Jasmine Ku joined IEC in June 2022 and 2023 as a seasonal intern and joined full-time in June 2024. She assists with the IEC’s Coordinated Volunteer Pathogen Monitoring Program and Alley Creek and Bergen Basin Pathogen Mitigation project, performing microbiological analyses on water samples collected in the field. Jasmine supports many laboratory operations by preparing and managing materials for IEC’s microbiological projects. Jasmine earned a B.S. in Integrative Neuroscience from Binghamton University in 2023 and is currently pursuing an M.A. in Behavioral Neuroscience at Queens College.