Claire received an M.S. in Environmental Science & Management from the University of California Santa Barbara. She received her B.S. in Ecology and Evolution from the University of California Santa Cruz. She is enrolled in the Environmental Studies Program. Claire completed her first rotation in Orit Peleg鈥檚 lab in the Department of Computer Science. She completed her second rotation in Nancy Emery鈥檚 lab in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Claire completed her third rotation with Ryan Langendorf in Dan Doak鈥檚 lab in the Environmental Studies Program. For her team rotation, Claire worked with two other IQ students in Brett Melbourne鈥檚 lab in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Eric Vance鈥檚 lab in the Department of Applied Mathematics. Claire joined the Doak lab in May 2021.