Principal Investigator
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Graduate Students
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Alexis Heckley
PhD 2020 - present Alexis received a B.Sc. in Animal Biology from the University of Alberta in 2017. Afterwards, she worked on a number of conservation projects, primarily with frogs and bats, and completed an internship and fellowship at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, investigating sleeping and exploration behaviour in Jamaican fruit bats. For her Ph.D., Alexis intends to investigate how parasitism and ancestry impact dispersal behaviour in stickleback fish. Outside of research, her favourite activities include travelling, scuba diving, and adventuring with her dog, Mr. Flea. Alexis is co-supervised by Andrew Hendry at McGill University. Photo by Léa Blondel |
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Alex Popescu
MSc 2021-present Alex completed his BSc in Biology at Concordia university and is currently working toward a MSc at Brock under the supervision of Dr. Kiyoko Gotanda. He aims to study the effects of urbanization on avian species, specifically crows. |
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Albert Wu
PhD 2021-present Guppy photo by Paul Bentzen |
Co-op Students
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Kristen Vlahiotis
Fall 2021 Kristen is entering her fourth year of biochemistry at Brock University. She is currently completing a co-op and is interested in exploring the ecological effects human disturbances, such as urbanization, have on the adaptation of certain animal populations. In her spare time, she can be found hiking, mountain biking and bird-watching. |
Alumni who are missed....
Undergraduates
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David Lever
2019 David studied taste preferences in Darwin's Finches. He is currently a communications consultant. |
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Sam Armstrong
2018-2019 Sam studied how predation affected male guppy colour pattern in a laboratory setting. He is currently in vet school. |
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Hatty Darling
2017-2018 Hatty studied how predation affected male guppy colour pattern in a laboratory setting. She is currently an Associate Strategy Consultant at EY-Parthenon. |
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Alba Landra
2017-2018 Alba studied functional reference in grunts in the common brown lemur vocal system. She is currently a designer for Albetta International, a sustainable children's clothing and toy brand and has set up her own toy brand on the online marketplace NOTHS. |