Emily Wollmuth

Emily Wollmuth

Microbiology PhD Candidate at Cornell University | Microbial Ecology & Genomics | Biology Education | Hamline University Alum

Outreach

Cornell Graduate Women in Science (GWiS)

GWiS is committed to improving the culture of the sciences at Cornell and in the local community with a combination of outreach and advocacy. GWiS promotes gender equity in STEM and provides support and networking to scientists of all gender identities in the Ithaca area.

As a member of the GWiS Executive Board I am involved in planning programming and outreach activites for our members. In the winter of 2020, I organized a Science Supply Drive to support Ithaca Free Science Workshop. I have also identified and invited speakers to discuss topics such as intersectional feminism and antiracism to our organization and the broader Cornell community, organized social events, and led book club discussions.

Click here to learn more about Cornell GWiS.

Cornell GWiS is a member of the Graduate & Professional Student Diversity Council. GWiS collaborates with other student organizations to support a variety of historically excluded groups on campus. Click here for more information.

Cornell Write A Researcher Program

Write a Researcher aims to connect STEM graduate students, post-docs, and faculty at Cornell University with high school students nationwide to show students that STEM careers are attainable by anyone and inspire the next generation of scientists. I have volunteered as a pen pal for this program since its start in 2021.

Click here to learn more about Write A Researcher.

Epulopiscium Website

The Angert Lab maintains a bilingual (English/Spanish) website with information about Epulopisium spp. and other bacterial symbionts intended for middle school and high school general audiences. I contributed to the pages about bacterial endospores and bacterial genomes.

Click here to learn more about Epulopiscium spp. and explore the website.

Discover Magazine Mass Extinction Interview

Biodiversity loss has been an ongoing concern in recent years. I spoke with Discover Magazine to discuss my CourseSource publication “Is Earth Currently Undergoing a Sixth Mass Extinction?”.

Click here to read the Discover Magazine feature.