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Jill Ashey, graduate student in the Putnam Lab
I am dedicated to open, rigorous, and reproducible experiments and analyses.
wwww.putnamlab.com
Twitter: @JillAshey
Last updated 09/21/2021Date | Position | Affiliation |
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Current | PhD student, Evolution and Marine Biology | University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI |
Dissertation (working title) | Temperature effects on intra- and trans-generational responses in temperate coral Astrangia poculata | |
2019 | B.S. Biology, English (minor) | The College of Wialliam & Mary, Williamsburg, VA |
Thesis | Effect of environmental history on physiology and acute stress response of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) |
Date | Project | Affiliation |
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Current | The role of epigenetics in trans-generational acclimatization of temperate and tropical corals Advisor: Dr. Hollie Putnam | University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI |
Current - 2020 | Transcriptomic responses of Caribbean and Pacific corals to sediment stress Advisor: Dr. Hollie Putnam | University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI |
2019 | Effects of temperature and pCO2 on bleaching in Acropora species Advisor: Dr. Emily Hall | Mote Marine Laboratory, Summerland Key, FL |
2019 | Carry-over effects in larval Eastern oysters in response to temperature and pCO2 stress Advisors: Dr. Emily Rivest, Annie Schatz | Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA |
2017 - 2019 | Effect of environmental history on physiology and acute stress response of the Eastern oyster Advisor: Dr. Emily Rivest | Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA |
- Ashey, J., McKelvie, H., Freeman, J., Shpilker, P., Cowen, L., Seneca, F., and Putnam, H.M. Transcriptomic responses of Caribbean and Pacific corals to sediment stress. In prep.
- Ashey, J. and Rivest, E.B. Effect of environmental history on physiology and acute stress response of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 674: 115-130. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13826.
- Shpilker, P., McKelvie, H., Freeman, J., Ashey, J., Putnam, H.M., Seneca, F., and Cowen, L. Contrasting RNA-Seq analysis pipelines for a non-model organism: the stony coral Pocillopora damicornis. Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and European Conference on Computational Biology. 2021.
- Ashey, J. and Rivest, E.B. Effect of environmental history on physiology and acute stress response of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). National Shellfish Association. Virtual conference. Oral presentation, March 2021.
- Ashey, J., McKelvie, H., Freeman, J., Shpilker, P., Cowen, L., Seneca, F., and Putnam, H. Transcriptomic responses of Caribbean and Pacific corals to sediment stress. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Virtual conference. Poster and oral presentation, January 2021.
- Freeman, J., Ashey, J., Shpilker, P, McKelvie, H., Putnam, H., Greenberg, J., Cowen, L., Couch, A., and Daniels, N. MEDFORD: a human and machine readable markup language to facilitate FAIR coral metadata. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Virtual conference. Poster and oral presentation, January 2021.
- Ashey, J. and Rivest, E.B. Effect of environmental history on physiology and acute stress response of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation. Mobile, AL. Oral presentation, November 2019.
- Ashey, J. and Rivest, E.B. Effect of environmental history on physiology and acute stress response of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). William & Mary Biology Honors oral thesis defense. Williamsburg, VA. May 2019.
- Ashey, J. and Rivest, E.B. Physiological responses in the juvenile Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica with differing environmental histories. William & Mary Undergraduate Research Symposium. Williamsburg, VA. Poster presentation, September 2018.
- Ashey, J. and Rivest, E.B. Physiological responses in the juvenile Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica with differing environmental histories. NSF REU final presentation. Gloucester Point, VA. Oral presentation, August 2018.
Date(s) | Award | Granting agency |
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2022 - 2021 | The Nature Conservancy Global Marine Initiative Student Research Award ($24,000) | The Nature Conservancy |
2025 - 2020 | Graduate Research Fellowship ($138,000) | National Science Foundation |
2019 - 2018 | Honors Fellowship ($6,000) | Charles Center, College of William & Mary |
2018 | Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) ($6,000) | National Science Foundation, Virginia Institute of Marine Science |
Date(s) | Role | Organization |
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2020 - present | Scientist | Skype a Scientist |
2020 - present | Research mentor to undergraduates (5 students currently) | University of Rhode Island, Kingston RI |
2019 | Teaching Assistant for Principles of Animal Physiology (BIOL 432) | College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA |
2018 - 2019 | Visiting Elementary School Instructor | Flemington-Raritan School District, Flemington NJ |
2016 - 2018 | Middle School Mentor | Women in Leadership club, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA |
2020 Diversity and Inclusion Badge, University of Rhode Island
2020 Advanced Open Water Diver, NAUI