Taylor Rubin

ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow

Taylor Rubin is a Ph.D. student in Biology at CUNY Queens College and Graduate Center in the Urban Ecology Lab lead by Dr. Joanna Coleman. For her Ph.D., Taylor is investigating how scavengers that live in cities interact with our food waste and how that interaction may influence disease spread. Her long-term career goal is to pursue ecological research while working alongside community members and policymakers to translate scientific knowledge into meaningful change. Taylor is a 2026 ERI/PS2 Summer Fellow.