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About

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I received my B.A. in Biology and Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) from a liberal arts school outside of Chicago called Lake Forest College. 

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Currently, I am a second year PhD student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. I am a member of the Gordon and Lopez-Sepulcre lab. 

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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.

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I am interested in studying how Monarch Butterflies develop under Artificial Light at Night (ALAN). 

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As a Richter Scholar in the Shingleton lab. 

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Interning at the Wildlife Discovery Center in Lake Forest, IL. 

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Published an article in Eukaryon. 

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Presenting at the Glassman Symposium in 2018.

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Garden Symposium in St. Louis, MO. 

Education

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2022 - 

Cornell University

PhD Student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

2017- 2020

Lake Forest College

B.A. in Biology and Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN)

Publications

  • Arun, R.S., Gurholt, H., Bansal, U., Gordon, S.P. (2023) Bright Colors: Eat me at your own risk. Frontiers for Young Minds.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Gurholt, H. (2022). Revising my mental health checklist. Science (New York, NY), 377(6602), 234-234.

  • Gurholt, H. (2018). Heidi’s Favorite Day. Eukaryon, Vol. 14.

  • Gurholt, H. (2018). Betsy DeVos: The Modern Day Lysias. Inter-text, Vol. 1.  

  • Gurholt, H. (2022). Revising my mental health checklist. Science (New York, NY), 377(6602), 234.

  • Gurholt, H. L. (2018). Betsy DeVos: The Modern-Day Lysias. Inter-Text: An Undergraduate Journal for Social Sciences and Humanities, 1(1), 7.

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Presentations 

Symposia​

  • “Monarchs in a Brightening World,” 48th Annual Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Symposium 2023, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

  • “Monarch Development in a Brightening World,” Sustainable Biodiversity Fund Graduate Symposium, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability 2023, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

  • “Monarch Development in a Brightening World,” Sustainability Seminar Series, Kendal Senior Living 2023, Ithaca, NY.

  • “Sex and the (Artificially Lit) City,” 47th Annual Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium 2022, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

  • “Unearthing Chicago,” 22nd Annual Steven Galovich Memorial Student Symposium 2019, Lake Forest College, IL.

  • “Sweet Research: The Effect of High Sugar Diet on Growth and Development in Drosophila,” Richter Symposium 2018, Lake Forest College, IL.

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Teaching Experience 

  • Ecological and Evolutionary Statistics, Spring 2024, Graduate Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Andrés López-Sepulcre. Cornell University.

  • Evolution and Biodiversity, Fall 2023, Graduate Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Abby Drake. Cornell University. 

  • Experimental Ecology, Spring 2022, Graduate Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Andrés López-Sepulcre. Washington University in St. Louis

  • Evolution and Ecology, Fall 2020 (online), Undergraduate Peer Teacher. Instructor: Sean Menke. Lake Forest College. 

  • Introduction to Chemistry I Tutor, Fall 2018, Instructor: Jason Cody. Lake Forest College.

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Previous 
Research Experience 

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2021




2019-20



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2018

Graduate Researcher, Tyson Research Center

PI: Kim Medley and Katie Westby

Urban Ecology

                   

Graduate Researcher, Washington University 

PI: Swanne Gordon and Andrés López-Sepulcre

Ecology and Evolution

                

Research Assistant, Lake Forest College

PI: Flavia Barbosa

Behavioral Ecology

 

Research Assistant, Lake Forest College

PI: Rebecca Graff

Archaeology

              

Research Assistant, Lake Forest College

PI: Alexander Shingleton     

Developmental Biology                                                                                                                                       

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