureate student in Dr. Slater’s lab, where her duties expanded to some lab management and supervision of undergraduate researchers, while continuing to study populations of Stoneflies.
Kim’s current research project at UCF looks at temporal changes in genetic diversity in restored oyster reefs in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), as well as effects of harvesting on genetic diversity in reference reefs in the IRL. For this project, Kim collaborates with Dr. Linda Walters.
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Publications:
Arnaldi, Kimberly G.; Fenwick, Allyson M.; Sheldon, Andrew L.; and Slater, Alicia A. (2015) “Contrasting Patterns of Population Genetic Structure in Two Great Basin Stoneflies,” Papers & Publications: Interdisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 4, Article 18.