"I feel like most undergrads think their professors are too busy or are intimidating but the majority love taking on new students and often have lots of room in their labs," she says.

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She's learned how to use tools such as the DMA-80 (Direct Mercury Analyzer) to characterize mercury concentrations in skin samples from endangered southern resident killer whales and their prey and is now working on an honours thesis about ringed seal health in Northern Labrador.