Elizabeth is from Phoenix, Arizona and received her Bachelor’s degree from Haverford College in Pennsylvania. She has worked on a new model organism in each of her previous three labs and is excited to add four new organisms to the list as she compares retina development across different species. In addition to endlessly counting cells, she likes to visit museums and explore the outdoors. Elizabeth took a quick break from lab bench before starting graduate school to teach future scientist ecology in the Redwood Forest, and she has been an avid teacher ever since.