Liz Tirado

Masters Student, 2023

Liz earned her B.S. in Biology from Southern Connecticut State University in 2017. As part of a Microbiology course, she participated in the Small World Initiative where she grew her love for Microbiology. After graduation Liz has worked at a Microbiology lab for a Pharmaceutical company for the four years where she learned several techniques such as identifying bacteria/ yeast and mold by running PCR and Microsequencing, performing Mass Spectrometry, and several other skills. She is currently pursuing her M.S. in Molecular and Cell Biology with a concentration in Microbiology where her thesis is focusing on how exposure to Perchlorate changes the host microbiome in three spine sticklebacks.