Rachael received her PhD in Ecology from Tufts University where she studied honey bee nutritional ecology. Currently, Rachael is a post-doctoral researcher at Washington State University and Tufts University where she studies the interaction between Puget blue caterpillars, their host plant, and their ant attendants. A New England native, Rachael loves being able to spend her field season searching for caterpillars and chasing butterflies in the beautiful Pacific Northwest!