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We are currently recruiting a postdoc! Check out job ad at this link
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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.
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GRADUATE STUDENTS

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

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Dr. Nic Kooyers
Principal Investigator
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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)

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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)
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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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