Emily joined the lab in Summer 2021 and began the Integrative Biology PhD program at UW-Madison in Fall 2021. She is passionate about all-things evolution, with an emphasis on aquatic ecosystems. She is studying how plastic epigenetic responses regulate gene expression and contribute to adaptive traits and fitness in threespine stickleback. Emily is expected to graduate in 2026 and is searching for a postdoctoral position in evolutionary genetics and ecology.