Résumé
I am a PhD-trained biologist who likes to write about new and old discoveries for any audience. In lab, I use frog embryos to study how cells make decisions about what parts of the body they will form.
Science Writing
- AAAS Mass Media Fellow, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Summer 2025)
- Science Communication Intern, Society for Developmental Biology (Fall 2022-Fall 2024)
- PreLighter, The Company of Biologists (Spring 2022-Fall 2023)
- "Green Labs" Policy Memo Writer, Northwestern Science Policy Outreach Taskforce (Winter 2021)
Education
- PhD in Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, (Fall 2017-Fall 2025)
- BS in Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, (Fall 2013-Spring 2017)
Professional Activities
- Undergraduate Research Mentor, Northwestern Univeristy, (Fall 2024-Present)
- Guest Exhibitor, Genetics Exhibit, Museum of Science and Industry, (Summer 2023)
- Guest Interviewee, In the SPOTlight Podcast, (Spring 2022)
- Tutor, Northwestern Prison Education Program, (Fall 2021-Present)
- Guest Presenter, Science with Seniors, (Spring 2019)
Research Publications
York, J.R., Rao, A., Huber, P.B., Schock, E.N., Montequin, A., Rigney, S., Labonne, C. Shared features of blastula and neural crest stem cells evolved at the base of vertebrates. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8, 1680–1692 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02476-8
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