Levi Wegner

Master's Student, 2019-2020

Levi examined the diversity of MHCII genes and the correlation to the diversity of stickleback gut microbiota. Levi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences with a minor in Russian from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. As an undergrad, he studied freeze tolerance in poplar trees. His research career includes working with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to tag and sample salmon species, quantifying gold in ore samples, analyzing criminal report data, and assisting in analysis of autopsy and pathology samples. He was funded through the Sloan Foundation and is active in ANSEP. He completed his Masters degree in the lab of Dr. Brandon Briggs at the University of Alaska Anchorage.