Amanda Gorton
Post Doctorate
Favourite sandwich: Any sandwich from the Lake Wine and Spirits Cheese Shop
Secret talent: Making sourdough bread
Dream alternative career: Own a combination bookstore + plant store + coffee shop
Christina Locke
Senior Scientist
Favorite Sandwich: arepa pabellón
Secret Talent: violin playing
Work in Progress: waking up early
Hannah Dunn
Favorite sandwich: Summer sausage and mustard
Secret talent: Speed walking
Work in progress: My sister's Bucky Badger cross-stitch, a gift for Christmas 2016
Hillary Waters
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Favorite sandwich: "Italiensk" from Northern Waters Smokehaus in Duluth, MN
Proudest Failure: Couldn't navigate 13-pitch Puig in Spain
Dream alternative career: Rock climbing guide
John Seng
Favorite sandwich: Breakfast sandwich from May Day Cafe
Work in progress: Keeping my houseplants alive
Dream alternative career: Tiny house designer
Josh Clement
Favorite Sandwich: Spicy Neighborhood Bird from Ekiben (in Baltimore)
Secret Talent: Running at a moderate speed for a moderate amount of time.
Alternate Career: Marine Biologist on the Voyage of the Mimi
Lauren Fisher
Graduate Student Researcher, MS-STEP '21
Favorite sandwich: Grilled Caprese Sandwich
Dream alternative career: National Park Ranger at Grand Teton National Park
Work in progress: Limit meat consumption and become vegetarian
Lindsey Meiers
Graduate Student Researcher, MS-STEP '21
Favorite sandwich: Country Club from Jimmy Johns
Secret talent: Bird calling/loud whistling
Dream alternative career: Conservator-Restorer.
Work in progress: Learning Russian (the language)
Maddie Hansen-Connell
Favorite sandwich: Cajun Finn at Northern Waters Smokehaus in Duluth
Dream alternative career: Zookeeper
Work in progress: Recording a CD!
Nathan Vikeras
Graduate Student Researcher, MS-STEP '21
Favorite Sandwich: I love a good banh mi.
Secret Talent: I can bend my thumb really, really far backwards. Like a leveled-up hitchhiker's thumb.
Dream alternative career: In another life, I would love to be a linguist.
Noah Fribley
MS-STEP '22
Dream alternative career: punk drummer or tractor driver
Secret talent: making really good popcorn
Work in progress: wildflower identification sans field guide
Rebecca Walker
Favorite Sandwich: an update on the classic pb&j--- sourdough bread, walnut butter, and blackberry jam, cut in triangles
Secret Talent: mini-golf
Dream Alternative Career: I love reading books and being outside, so it's a toss up between used book store owner and professional gardener
Ryan Noe
Senior Scientist
Favorite sandwich: quesadilla
Secret talent: remembering acronyms
Work in progress: wind surfing, map sculptures
Terin Mayer
Graduate Student Researcher, PhD Student
Secret Talent: Growing up abroad made me bilingual in Spanish and I seem to have a knack for languages generally.
Dream Alternative Career: Forest ranger in the BWCA
Work in Progress: Getting better (slowly) at fishing, both spinning tackle and fly.
Alumni
Annamarie Rutledge
Graduate Student Researcher, MS-STEP '20
Favorite Sandwich: BLT
Dream Alternative Career: Wildlife Rehabilitator
Work in Progress: Writing a children's book about marine iguanas
Nfamara K Dampha
Graduate Student Researcher, PhD Candidate
Secret talent: organizing and inspiring young Africans to unlock their potential capabilities to function
Dream alternative career: Surgeon
Work in progress: Applying Geographic information system (GIS) in my dissertation work
Christina Locke
Senior Scientist
Favorite Sandwich: arepa pabellón
Secret Talent: violin playing
Work in Progress: waking up early
