Sarah Jordan Shainker-Connelly

Shainker-Connelly is a PhD Candidate in the Krueger-Hadfield Evolutionary Ecology lab. Her research focuses on the evolutionary ecology of macroalgae in freshwater streams. She uses a combination of genetic and ecological approaches all firmly rooted in natural history to better understand the complex life cycle and reproductive systems of these taxa. With Dr. Krueger-Hadfield and the Alabama Water Watch, she is co-leading a citizen science project to survey freshwater red algae throughout the state of Alabama. Prior to graduate school, Shainker-Connelly served in the U.S. Peace Corps' environmental sector in the Philippines and worked as an environmental educator in Georgia (USA).