The Kooyers Lab circa October 2022. From left to right: (TOP) Noah Richard, Braden Doucet, (BOTTOM) Simon Innes, Gabbie Dietel, Donna Hinrichs, Stacy Holt, Courtney Patterson, Nicholas Kooyers, Blake Kooyers, and Brandon Hendrickson.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
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Courtney Patterson
Lab Manager Research Interests: Above and below ground plant interactions, invasive plant species, native plants, baking Email: courtney.patterson at louisiana.edu Dr. Brandon Hendrickson
Post-doc Researcher Research Interests: Phenology and community structure over space and time; characteristics of successful in plant invasions; human mediated plant invasions Email: brandon.hendrickson at louisiana.edu Andrea Turcu
PhD Student Research Interest: Epigenetics, plasticity, fluctuating selection, local adaptation, monkeyflowers akt7425 at louisiana.edu Simon Innes PhD Student Research Interests: Local adaptation, genetic architecture of fitness, clines, botanizing simon.innes1 at louisiana.edu Jonas Mendez-Reneau
PhD Student co-advised with Dr. Erin Sigel Research Interests: Phylogenetics, allopolyploidy, ferns, Hawaii, bioinformatics, herbaria Email: jonas.mendez-reneau1 at louisiana.edu Stacy DeVaughn Holt, Jr.
PhD Student Research Interests: Herbaria, adaptation, invasive species, molecular genetics, botany, prairie ecosystems Email: stacy.holt1 at louisiana.edu Donna Hinrichs
Masters Student Research Interests: invasion biology, population genetics, conservation biology, powerlifting, soccer, Disney World Email: donna.hinrichs1 at louisiana.edu Braden Doucet
Undergraduate Researcher Research Interests: Drought resistance adaptations, plastic responses and evolutionary limitations to climate change, mixed martial arts, hugging plants, hiking Email: braden.doucet1 at louisiana.edu Emily Bollich
Undergraduate Researcher Research Interests: Conservation biology, restoration ecology, and evolution Email: emily.bollich1 at louisiana.edu Ben LeBlanc
Undergraduate Researcher Research Interests: Genetics and evolution, marine flora and fauna, monkeyflowers, hiking, percussion (ULL BAND!) Email: benjamin.leblanc1 at louisiana.edu Gabbie Dietel
Undergraduate Researcher Research Interests: microbiology, Taylor Swift, cold weather, and cool random facts Email: gabrielle.dietel1 at louisiana.edu Noah Richard
Undergraduate Researcher Research Interests: plants, biology, befriending the opossum in the Wharton stairwell Email: noah.richard1 at louisiana.edu |
Kooyers Lab Alumni
Former Research Techs:
Anna Scharnagl (PhD Student, UC-Berkeley)
Undergraduate Researchers:
Aurora Gaspard
Laura McDonald (Class of 2020)
Haley St Martin
Connor Perrot
Josh FitzPatrick (Class of 2022, currently in medical school at LSU NOLA)
Sofi Garcia
Caitlyn Stamps
Luke Rabalais
Graduate Students:
Nevada King
Post-docs:
Dr. Brittany Sutherland (currently at George Mason University! http://www.polyploidy.net)
Former Research Techs:
Anna Scharnagl (PhD Student, UC-Berkeley)
Undergraduate Researchers:
Aurora Gaspard
Laura McDonald (Class of 2020)
Haley St Martin
Connor Perrot
Josh FitzPatrick (Class of 2022, currently in medical school at LSU NOLA)
Sofi Garcia
Caitlyn Stamps
Luke Rabalais
Graduate Students:
Nevada King
Post-docs:
Dr. Brittany Sutherland (currently at George Mason University! http://www.polyploidy.net)
The Kooyers Lab circa May 2019. Right to Left: Luke Rabalais, Laura McDonald, Josh FitzPatrick, Nic Kooyers, Haley St. Martin, Aurora Gaspard, Andrea Turcu (lost in the field: Anna Scharnagl)
We are always recruiting new members that are passionate about evolutionary biology! While all of the funded research technician and postdoctoral positions in the lab are full, I encourage anyone interested in a postdoctoral position to contact me (nicholas.kooyers at louisiana.edu). We are always looking for new masters or PhD students to take advantage of numerous well-funded fellowships at ULL.
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