Sam Zbinden [EEB] is a first-year PhD student in the Kemp Lab. Her research focuses on fossil salamander community diversity and morphological changes as a result of past climatic events. She also loves learning about AI and machine learning and plans to find new ways of integrating AI with paleontology. Sam is originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, completed her undergraduate degree in Florida, and loves going on nature walks in her free time. Sam is currently an organizer for the SUTS natural history table.
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