QB2023_OBrien

Quantitative Biodiversity course, Spring 2023, Indiana University

Joy O'Brien

joyobri@iu.edu but for github I use joymichob@gmail.com

Biography

I am a first year PhD student in the Lennon Lab at IU. My research interests are in

microbial ecology specifically microorganisms within permafrost and how climate change may

affect dormant microbes with increased permafrost thaw. Prior to working on permafrost, during

my undergraduate education I worked on identifying and understanding microbial communities

within a permanently stratified lake in NY. I am really excited to explore new ecological

and evolutionary concepts throughout my PhD! One thing that people may not know about me

is that I am obsessed with collecting sea glass, but since I now live in Indiana, I will

settle for geode hunting. (-:

Course expectations:

I hope that this course challenges me and forces me to become comfortable with being uncomfortable (in the best way!)

I hope that I walk away from this course with good data habits!

I expect that this course will help push my thinking forward in terms of how to analyze

big datasets.