Jekyll2023-05-03T19:32:36+00:00https://kpd19.github.io/website/feed.xmlKatie DixonAcademic WebsiteKatie DixonWe’ve wrapped up our Environmental Data Science Bootcamps!2022-09-28T00:00:00+00:002022-09-28T00:00:00+00:00https://kpd19.github.io/website/blog/bootcamps22<p>Another year is in the books! This year, María D. Hernández Limón, Amanda Farah, and I taught our new and improved Introduction to Scientific Programming class. The course is taught in Python and we designed it to be a thorough introduction to the tools most graduate students in Biology and Physics would need. This is the class we all wish we were taught when we were first starting research.</p>
<p>The materials for the course are available on the <a href="https://github.com/NRT-DSEER/intro-programming-2022">NRT-DSEER github</a>. We teach this course every fall, but each notebook is designed as a self contained lesson that could be gone through on the students own time.</p>Katie DixonAnother year is in the books! This year, María D. Hernández Limón, Amanda Farah, and I taught our new and improved Introduction to Scientific Programming class. The course is taught in Python and we designed it to be a thorough introduction to the tools most graduate students in Biology and Physics would need. This is the class we all wish we were taught when we were first starting research.Research Opportunities in the Dwyer Lab!2020-02-12T00:00:00+00:002020-02-12T00:00:00+00:00https://kpd19.github.io/website/blog/post-research<p>We have a few opportunities for helping out with research in the Dwyer lab! Most of them are field opportunities and we are very happy to discuss doing a senior thesis working with us.</p>
<p><strong>Katie Dixon</strong></p>
<p>I’m studying pathogen variation in Douglas fir tussock moths and I will be in Missoula, Montana for the Summer 2020. I perform transmission experiments in the field by putting infected caterpillars on contained branches and then exposing susceptible hosts to the infected foliage. I would like a few undergraduates to help me rear insects and execute the experiments in the field.</p>
<p><strong>Will Koval</strong></p>
<p>I’m studying how to make my hair as tall as possible. I’ll be based in Missoula Montana and doing field collections to assess within-season disease dynamics and spatial patterns.</p>
<p><strong>Sophia Horigan</strong></p>
<p>I’ll be studying the gypsy moth and the fungus and the virus in Michigan.</p>
<p>XOXO Dwyer Lab</p>Katie DixonWe have a few opportunities for helping out with research in the Dwyer lab! Most of them are field opportunities and we are very happy to discuss doing a senior thesis working with us.