Stephanie Held is currently a second year Ph.D. student in the Biology Department at UVA. Her dissertation research focuses on life history evolution and the importance of early selection on evolutionary dynamics. She will conduct field experiments at Mountain Lake Biological Station, using thousands of plants to determine the strength, nature and importance of selection early in the plants' life cycle. Prior to coming to the University of Virginia, Stephanie was a research technician in two labs at the University of Georgia. During this time, she participated in numerous experiments and field projects that took her to barrier islands, industrial cotton fields, and deep into National Forests.
As an undergraduate, Stephanie went to Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, where she studied Philosophy, earned a B.A. in Biology, played Ultimate Frisbee and Broomball, started a Crew Club, lived in a Culinary Arts House, and paid homage to the World's Biggest Ball of Twine and the World's Largest Corn Maze. Wow. It was during this time that she became interested in interdisciplinary approaches to scientific problems, particularly questions that lie at the intersection of two fields of study.
Stephanie grew up in Ann Arbor, MI, and has also lived in Bolivia and Costa Rica. Her career goals center on education, either through community outreach aimed at environmental awareness, or in a more conventional educational setting. She also dreams of opening a restaurant.
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