Kelly Dew-Budd
University Fellows Cohort Member, 2014-2015
PhD Student, Plant Sciences
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Pronouns:
she, her, hers
Kelly Dew-Budd is a PhD student in the School of Plant Sciences. She earned a B.S. in Zoology from North Carolina State University. At the University of Alabama, she earned a M.S. in Biology, under the guidance of Dr. Laura Reed, studying the effect of diet on fruit fly metabolism. Currently, Kelly is working with Dr. Mark Beilstein on identifying the functions of non-coding RNAs in Brassicaceae genome stability.