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Get acquainted with the dedicated and talented scientists conducting MAF research in 2008.

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Photo of Penny A. Spiering

Penny A. Spiering is in the class of 2009 at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. She received her undergraduate degree from Willamette University in 2003. Her mentors are Drs. Jesus Maldonado, Micaela Szykman Gunther, David Wildt, and Michael Somers.


D07ZO-648: Non-Invasive Techniques to Evaluate the Genetic Variation of African Wild Dogs in South Africa

a word from some of our scientists