Postdoctoral Fellows

…Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University Google Scholar Baines, Celina Arts & Science PDF, 2021 NSERC PDF McGill, 2021-present Fortin celina.baines@utoronto.ca Barth, Lauren Jackson lauren.barth@utoronto.ca Bartkowska, Maggie Agrawal, Wright Data Scientist, Statistics…

EEB scholars sharing their expertise in the media

Here’s some of what they had to say. November 8, 2023 Chelsea Rochman shares her research on microplastics and the environment. (CTV: The Social) October 26, 2023 Marc Johnson comments…

Stephen Wright recipient of the 2023 CSEE President’s Award for Research Excellence

Professor Stephen Wright is the recipient of the 2023 President’s Award for Research Excellence! Stephen is an internationally recognized leader in evolutionary genomics, focused on understanding the processes driving patterns…

Loss of sharks can have an impact that propagates down the food chain

…as herbivores are critical to the progress and outcome of coral recovery. Media coverage: University of Toronto: www​.news​.utoronto​.ca/​overfishing-​sharks-​harming-​coral-​reefs The Australian (Newspaper): www​.theaustralian​.com​.au/​higher-​education/​shark-​fishers-​deprive-​coral-​of-​an-​ally/​story-​e6frgcjx-​1226722280405 The Guardian: www​.theguardian​.com/​environment/​2013/​sep/​19/​coral-​reefs-​suffer-​hunt-​sharks The Conversation Op-Ed: theconversation​.com/​killing-​sharks-​is-​killing-​coral-​reefs-​too-​18368 Australian…

2023 EEB Graduate Student Awards

…as on their mental health committee, their departmental seminar committee, among various other activities. As Kayla just received an honorable mention for the Peter Abrams Prize, it is clear that…

In the Media: Researchers discover the oldest species of swimming jellyfish

…million years ago August 2, 2023 | CBC News Oldest adult jellyfish fossil ever found is over 500 million years old. August 2, 2023 | New Scientist Visit: A&S News…

Continuing in the Darwin tradition – Spencer Barrett and mating-system evolution in a Chinese Primrose

…of South Africa on the evolution of mirror-image flowers funded by the Human Frontiers Scientific Program.   PNAS Profile of Spencer C.H. Barrett (download PDF) PNAS Inaugural Article (download PDF)…

Art Exhibition: Brazilian Nature

…of one of the first European scientific expeditions to Brazil, led by German botanist Carl von Martius in 1832-1833. It resulted in the largest collection (to this day) of Brazilian…

Somers, Keith

…assessment of temporal coherence of zooplankton populations (1 Ph.D. and 1 PDF, now completed), the recovery of zooplankton communities from acidification (1 M.Sc. and 1 PDF completed), and the impacts…

The first baby diplodocus skull ever found, a young diplodocus named “Andrew” was revealed today by PhD student Cary Woodruff

…a diplodocid species named after him. Full coverage can be read here: National Geographic: www​.nationalgeographic​.com/​science/​2018/​10/​news-​diplodocus-​juveniles-​fossils-​jurassic-​paleontology/​ CBC: www​.cbc​.ca/​news/​technology/​baby-​diplodocus-​skull-​1​.4855910 Smithsonian: www​.smithsonianmag​.com/​science-​nature/​tiny-​skull-​illuminates-​lives-​giant-​dinosaur-​180970514/​ Nature: www​.nature​.com/​articles/​s41598-​018-​32620-​x Reconstruction of the young Diplodocus “Andrew” next to an…