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EEB scholars sharing their expertise in the media

September 2, 2024

Here’s some of what they had to say.

Nicholas Mandrak of UTSC shares his expertise on the invasive nature of goldfish. (CBC radio)

Luke Mahler and alumnus Christopher Boccia of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology study how lizards evade predators. (New York Times)

Professor Donald Jackson expresses environmental concerns regarding Highway 413. (National Observer)

Soren Brothers of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology warns that the drying Great Salt Lake emits significant greenhouse gases. (Outside)

Alejandro Izquierdo-López describes in CNN the discovery of a marine creature that lived roughly 505 million years ago during research he undertook earning a PhD in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.

Professor Donald Jackson and postdoctoral fellow Tiziana Gelmi Candusso discuss with the Toronto Star (paywall) how Toronto’s flood has impacted Don Valley wildlife.

Assistant Professor Chelsea Rochman and EEB alum Madeleine Milne share new research with the Canadian Press, Toronto Star (paywall), Radio-Canada online and blogTO that found microplastics in fish caught along Toronto’s waterfront.

Associate Professor Jean-Bernard Caron studies the unique features of the Pikaia fossil, as covered by The New York Times (paywall).

EEB researchers share with Salon new research that identifies a gene — dubbed the “degrees of Kevin Bacon” gene — responsible for regulating the structure of social networks in fruit flies.

Rochman Lab member and UTSC PhD candidate Alice (Xia) Zhu shares with the Toronto Star (paywall) her and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Assistant Professor Chelsea Rochman’s new research on measuring plastic pollution in Toronto.

EEB alum Madeleine Milne shares with the Daily Mail her research on microplastics in meat and protein alternatives.

EEB Professor Emeritus J. Bruce Falls is remembered in The Globe and Mail (paywall) for his curiosity-driven research and leadership in the conservation community.

Professor Joel Levine shares with CNN online his new research, where he identified a gene responsible for regulating the structure of social networks in fruit flies

Chelsea Rochman shares with CTV News insights from the UN summit on plastic pollution.
Rochman Lab member and UTSC PhD candidate Alice Zhu shares with The Globe and Mail (paywall) her new research on measuring plastic pollution and insights from the UN summit on plastic pollution.
Rochman Lab member and UTSC PhD candidate Alice Zhu shares with the Canadian Press her study that identifies plastic pollution sources and emissions in Toronto.
Chelsea Rochman talks to Global News about the UN summit on plastic pollution.
Rochman Lab member and UTSC PhD candidate Alice Zhu, discusses with NBC online her research that estimates the amount of plastic pollution on the ocean floor.

Associate Professor Doug Currie talks to CTV News online about the resurgence of midges, a type of mosquito.

EEB alum Madeleine Milne shares with Newsweek her research on microplastics in meat and protein alternatives.

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream Shelby Riskin talks to TVO: The Agenda about the need for optimism and action in the climate crisis.