She is an Environmental Endocrinologist whose research integrates the responses of fishes and invertebrates to endocrine disrupting compounds across biological scales. Her current work examines the impacts of EDCs on gene and protein expression, reproductive behavior, sex ratio and population dynamics, with a focus on pyrethroid pesticides. In 2011 she completed her dissertation work: “Developing Menidia species as a bioindicator for estrogenic and androgenic endocrine disrupting contaminants”, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of California, Davis, Prior to pursuing a Ph.D., she worked for Weston Solutions, Inc. as an Environmental Scientist for two years, following receipt of an M.S. in Environmental Science & Policy from Johns Hopkins University in 2005. 08:00 AM April20