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MsGrace Day

Graduate Researcher

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences

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  • Graduate Researcher
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

PhD candidate specialising in evolutionary ecology, population genetics, genetic immunology and microbiome studies. I'm interested in the use of genetics to manage and protect marine populations (Cetaceans), and the interaction between environmental and anthropogenic impacts on marine populations’ persistence. Currently researching the immune fitness of critically endangered Burrunan dolphins via immune gene markers and skin microbiome.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Graduate Researcher
    Deakin University, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences

DEGREES

  • Bachelor of Science
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia5 Mar 2018 - 31 Oct 2020
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours)
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia8 Mar 2021 - 20 Dec 2021

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Life and Environmental Sciences