Contact Information

Email: nvincen2@nd.edu

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Education

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B.S. Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, UCLA 2019

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Research

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My work resides at the intersection of ecological genetics, transcriptomics, and bioinformatics. My research revolves around investigating the genetic diversity of natural populations, identifying variants, and gene-phenotype correlations in invertebrates. I am investigating the genetic basis of tetrodotoxin resistance in wild caddisflies in the western US, along with cross-tolerance to insecticides. I assess the behavioral and molecular responses of transgenic Drosophila to various stressors. I am also investigating the coordinated transcriptomic responses to heat, pesticide, and infection stress of a host-parasite system in tandem in Schistosoma haematobium and Bulinus truncatus. I also work on Great Lakes zooplankton biodiversity and metabarcoding.

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