...I'm Lisa. I have a Bachelor's in Biology from Cornell University and recently graduated with a PhD in ecology from Colorado State. Math and science have always been a talent of mine; in high school, I scored 5s on the AP Calculus and AP Statistics exams and went on to get As in Multivariable Calculus at Cornell. (read more)
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