Jessica Hekman, PhD, DVM

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Biography

As a PhD student in the Kukekova Lab, Jessica’s research focused on the transcriptome of tame and aggressive foxes. Her other interests include behavioral syndromes in domestic dogs. She is now a post-doctoral fellow in the Karlsson Lab at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Broad Institute.

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Hometown Arlington, MA
Degrees PhD in Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, 2017
DVM, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, 2012
MS, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, 2012
Current Position Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Karlsson Lab (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)