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<\/a><\/p>\r\nPrincipal Investigator<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\nDr. Chandra Jack is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Clark University. She is a trained evolutionary biologist, receiving her undergraduate, MS and PhD at Rice University. Research in her lab seeks to understand how microbes influence plant fitness, functional traits, and population structure; how genetic variation is maintained through species interactions; and the consequences of these interactions under different environmental conditions.<\/p>\r\n
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<\/a>Fatemeh Noori<\/p><\/div>\r\n
Fatemeh Noori joined the Jack lab in the fall of 2023. She is a molecular biologist with a background in bacterial genomics. She earned her master’s degree in plant genetics. Fatemeh’s research is focused on genotyping and characterization of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. She aims to uncover the evolutionary history of these remarkable microbes using a suite of bioinformatic and data analysis tools.<\/p>\r\n
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<\/a>Wiktoria Golemo is Clark ’25 and began working in the Jack lab in the fall of 2023. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science. Wiktoria’s research focuses on how environmental stress influences plant fitness and the impact the plant microbiome has on mediating these abiotic stressors. Aside from science, Wiktoria is President of the Clark Bee keepers Club. She is also passionate about cooking and baking.
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Alyssa Briggs is Clark ’26 who joined the Jack lab in Fall 2024. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science.<\/p>\r\n
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Dr. Chandra Jack is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Clark University. She is a trained evolutionary biologist, receiving her undergraduate, MS and PhD at Rice University. Research in her lab seeks to understand how microbes influence plant fitness, functional traits, and population structure; how genetic variation is maintained through species interactions; and the consequences of these interactions under different environmental conditions.<\/p>\r\n
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Fatemeh Noori joined the Jack lab in the fall of 2023. She is a molecular biologist with a background in bacterial genomics. She earned her master’s degree in plant genetics. Fatemeh’s research is focused on genotyping and characterization of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. She aims to uncover the evolutionary history of these remarkable microbes using a suite of bioinformatic and data analysis tools.<\/p>\r\n
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<\/a>Wiktoria Golemo is Clark ’25 and began working in the Jack lab in the fall of 2023. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science. Wiktoria’s research focuses on how environmental stress influences plant fitness and the impact the plant microbiome has on mediating these abiotic stressors. Aside from science, Wiktoria is President of the Clark Bee keepers Club. She is also passionate about cooking and baking.
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Alyssa Briggs is Clark ’26 who joined the Jack lab in Fall 2024. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science.<\/p>\r\n
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Fatemeh Noori joined the Jack lab in the fall of 2023. She is a molecular biologist with a background in bacterial genomics. She earned her master’s degree in plant genetics. Fatemeh’s research is focused on genotyping and characterization of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. She aims to uncover the evolutionary history of these remarkable microbes using a suite of bioinformatic and data analysis tools.<\/p>\r\n
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<\/a>Wiktoria Golemo is Clark ’25 and began working in the Jack lab in the fall of 2023. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science. Wiktoria’s research focuses on how environmental stress influences plant fitness and the impact the plant microbiome has on mediating these abiotic stressors. Aside from science, Wiktoria is President of the Clark Bee keepers Club. She is also passionate about cooking and baking.
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Alyssa Briggs is Clark ’26 who joined the Jack lab in Fall 2024. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science.<\/p>\r\n
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<\/a>Fatemeh Noori<\/p><\/div>\r\n
Fatemeh Noori joined the Jack lab in the fall of 2023. She is a molecular biologist with a background in bacterial genomics. She earned her master’s degree in plant genetics. Fatemeh’s research is focused on genotyping and characterization of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. She aims to uncover the evolutionary history of these remarkable microbes using a suite of bioinformatic and data analysis tools.<\/p>\r\n
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<\/a>Wiktoria Golemo is Clark ’25 and began working in the Jack lab in the fall of 2023. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science. Wiktoria’s research focuses on how environmental stress influences plant fitness and the impact the plant microbiome has on mediating these abiotic stressors. Aside from science, Wiktoria is President of the Clark Bee keepers Club. She is also passionate about cooking and baking.
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Alyssa Briggs is Clark ’26 who joined the Jack lab in Fall 2024. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science.<\/p>\r\n
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<\/a>Wiktoria Golemo is Clark ’25 and began working in the Jack lab in the fall of 2023. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science. Wiktoria’s research focuses on how environmental stress influences plant fitness and the impact the plant microbiome has on mediating these abiotic stressors. Aside from science, Wiktoria is President of the Clark Bee keepers Club. She is also passionate about cooking and baking.
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Alyssa Briggs is Clark ’26 who joined the Jack lab in Fall 2024. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science.<\/p>\r\n
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Master’s students<\/h2>\r\n
<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n Alyssa Briggs is Clark ’26 who joined the Jack lab in Fall 2024. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n<\/a>Wiktoria Golemo is Clark ’25 and began working in the Jack lab in the fall of 2023. She is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science. Wiktoria’s research focuses on how environmental stress influences plant fitness and the impact the plant microbiome has on mediating these abiotic stressors. Aside from science, Wiktoria is President of the Clark Bee keepers Club. She is also passionate about cooking and baking.
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