Morgan is working towards her PhD in the EEB area in the Biology department, working with Farrah Bashey-Visser. Her dissertation research uses tests of partner compatibility, symbiont loss, and pathogenicity in Steinernema nematodes and Xenorhabdus bacteria to investigate the conditions that either stabilize obligate mutualistic partnerships or drive breakdown or functional shifts in nature. According to Farrah, Morgan is a great positive presence in the lab. She is generous with her time in helping others, providing social cohesion to the lab and connecting the scientific dots across projects that strengthens everyone’s work. That generosity in the lab extends to other fronts: she has mentored a number of IU and REU students, and has gone the extra distance to accompany REU students on their field trips. Her community service includes scientific outreach in the form of participation in IU Science Fest, the College’s annual outreach day, as well as helping to organize this conference.  For the past two years, Morgan has worked with Bloomington High School South’s Science Olympiad Team, tutoring students in entomology and fossils, and traveling with them to competitions. Her service extends beyond scientific outreach: She also volunteers regularly at the Brown County Humane Society and at Lantern Support Services for  foster families. Finally, Morgan’s hands are never idle, she is often crocheting, and she donates her work broadly (whether little microbes for lab members or blankets for the animal shelter).