Masha Jaz is the head of our security and student outreach. She helps maintain a friendly and playful atmosphere at the lab, intellectually contributes, provides samples for the Molecular Evolution project, and assists in all fieldwork. Masha aspires to author several molecular evolution manuscripts and she frequently attends UCSD bioinformatics lectures. Besides being an avid swimmer and hiker, she takes a lot of pride walking off leash in public whenever she can get away with it. Masha’s best friends are Sail and Zoe.