Education/Training
- B.A. Environmental Populational Organismic Biology, Dec. 2002
University of Colorado at Boulder
- Nondegree Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Nov. 2002 - April 2006
University of Colorado Health Science Center
- M.S. (in progress) Entomology, June 2006 - current
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Areas of Specialization/Research
As an undergrad Jennifer worked in 4 different departments as a research assistant, before settling upon an interdisciplinary interest of medical entomology.
The Kramer lab focuses mainly upon mosquito vectors of West Nile, but I am also beginning a side-project about Corethrella~ in perspective to medical entomology.
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Awards/Grants
Sept 1997-May 1998 URAP undergrad student grant for biochem independent study project:binding affinity of trivalent cations to the C2 domain of protein cPLA2, (important in inflammatory pathway), using rapid-stir flourescence microscopy
Howard Hughs Medical Association.
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Publications/Presentations/Patents
August 2007 Rocky Mountain Conference of Entomologists,
Woodland Park, Colorado
presentation: Coreidae Locomotion:Hemiptera non-dimensional coefficient calculations between 1 and 0, and atmospheric change implications based upon fossil records of dragonfly wingspan.
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