Bridget Bickner
Education
PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Institution: Harvard University
Thesis: Evolution of discrete reproductive strategies in Phlox (Polemoniaceae)
B.S. in Biology with Honors and with Distinction
Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Thesis: Hydraulic recruitment and entrapment as a mechanism of sperm transfer and potential cause of spontaneous male death in the Dark Fishing spider
Experience
Graduate Research – Kramer and Hopkins Labs, Harvard University
Focus: Eco-evo-devo interdisciplinary approach to characterizing discrete ovule packaging strategies and the evolution of the flower size/number tradeoff
Undergraduate Internship – Hopkins Lab, Harvard University
Focus: Uncovering the cis-regulatory elements underlying floral color variation