Lab technician

email abigailc@mit.edu

Abigail_Caron

Education

BSc in Biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2015)

My Research

I am currently investigating the origin and evolution of oxygen-dependent enzymes. We are using bioinformatics to create large molecular phylogenetic trees, which will then be analysed and dated using the molecular clock method to see if increased divergence of these enzymes correlates with oxygen spikes in the early history of Earth. I have always been interested in the history and evolution of photosynthetic pathways and organisms, and hope to study them more in the future.