Welcome back! Today we are talking to Kathleen Ivey, a PhD student from the University of Texas at Arlington in the Castoe Lab. Kat talks to us all about her journey to her PhD, with a background in vet tech & herpetology. Kat now focuses on population genomics, with a particular interest in Rattlesnakes. She tells us all about being out in the field collecting the species right through to the laboratory investigation of gene expression! Find links to Kats socials below!

Kats twitter: https://twitter.com/KatIvey2

Kats publications : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wVZuQykAAAAJ&hl=en

Kats instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blondetravelingcircus/?hl=en