Liyah Smith

I have experience with programming, scientific writing and lab experience accomplishing tasks pertaining to the NOAA focal area of coastal intelligence,

Intern Geneticist at NOAA Postgraduate Fellowship for Genomic Analysis Supporting NCCOS Marine Ecosystem Science (2024-10 – Present)

Distinct work plan involving research, metagenomic and statistical analysis for publication on dietary range of brown shrimp, as well as training in developing user-friendly software for taxonomic classification of high-throughput sequencing data in the Python programming language. Also gained experience with cloud computing via Microsoft Azure.

NOAA CCME Graduate Scholar at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (2019-05 – 2023-12)

Duties included laboratory and computing work directed towards completion of thesis project that examines the prokaryotic species of epibiotic microbes inhabiting the gammaridean amphipod Gammarus tigrinus, as well as exploring the cryptic diversity of the gammaridean species across the eastern United States.

Graduate Assistant and Laboratory Technician at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (2018-08 – 2019-05)

Duties included assistance with grading and proctoring exams as well as building protocols for laboratory techniques in the field of metagenomic analysis.

M.S. in Biology (Concentration: Molecular Cell Biology) – Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (2018-08 – 2023-12)

B.S. in Biology (Concentration: Pre-Medicine) – Jackson State University (2015-06 – 2018-04)

– University of Cape Town (2017-06 – 2017-07)