Alicia is currently working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on projects along the Ohio River in southern Indiana, southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. True to her reserved nature, she did not provide too many details on her projects with the corps, though I think she will definitely be content if the tasks involve more outdoor components and fewer microbes than her work in the lab! Take care Alicia! – CD3
My name is Alicia Munchel, and my hometown is Brookville, IN. I am a born-and-raised Hoosier (although I was technically born in Ohio). I am a senior and will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and minors in chemistry and animal behavior in May 2012. I have been working in the Dann Lab for almost three years now under the guidance of Xiaohui Gao, and have most recently been developing fluorescent reporter systems. Working in the lab has been a great learning experience for me and has certainly been a lot of fun.
After graduation, I will be taking a year or two to either work/intern or volunteer with AmeriCorps or another organization yet to be determined. I plan to attend graduate school in a biology related field after my short break from academics and would like to incorporate my love of marine ecosystems and the environment into my career (even though my family is under the impression that I just want to be a professional SCUBA diver).
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