| EDUCATION |
| 2007 - 2012 | B.S. and M.A. joint degree program in Biology (City College of New York) |
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| RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
| March 2010 - May 2011 | Undergraduate Researcher
Lohman Lab, Department of Biology, City College of New York
Advisor: Dr. David J. Lohman
Systematics and phylogeography of Euploea butterflies |
| July 2009 - August 2010 | Lab Assistant and Undergraduate Researcher
Drosophila Genetics Research Lab, Department of Biology, City College of New York
Advisor: Dr. Tadmiri Venkatesh
Glia expression of Rap/fzr in the developing nervous system of Drosophila |
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| GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS |
| 2010 - 2012 | City College Fellowships Program |
| 2007 - 2012 | Peter F. Vallone Scholarship |
| 2009 - 2011 | SMART Grant |
| 2011 | Study/Travel Opportunities for CUNY Students (STOCS) |
| 2011 | City College Fellowships Summer Research Funding |
| 2010 | 2nd place in the Central Park Summer Photography Contest |
| 2009 - 2010 | Collaboration for Leadership in Urban Science Teaching, Evaluation, and Research (CLUSTER) Fellowship |
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| WORK EXPERIENCE |
| 2012 - | Research Assistant, Lohman Lab, Department of Biology, City College of New York |
| Summer 2012 | SAT Math Tutor, Association of Light & Love |
| 2009 - 2010 | Explainer, New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY |
| 2008 - 2009 | Student Aide, Department of Biology, City College of New York |
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| POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS |
| July 7, 2012 | First Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Ottawa, Canada
The effects of Pleistocene climatic change on the phylogeography of E. mulciber (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) (Poster)
Yang, E. & Lohman, D.J. |
| April 27, 2012 | City College Fellowships Program, 10th Annual Research Conference, City College of New York, NY
The effects of Pleistocene climatic change on the phylogeography of E. mulciber (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae)
Yang, E. & Lohman, D.J. |
| Apr 29, 2011 | City College Fellowhips Program, 9th Annual Research Conference, City College of New York, NY
Evolution and phylogeography of widespread butterflies Euploea in Southeast Asia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae)
Yang, E. & Lohman, D.J. |
| Apr 14, 2011 | Einsteins in the City International Student Research Conference, New York, NY
Evolution and phylogeography of widespread butterflies Euploea in Southeast Asia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) (Poster)
Yang, E. & Lohman, D.J. |
| Dec 2, 2010 | CCAPP Annual Poster Presentation, City College of New York, NY
Evolution and phylogeography of widespread butterflies Euploea in Southeast Asia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae)
Yang, E. & Lohman, D.J. |
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| SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES |
| 2010 - | Member, Golden Key International Honor Society |
| 2008 - 2010 | President, Youth Association of Light & Love Home |
| 2007 - 2008 | Volunteer, Lutheran Medical Center |
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