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    Rebekah Gaxiola is a Ph.D. candidate in biology at Washington State University Vancouver, expected to graduate in May 2023. She received her B.S. in wildlife ecology and conservation from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2017. Her research focuses on the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on bumblebee behavior and cognition. She has received several awards and scholarships for her undergraduate and graduate research.

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    Rebekah Gaxiola is a Ph.D. candidate in biology at Washington State University Vancouver, expected to graduate in May 2023. She received her B.S. in wildlife ecology and conservation from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2017. Her research focuses on the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on bumblebee behavior and cognition. She has received several awards and scholarships for her undergraduate and graduate research.

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    Rebekah Gaxiola

    [email protected] | (775) 772-1827 | www.rebekahgaxiola.weebly.com

    EDUCATION
    Ph.D. in Biology (in progress) Expected May 2023
    Washington State University Vancouver
    Advisor: John Bishop

    B.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation May 2017


    University of Nevada, Reno

    PUBLICATIONS
    Muth FJ, Gaxiola RL, Leonard AS. In Review. No evidence for neonicotinoid preferences in the
    bumblebee Bombus impatiens.

    PRESENTATIONS
    Gaxiola RL, Muth FJ, Leonard AS. 2018. Effects of a Neonicotinoid Pesticide on Bumblebee
    Behavior. Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting (Student
    Poster Competition, second place).
    Gaxiola RL, Burls KJ, Forister ML. 2017. Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Larval
    Performance on 5 Native Nevada Milkweed (Asclepias) Species. University of Nevada, Reno
    Undergraduate Research Symposium (Poster Presentation).

    GRANTS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS


    Research Assistantship for Diverse Scholars 2018-2019

    Nevada Undergraduate Research Award, $1250 2016-2017

    National Science Foundation Western Consortium for Watershed 2015-2016


    Analysis, Visualization, and Exploration: Undergraduate
    Visualization and Modeling Network, $2000

    Art Cerfoglio Memorial Helen Close Agriculture Scholarship, $1250 2016-2017

    San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of The Wildlife Society 2016


    Marine Mammal Workshop Student Scholarship

    University of Nevada, Reno Undergraduate Travel Grant 2016

    Western Section of The Wildlife Society Student Travel Grant 2016

    Woodard Scholarship, University of Nevada Reno, $1500 2015-2016


    Rebekah Gaxiola CV Page 2 of 4

    Physical Science Student of the Year, Truckee Meadows Community College 2015

    RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
    Research Assistant January 2016-August 2018
    Bumblebee Cognition Lab, University of Nevada, Reno
    Primary Investigator: Dr. Anne Leonard

    Research Assistant January 2017-May 2017


    Aquatic Ecology Lab, University of Nevada, Reno
    Primary Investigator: Dr. Sudeep Chandra

    Herbarium Assistant September 2016-February 2017


    University of Nevada, Reno Herbarium

    Research Assistant May 2016-February 2017


    Great Basin Bug Lab, University of Nevada, Reno
    Primary Investigator: Dr. Matthew Forister

    Research Assistant 2015-2016


    National Science Foundation Western Consortium for Watershed Analysis,
    Visualization, and Exploration Undergraduate Visualization and Modeling Network

    OUTREACH AND VOLUNTEERING


    Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation January 2019 to present

    Student Poster Competition Judge December 2018


    Mount Saint Helens Institute STEM Conference
    Vice President, UNR Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society 2016-2017
    General Board Member 2015-2016

    Western Section and Nevada Chapter of The Wildlife Society 2015-2018

    Nevada Bugs and Butterflies 2016-2018

    UNR Annual Pollinator Day Committee 2017-2018

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    Teaching Assistant, BIOL 107 Cell Biology and Genetics Spring 2019

    PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS


    Ecological Society of America

    Entomological Society of America


    Washington Native Plant Society and Native Plant Society of Oregon
    Rebekah Gaxiola CV Page 3 of 4

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