Letícia is a PhD candidate at Dalhousie University, investigating the genotype-phenotype evolution of whale acoustics. Her research combines genomics, bioinformatics and bioacoustics to understand how whales adapted their communication to different environments. Letícia is also active in teaching, science communication and outreach. She is the developer and instructor of the undergraduate course “Science Communication for Social Change” at Dalhousie, runs a bilingual science communication page (@leticiamagpali) and the outreach program “Evolution for Everyone”, which offers free training in bioinformatics to equity-seeking students.
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