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 Dr. Fernando Hernandez
Post-doc Researcher Research Interests: understanding the genetic and ecological bases of plant adaptation and using that knowledge to address real-world challenges in agriculture and conservation; population genomics; demographic modelling Email: fernando.h.ecoevo at gmail(dot)com 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 Stacy DeVaughn Holt, Jr.
PhD Student Research Interests: Herbaria, adaptation, invasive species, molecular genetics, botany, prairie ecosystems Email: stacy.holt1 at louisiana.edu Braden Doucet
Masters Student Research Interests: Local Adaptation of Cajun Prairie Grasses, Population Structure of Cajun Prairie Grasses, MMA, Hugging Plants, Plant ID Email: braden.doucet1 at louisiana.edu Lana Gaspard
Undergraduate Researcher Research Interests: monkeyflower, plant care and propagation, spicy noodles Email: lana.gaspard1 at louisiana.edu Elissa Harb
Undergraduate Researcher Research Interests: molecular biology, osteogenesis and biomineralization, genetics, human teeth Email: elissa.harb1 at louisiana.edu Gabby Ashley
Undergraduate Researcher Research Interests: Mimulus moschatus, human bodies, coffee Email: gabriella.ashley1 (at) louisiana (dot) edu |
Kooyers Lab Alumni
Graduate Students:
Donna Hinrichs, Masters in Biology, graduated Fall 2024
Dr. Jonas Mendez-Reneau, graduated Fall 2023 (check out his company: Endemic Bioinformatics LLC, www.endemicbio.info)
Nevada King
Post-docs:
Dr. Brittany Sutherland (currently at George Mason University! http://www.polyploidy.net)
Research Techs:
Anna Scharnagl (PhD Student, UC-Berkeley)
Evan Kidder (current student at LSU Shreveport College of Medicine)
Caleb Plaisance
Undergraduate Researchers:
Cera Aex (currently working in the Erwin Lab at Baylor College of Medicine)
Emily Bollich (currently a graduate student at ULL!)
Aurora Gaspard
Laura McDonald
Haley St Martin
Connor Perrot
Josh FitzPatrick (currently in medical school at LSU NOLA)
Sofi Garcia
Caitlyn Stamps
Luke Rabalais
Noah Richard
Gabbie Dietel
Ben LeBlanc
Jace Segura
Graduate Students:
Donna Hinrichs, Masters in Biology, graduated Fall 2024
Dr. Jonas Mendez-Reneau, graduated Fall 2023 (check out his company: Endemic Bioinformatics LLC, www.endemicbio.info)
Nevada King
Post-docs:
Dr. Brittany Sutherland (currently at George Mason University! http://www.polyploidy.net)
Research Techs:
Anna Scharnagl (PhD Student, UC-Berkeley)
Evan Kidder (current student at LSU Shreveport College of Medicine)
Caleb Plaisance
Undergraduate Researchers:
Cera Aex (currently working in the Erwin Lab at Baylor College of Medicine)
Emily Bollich (currently a graduate student at ULL!)
Aurora Gaspard
Laura McDonald
Haley St Martin
Connor Perrot
Josh FitzPatrick (currently in medical school at LSU NOLA)
Sofi Garcia
Caitlyn Stamps
Luke Rabalais
Noah Richard
Gabbie Dietel
Ben LeBlanc
Jace Segura
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.
