People - Lab Alumni

Jordan Ahee - B.Sc. 2011 M.Sc. 2013

Founder and CEO of Biosphere GPS

• Paper 1: A new species of midge

• Paper 2: Cattail pollen dispersal

Adele Bunbury-blanchette - B.Sc. 2013

Currently a Ph.D. at Saint Mary's University

• Ecology of invasive cattails

Sarah Gunderson - M.Sc. 2013

Pollination of Rubus idaeus in Algonquin Prov. Park

Ryan Holt - B.Sc. & NSERC USRA - 2017

Ryan evaluated changes in the spatial genetic structure of a population of Sagittaria latifolia

Now a M.Sc. student at Trent University

• Increased spatial genetic structure in response to disturbance

Jacob Houpt NSERC USRA student - 2016

Jacob assisted with a number of projects, including the temporal dynamics of clonal growth in Sagittaria latifolia

Peter (Shang-Yao) Lin - M.Sc. 2013

Instructor at Aurora College, NWT

• Pollination of Shepherdia canadensis

Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill - B.Sc. 2011

Research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada

• Niche segregation among cattails

Emony Nicholls - M.Sc. 2011

Emony studied the pollination of Aralia nudicaulis in Algonquin Prov. Park

• Pollination of Aralia nudicaulis

Laura Perry - M.Sc. 2010

Laura studied the evolution of separate sexes using Sagittaria latifolia and Mercurialis annua as study systems

Currently a Ph.D. student with Neil Emery, Trent Univ.

• Paper 1: Evolution of males

• paper 2: Evolution of "trioecy"

• Paper 3: Sexual selection in plants

Sara Pieper - PhD 2018

Sara studied the role of hybridization in the invasive spread of cattails in eastern North America.

Sara is a demonstrator in the Department of Biology at Trent University

• Paper 1: Cytonuclear discordance in Typha angustifolia

• Paper 2: Niche partitioning among cattails

• Paper 3: Invasive cattails reduce germination of native cattails

• Paper 4: Implications of asymmetric hybridization in cattails

Maria O'Sullivan - M.Sc. 2017

Maria studied the ecological impacts of invasive garlic mustard on native versus non-native plants

• Test of the invasional meltdown hypothesis

Kathryn Tisshaw - M.Sc. 2019

Kat examined the ecological and evolutionary processes underyling regional differences in the formation of invasive hybrid cattails

• Manuscript In Prep

Jessica Szabo - M.Sc 2016

Ecology and population genetics of cattails

Jessica is a laboratory technician at Fleming College

• Paper: Invasive cattails reduce germination of native cattails

Wendy Van Drunen - B.Sc. 2009 M.Sc. 2011

Ecology and evolution of plant life histories

Wendy is a post-doctoral fellow at Queen's University

• Paper 1: Pollination of Cirsium arvense

• Paper 2: Cattail pollen dispersal

• Paper 3: Spatial segregation of the sexes

• Paper 4: Niche segregation among cattails

• Paper 5: Reproductive trade-offs in Sagittaria

• Paper 6: Clonal growth promotes sexual fitness 1

• Paper 7: Clonal growth promotes sexual fitness 2

• Paper 8: Evolution of dioecy

Veronika Wright - B.Sc. 2013

Veronika studied the physiological costs of reproduction in Sagittaria latifolia

Currently an Environmental Stewardship Techinician with Lower Trent Conservation

• Physiological trade-offs in Sagittaria

Interested in plant ecology & evolution?

I am looking for graduate students at the M.Sc. and Ph.D. level who enjoy field work and are undaunted by statistics and/or computer programming. If you're interested in the ecology and evolution of plant reproduction, send me a quick email to find out about projects and funding opportunities in the lab. I am also open to new project ideas and my students have had success studying topics that complement the major research focus in the lab, such as conservation genetics and invasive plants.