People

Leilani Smith, 2022

Leilani Smith is a Biology major with a concentration in Marine Biology. After graduation Leilani plans to attend graduate school to study marine animal behavior. She specifically hopes to study human impacts on marine organisms’ behavior. Some of her interests include swimming, hiking, biking, exploring, four wheeling, shooting bow, and reading. She is also on an intermural floor hockey team.

Trinity Young, 2022

Trinity has been working with Dr. Ligocki on his current project regarding the social structure of female mosquitofish. She assists with animal care and data analysis and is also currently carrying out research on social interactions in African Painted Dogs for her honors thesis in collaboration with The Wilds. Trinity is a biology major with a concentration in animal behavior and a minor in chemistry. Outside of the lab, she is a Resident Assistant and biology tutor who enjoys color guard, reading, and theatre.

Brittany MacBlane, 2023

LAB ALUMNI:

Brianna Harkins, 2020

Haley Beck, 2021