Jamie Marks, PhD

I started my research journey at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, where I studied Andean Bear behavior. I wanted to learn more about working in a zoo so I accepted an internship at the New Orleans Audubon Zoo. I wanted to combine my love of animals with my passion for research, so I applied for PhD programs that focused on studying the whole-organismal phenotype. I earned my PhD in Integrative Biology from the University of New Orleans, where I studied how different environmental pressures effect insulin-like growth factors. I am currently a postdoctoral research associate in the Bronikowski lab at Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University. I am working the NSF-funded Biological Integration Institute "IISAGE: Sex, Aging, Genomes, Evolution," which works on sex-specific aging across the animal kingdom. My role is contribute to our understanding of sex-specific aging in reptiles.