Current
Principal Investigator,
Integrative Fish Ecology Lab
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biology,
Trent University
Ph.D. candidate
Co-supervised by Dr. Chris Wilson (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
Research: Drivers of intraspecific variation in thermal tolerance and physiology of brook trout
Ph.D. candidate
Research: Sex-differences in the bioenergetics of walleye
Ph.D. student
Research: Causes of intraspecific variation in in metabolic ecology and thermal tolerance in fishes
amber fedus
Ph.D. student
Co-supervised by Dr. Jake Brownscombe (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
Research: Spatial ecology of top predators in inland lakes
Ph.D. student
Co-supervised by Dr. Steven Cooke (Carleton U)
Research: Behavioural ecology of predator-prey interactions in freshwater fish
M.Sc. student
Co-supervised by Dr. Jake Brownscombe (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
Research: Bioenergetics of exercise and digestion in walleye
M.Sc. student
Co-supervised by Dr. Chris Wilson (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
Research: Intraspecific variation in metabolic phenotypes and warming tolerance in brook trout
M.Sc. student
Co-supervised by Dr. Aaron Fisk (U Windsor)
Research: Validating a novel telemetry tracking system for the study of predator-prey interactions in fishes
M.Sc. student
Co-supervised by Dr. Steven Cooke (Carleton U)
Research: Thermal habitat selection and behaviour of stocked brook trout and rainbow trout
jacob bowman
Undergraduate honours thesis student
Thesis research topic: calibration of remote underwater video as a fisheries assessment tool in temperate freshwater ecosystems
imogen bellinger
Undergraduate honours thesis student
Thesis research topic: effects of oxygen supersaturation on physiological failure in fish at high temperatures
sam chasse
Undergraduate honours thesis student
Thesis research topic: within-individual repeatability of CTmax in freshwater ectotherms
alumni
claire doherty
M.Sc. graduate (2021)
Co-supervised by Dr. Aaron Fisk (U. Windsor)
Thesis (2021): Towards an integration of metabolic and food web ecology in fishes: a proof-of-concept with two warmwater piscivores (link)
Current position: Credit Valley Conservation Authority
Bradley howell
Undergraduate honours student (2020-21)(d2021
Co-supervised by Dr. Chris Wilson (NDMNRF)
Current position: Ph.D. student, Raby Lab. Completed his M.Sc. at U Winnipeg after graduating from Trent.
Undergraduate honours student (2022-23)(d2021
Current position: Fish Culture Technician, Harwood Fish Culture Station, ON