- Investigating a collecting expedition to either Taiwan or Okinawa and Iriomote in Japan. Contacting Drs. Roger Beaver and Phill Ward to ask about taxonomic richness at these locations.
- Picking samples of Xylosandrus crassiusculus for RAD trial run with Stuart McDaniel’s lab
- Currently troubleshooting DNA extraction methods
- Optimizing qPCR methods with Sedonia