Bio

Iris Horton is currently obtaining her Masters in Biology with a concentration in Ecology and Evolution from NC State. She obtained her B.A. in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation from NC State in 2023. She is advised by Dr. John Godwin and is doing her research and thesis on simulating a gene drive in wild house mice to control their invasive populations on islands. During her undergraduate career, she had two internships in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest doing field research at the Los Amigos Biological Station through Field Projects International. There she trapped, tagged, took biological samples from, and accumulated camera trap data of terrestrial mammals and birds for conservation purposes. She also had an internship in Florida through Coastal Marine Education and Research Academy, where she caught, tagged, and took biological samples from sharks and rays for conservation purposes.