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Education PhD Candidate, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology,
& Behavior
Research Topic: Evolution of antibiotic resistance in a long-term experiment with Escherichia
coli
Advisor: Richard Lenski
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan USA
Journal Card, K.J., LaBar, T., Gomez, J.B., & Lenski, R.E. (2019). Historical contingency in the evolution
Publications of antibiotic resistance after decades of relaxed selection. PLoS Biology, 17(10), e3000397.
Lenski, R.E., Wiser, M.J., Blount, Z.D., Nahum, J.R., Morris, J.J., Zaman, L., Turner, C.B., Wade,
B.D., Madamsetti, R., Burmeister, A.R., Baird, E.J., Bundy, J., Grant, N.A., Card, K.J., Rowles,
M., Weatherspoon, K., Papoulis, S.E., Sullivan, R., Clark, C., Mulka, J.S., & Hajela, N. (2015).
Sustained fitness gains and variability in fitness trajectories in the long-term evolution experiment
with Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B, 282(1821), 20152292
Ji, Z., Card, K.J., & Dazzo, F.B. (2015). CMEIAS JFrad: A digital computing tool to discriminate
the fractal geometry of landscape architectures and spatial patterns of individual cells in microbial
biofilms. Microbial Ecology, 69(3), 710-720
Fellowships & Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellowship, 2017 -
Awards
Russell B. DuVall Scholar Award, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan
State University, 2019.
Rudolf Hugh Scholarship Award, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan
State University, 2017
William S. Sayer Award, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State
University, 2013
Grants NSF BEACON Center Internal Grant, BEACON's Legacy of Research and Diversity in the
Long-Term Evolution Experiment. R. Lenski, N. Grant, K. Card, & J. Bundy. (Funded: 2019-2020,
$89,999)
NSF BEACON Center Internal Grant, Correlated Responses in Metabolism and Antibiotic
Resistance in the LTEE. N. Grant, K. Card, R. Lenski, M. Thomas, & J. Graves. (Funded:
2018-2019, $94,583)
NSF BEACON Center Internal Grant, An Empirical Test of the Evolution of Cooperation by
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the Hankshaw Effect. B. Connelly, K. Card, B. Kerr, R. Lenski, & L. Zaman. (Funded: 2016-2017,
$79,791)
Contributed Talks
Presentations
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Department Lunch Seminar, Invited Talk, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. October, 2019.
Microbial Population Biology, Gordon Research Seminar, Selected Talk, Andover, NH. July, 2019.
Molecular Mechanisms in Evolution, Gordon Research Seminar, Selected Talk, Easton, MA. June,
2019.
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB) Colloquium Seminar, Michigan State Univer-
sity, East Lansing, MI. January, 2019.
BEACON Congress, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. August, 2018.
Midwest Ecology & Evolution Conference, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI. April,
2018.
BEACON NSF Site Visit, Invited Talk, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. December,
2017.
Midwest Ecology & Evolution Conference, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, March, 2017.
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB) Colloquium Seminar, Michigan State Univer-
sity, East Lansing, MI. April, 2017.
Posters
Microbial Population Biology, Gordon Research Conference, Andover, NH. July, 2019.
Molecular Mechanisms in Evolution, Gordon Research Conference, Easton, MA. June, 2019.
BEACON NSF Site Visit, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. December, 2018.
Gilliam Annual Fellows Meeting, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, Virginia. September,
2018.
Population, Evolution, and Quantitative Genetics Conference, Madison, Wisconsin. May, 2018.
Gilliam Annual Fellows Meeting, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland. Septem-
ber, 2017.
BEACON Congress, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. August, 2015.
University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, Michigan State University, East Lansing,
Michigan. April, 2013.
Teaching Teaching Assistant, Fundamentals of Microbiology, Michigan State University, Spring 2016.
Experience
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Microbiology Laboratory, Michigan State University, Fall 2015.
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Mentorship Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jalin Jordan (Chemistry), February, 2019 -
Jasper Gomez (Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics Program), May, 2016 - July, 2019.
Tanush Jagdish (visiting from Kalamazoo College), December, 2015.
Lucas Werner (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology), March, 2015.
Jacob Wright (Zoology), December, 2014.
Doctoral Student
Thomas LaBar (Microbiology & Molecular Genetics), October, 2016 - August, 2017.
Professional Internship at the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services - Infectious Dis-
Development ease Division, September, 2018 - January, 2019.
Member of Select Group for MMG Graduate Curriculum Redesign, October, 2019 -
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force Member for the American Society for Microbi-
ology, September, 2019 -
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Host for Seminar Speaker, Adam
Lauring, October, 2018.
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Host for Seminar Speaker, Michael
Baym, February, 2018.
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Escort for Faculty Candidate, Daria
Van Tyne, February, 2018.
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Meeting Representative, August, 2015 - May,
2016.
Poster Evaluator: Undergraduate Research & Arts Forum, Michigan State University, 2015, 2016,
2018; Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences, Michigan State Univer-
sity, 2016, 2018.
Outreach Darwin Discovery Day Volunteer, taught the general public about experimental evolution and
the long-term evolution experiment (LTEE), Michigan State University Museum, 2017 - 2019.
Matter with Curiosity Blog, used to promote evolution and disability advocacy in STEM fields,
2014 -
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Microbiology Day Volunteer, taught the general public about bacterial chemotaxis and motility,
Impression 5 Science Museum, 2015.
WKAR Radio Interview about disability advocacy and my story about how I became a research
scientist, June, 2019.