About
I am a fourth year PhD candidate in the Agrawal lab in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Cornell University.
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My ecological research looks at how monarch butterflies interact with their host plant Asclepias milkweed under artificial light at night (ALAN).
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With an academic background in biology and sociology, I value collaboration between multiple disciplines including the life sciences and social sciences.​
I incorporate ecological conservation with ethnography to investigate how adding pollinator gardens at senior homes will assist pollinators while also influencing the engagement and the overall wellbeing of senior residents at assisted living facilities.
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As a Richter Scholar in the Shingleton lab.
Interning at the Wildlife Discovery Center in Lake Forest, IL.
Published an article in Eukaryon.
Presenting at the Glassman Symposium in 2018.
Garden Symposium in St. Louis, MO.
Education
2022 -
Cornell University
PhD Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2017- 2020
Lake Forest College
B.A. in Biology and Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN)
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Arun, R.S., Gurholt, H., Bansal, U., Gordon, S.P. (2023) Bright Colors: Eat me at your own risk. Frontiers for Young Minds.
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Gordon, S.P., Axelrod, C.J., Bansal, U., Gurholt, H., Tran, S., Yang, Y. Embracing Diversity in Studying Diverse Warning Signals. (2024) Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
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Searle, P. C., Amaral, J. R., Axelrod, C., Bansal, U., Gordon, S.P., Gurholt, H., Mohamed, A., López-Sepulcre, A., Talbert, K.A., Tran, S.M., and Yang, Y. (2023) Guppies: Small Fish to Answer Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution. Frontiers for Young Minds. 11:1170134. doi: 10.3389/frym.2023.1170134
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Gurholt H, Miller C, and Seymoure B (2023) Light Pollution: Why We Need to Turn Off the Lights. Frontiers for Young Minds. 11:1137068. doi: 10.3389/frym.2023.1137068
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Gurholt, H. (2022). Revising my mental health checklist. Science (New York, NY), 377(6602), 234-234.​