Early-career researchers: an interview with Sandy Kawano

Sandy Kawano is an Assistant Professor at George Washington University, USA, where she studies biomechanics and physiology to address the origins and maintenance of biodiversity. She received her undergraduate degree in Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity from the University of California, Davis, USA, in 2008 before completing her PhD with Richard Blob at Clemson University, USA, in 2014. After completing postdoctoral fellowships at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, USA and the Royal Veterinary College, UK, she was appointed Assistant Professor at California State University, Long Beach, USA from 2017 to 2019.