My Dispersal Route

I have had a winding path to my current position, which has allowed me to develop a lot of fun and stimulating collaborations, work in a variety of ecosystems, and experience academic and research settings in different cultures. I’ve enjoyed all the steps along this route!

Current Habitat: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

t-1: Vancouver, BC, Canada
t-2: Zurich, Switzerland
t-3: Latnjajaure, Sweden, and Longyearbyen, Svalbard
t-4: Visby, Gotland, Sweden
t-5: Davos, Switzerland
t-6: Montpellier, France
t-7: Eugene, Oregon, USA
t-8: Navarre, Florida, USA
t-9: Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

Rachel Germain
Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia

Host/Advisor: Rachel Germain

(A few of my) collaborators:
Mary O’Connor, Adam Ford

hint: bio photos are clickable to find lab/researcher websites
Florian Altermatt
PhD through University of Zurich & Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Supervisor: Florian Altermatt

Collaborators:
Emanuel Fronhofer, Isabelle Gounand, Eric Harvey, Roman Alther, Elvira Maechler

Dissertation Title: Keystone Shredders and the Headwater Stream Meta-Ecosystem
Juha Alatalo
Elisabeth Cooper
Masters thesis through Uppsala University

Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Evolution

Supervisors: Juha Alatalo (Uppsala) and Elisabeth Cooper (University of Tromsø)

Thesis Title: Community, Functional Group, and Species Responses to Decades of Experimental Warming in the High and Low Arctic
Juha Alatalo
Ulf Molau
Annika Jagerbrand
Research training at Campus Gotland

Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Evolution

Supervisor: Juha Alatalo

Collaborators: Ulf Molau (Gothenburg University) and Annika Jägerbrand (VTI Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute)
Christian Rixen
Herwig Stibor
Julia Wheeler
Andres Cortes
Janosch Sedlacek
WSL-Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF

Masters thesis through Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich

Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Evolution

Supervisors: Christian Rixen (SLF) and Herwig Stibor (LMU)

Unofficial Supervisor: Julia Wheeler (SLF)

Collaborators: Andrés Cortés (Uppsala University) and Janosch Sedlacek (Uni Konstanz)

Thesis Title: Devil in the Details: Microtopographic and Microenvironmental Controls on Salix Herbacea Growth, Reproduction, and Herbivory
Helene Jourdan
Elodie Chapuis
Research stage at Cirad (French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development)

Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Evolution

Supervisors: Hélène Jourdan (Cirad) and Elodie Chapuis (CEFE)

Project Title:  Exploring the relationship between tychoparthenogenesis and inbreeding depression in the Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria
Scott Bridgham
Bart Johnson
Laurel Pfeifer-Meister
Lorien Reynolds
Research Technician/Field Manager, University of Oregon

PI’s: Scott Bridgham and Bart Johnson

Associates: Laurel Pfeifer-Mesiter, Lorien Reynolds, and many others

Project Website: here
stoddard
Research Technician, University of Florida

Supervisor: Margo Stoddard

Project Title: Perceived Threats and Foraging Behavior of the Santa Rosa Beach Mouse
irwin
Bachelors honors thesis and research assistantship at Dartmouth College

Fieldwork at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Colorado

Supervisor: Rebecca Irwin

Thesis Title: The Effects of Mine Disturbance and Contamination on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers