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Whitman ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ
B.A. Biology
2019

Willa Johnson grew up in Seattle and holds a BA in Biology from Whitman ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈÊÓƵ. Her undergraduate research compared the diet of different size classes of juvenile sablefish. Willa has lived in Sitka, on Lingít Aaní since 2019. They spent several years working as a Fisheries Biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game commercial port sampling program. More recently they have worked as a communication specialist with the UAF Rural Alaska Students in One Health Research (RASOR) Program working with dual enrollment high school students from across Southeast Alaska.

• Lara Horstmann 

Willa’s master’s research will examine concentrations of microplastics in wild-caught marine fish in Southeast Alaska. The goal of this research is to quantify potential translocation and biomagnification of microplastics across fish tissues and trophic levels. 

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2025