PhD Student
School of Biological Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
Email: gchebli3@gatech.edu
B.S. Biology and Chemistry, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, USA
I graduated from Agnes Scott College with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry. While an undergraduate, I conducted research under the direction of my chemistry professor, Dr. Thomas Morgan, to revise the structure of a class of natural products called hyloins that are found in the frog species Boana punctata. I also worked in the lab of my biology professor, Dr. Iris Levin, studying telomere length in adult barn swallows. I first joined the Kubanek Lab as an REU participant, working on a metabolomics-based project on harmful algal blooms. After graduating from Agnes Scott, I took a gap year, where I volunteered with ecotourism kayak tours with Seaside Adventure in Kachemak Bay, Alaska and interned at the Lammi Biological Station in Lammi, Finland. I am excited to return to the Kubanek Lab to begin my graduate studies in chemical ecology, and I am currently assisting with the algal biofuel ponds project and the maintenance of phytoplankton cultures.
Publication:
Nastassia Patin, Emily Brown, Gabriella Chebli, Claire Garfield, Julia Kubanek, Frank Stewart. 2020. Microbial and chemical dynamics of a toxic dinoflagellate bloom. PeerJ 8:e9493 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9493