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Oct 21, 2024 36 min

2414 Dr. Matthew Pollard

from Biology Bios Hosted by Jim Adelman

University of Memphis PhD Candidate, Matthew Pollard, joins me to talk about his dissertation research on the evolution of diet in carnivores, his path to graduate school (and beyond), and just a little D&D.

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