Alexa works out of the McCann Lab as a theoretical ecologist who uses theoretical and empirical practices to understand how species interactions—shaped by different activity patterns across daily to annual environmental cycles—contribute to the stability of food web dynamics.

Sarah Rauf works out of the Bernhardt Lab examining the physiological plasticity of phytoplankton populations and communities to warming and nutrient limitation. This work will further aid in the CEM’s understanding of how living systems respond to global change.

Erica works out of the McCann Lab where she uses acoustic telemetry to investigate how freshwater fish use their habitats and how their behaviour influences their exposure to human disturbances across space and time, generating insights that identify when development activities pose the lowest risk to fish communities.

Eric works out of the Hanner Lab, where he focuses on the interplay and relationships between climate change, body size, life history and population growth. More specifically, his research looks at the theoretical feedback loops which occur between these variables and emphasizes biocomplexity.

Rachael works out of the McCann Lab where she uses a combination of acoustic telemetry and stable isotopes to investigate how fish respond to changing environmental conditions, and how these changes influence food web architecture in Lake Huron.