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Dr. Elizabeth Andruszkiewicz Allan

Postdoctoral Investigator
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering

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Contact Information:
Work: 508-289-3231
eallan@whoi.edu
Building: Bigelow 407

Mailing Address:
266 Woods Hole Road, MS #9
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Research Interests

I am interested in using environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques to monitor both specific species and biodiversity of aquatic macroorganisms. Identifying species by collecting eDNA from water samples is a non-invasive alternative to traditional methods and provides information about the presence of species without needing to see the organism itself. The nature of the method allows for detection of elusive species and has the potential to reduce the spatial and temporal bias of traditional sampling techniques. At WHOI, I am specifically looking at using eDNA techniques for the Ocean Twilight Zone project under the guidance of Dr. Annette Govindarajan, Dr. Gordon Zhang, and Dr. Andone Lavery.

Select Publications

E. A. Allan, W. G. Zhang, A. C. Lavery, A. F. Govindarajan. 2020. Environmental DNA Shedding and Decay Rates from Diverse Animal Forms and Thermal Regimes. Environmental DNA, 3:141. Link.

 

E. A. Andruszkiewicz, J. R. Koseff, O. B. Fringer, N. T. Ouellette, A. B. Lowe, C. A. Edwards, A. B. Boehm. 2019. Modeling environmental DNA transport in the coastal ocean using Lagrangian particle tracking. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:477. Link.

 

N. K. Truelove*, E. A. Andruszkiewicz*, B. A. Block. 2019. A rapid eDNA method for detecting white sharks in the open ocean. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12: e0185043-e0185048. Link. *Authors contributed equally to this manuscript.

 

E. A. Andruszkiewicz, L. M. Sassoubre, A. B. Boehm. 2017. Persistence of marine fish environmental DNA and the influence of sunlight. PLOS ONE, 12(9): e0185043. Link.

 

E. A. Andruszkiewicz, H. A. Starks, F. P. Chavez, L. M. Sassoubre, B. A. Block, A. B. Boehm. 2017. Biomonitoring of marine vertebrates in Monterey Bay using eDNA metabarcoding. PLOS ONE, 12(4): e0176343. Link.

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Education

Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering. 2019. Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering. 2015. Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering. 2014. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.