Edward Russell

Ph.D. Student

Edward earned his Bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Connecticut in 2023. At UConn, he worked in the Milligan-McClellan Lab, studying how microbe-microbe interactions in Alaskan threespine stickleback guts can affect their microplastic-degrading capacity. Now pursuing a PhD, Edward joined the Hanlon Lab in the spring of 2024, where his research focuses studying the trajectory of supernumerary B chromosomes as they evolve into essential chromosomes as a part of the genome.