Contact Information
1206 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
2500 N Lab
Office Hours
Biography
I am a geobiology graduate student at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) working with Dr. Bruce W. Fouke.
Education
Princeton University - Princeton, NJ, USA
Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology - 2022-present
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Master of Science in Geology (with Thesis) - 2020-2022
Minor(s): College Teaching
Certificate(s): IGB Professional Skills for Careers in Biosciences, Graduate Teaching
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) - 2016-2020
Minor(s): Chemistry, Art & Design
Certificate(s): Microbiology, Science Communications, Undergraduate Research
Awards and Honors
Harriet Wallace 2022 Outstanding Woman Graduate Student Award
Harriet Wallace 2022 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Their Students (Fall 2021 & Spring 2022)
Mark Leighton Geology Research Grant
Wanless Graduate Research Fellowship by the Department of Geology at UIUC
Highest Distinction in Research by the the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at UIUC
Geological Society of Australia’s 1st Runner Up Poster Presentation
Jenner Family 2019 Summer Fellowship by the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at UIUC
Senior 100 Award by University of Illinois Student Alumni Association
Mark Tracy Award for Undergraduate Translational Research Fellowship by the Institute for Genomic Biology
Carl R. Woese Undergraduate Research Scholar of 2018 Fellowship by the Institute for Genomic Biology
Courses Taught
GEOL208: The History of the Earth System
CHEM102: General Chemistry II (Merit)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Molecular and Cellular Biology Department
External Links
Recent Publications
- Feldheim, K. A., Clews, A., Henningsen, A., Todorov, L., McDermott, C., Meyers, M., Bradley, J., Pulver, A., Anderson, E. and Marshall, A. (2016), “Multiple Births by a Captive Swellshark Cephaloscyllium Ventriosum via Facultative Parthenogenesis.” Journal of Fish Biology, 11 Nov. 2016, doi:10.1111/jfb.13202.
- Sivaguru M., Fouke K.W., Todorov L., Kingsford M.J., Fouke K.E., Trop J.M. and Fouke B.W. (2019) “Correction Factors for δ18O-Derived Global Sea Surface Temperature Reconstructions From Diagenetically Altered Intervals of Coral Skeletal Density Banding.” Front. Mar. Sci. 6:306. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00306
- Sivaguru, M., Todorov, L.G., Fouke, C.E., Munro, C.M.O., Fouke, K.W., Fouke, K.E., and Fouke, B.W., 2021. Corals Regulate the Distribution and Abundance of Symbiodiniaceae and Biomolecules in Response to Increasing Water Depth and Sea Surface Temperature. Scientific Reports 2230:1-19, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81520-0
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Fouke, B.W., Bhattacharjee, A.S., Fried, G.A., Sivaguru, M., Sanford, R., Zhou, L., Alcalde, R. E. Wunch, K., Stephenson, A., Ferrar, J.A., Todorov, L.G., Fouke, K.W., and Werth, C.J. (2019), “Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Streamers and Iron Sulfides Rapidly Occlude Porosity and Increase Hydraulic Resistance in Proppant-Filled Shale Fractures.” in press; preliminary version published online ahead of Print 02 August 2021: AAPG Bulletin, doi: 10.1306/07132120124
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Todorov, L.G., Sivaguru, M. and Fouke, B.W., 2021. "Impact of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) Effects on Kidney Stone Fragmentation, Diagenetic Phase Transitions and Recurrence Recrystallization." Unpublished manuscript, Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA.