Current Role: Genetic Data Analyst, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (contractor for NOAA NWFSC)
I am currently a genetic data analyst contractor for the Genetics and Evolution Program at the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center. I primarily work on Sebastes, doing cryptic species identification, data management, epigenetic analysis, and population genetics. I completed my M.S. in December 2022 in the Hauser Lab at the University of Washington. My thesis analyzed the population genetics of eight species of Rockfish within Puget Sound. Previously, I was a teaching fellow at The Island School in Cape Eleuthera, The Bahamas teaching interdisciplinary marine biology, mathematics, and research projects.
Harms, J.H., Wray, A., Hyde, J.R., Longo, G.C., Hempelmann, J.A., Elz, A.E., Barnhart, R.M., Benante, J.A., Chappell, A.C., Frey, P.H., Jones, C.L., Kamikawa, B., Keller, A.A., Lagmay, R., Lam, L.S., McDonald, P.J., Park, L., Ramón-Laca, A., Rodriguez, O., Simon, V.H., Thompson, M., Villareal, J., Nichols, K.M., A comparison of the biology and distribution of vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) and its cryptic pair, sunset rockfish (S. crocotulus) along the US West Coast. Fisheries Research, 290, 107504. Link
Wray, A., Petrou, E., Nichols, K. M., Pacunski, R., LeClair, L., Andrews, K. S., Haggarty, D., & Hauser, L. (2025). Divergent Population Structure in Five Common Rockfish Species of Puget Sound, WA Suggests the Need for Species-Specific Management. Molecular Ecology, 34(1), e17590. Open Access Link
Wray, A., Petrou, E., Nichols, K. M., Pacunski, R., LeClair, L., Andrews, K. S., Kardos, M., & Hauser, L. (2024). Contrasting effect of hybridization on genetic differentiation in three rockfish species with similar life history. Evolutionary Applications, 17(7), e13749. Open Access Link