Jennifer Rahn
Associate Teaching Professor
Office:
Integrated Science Center 2263
Phone:
757-221-2092
Email:
[[jjrahn]]
Background
Education:
- B.S. in Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville- 2000
- Ph.D. in Marine Biomedical Science, University of Miami- 2007
Academic/Research Positions:
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2007-2010: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville TX- Science Park Carcinogenesis Department
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2012: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC- Drug Discovery and Biomedical Science Department
- Staff Scientist 2012-2016: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC- Drug Discovery and Biomedical Science Department
- Joined William and Mary Fall 2016
Interests
- Alternative animal models, particularly aquatic animals, for biomedical research
- Zebrafish as a model system for developmental consequences of aberrant DNA repair
- Developmental consequences of environmental toxins in zebrafish embryos
