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(dot)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(dot)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(dot)edu Simon Innes PhD Student Research Interests: Local adaptation, genetic architecture of fitness, clines, botanizing simon.innes1 (at) louisiana(dot)edu Stacy DeVaughn Holt, Jr.
PhD Student Research Interests: Herbaria, adaptation, invasive species, molecular genetics, botany, prairie ecosystems Email: stacy.holt1 (at) louisiana(dot)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(dot)edu Lana Gaspard
Undergraduate Researcher Research Interests: monkeyflower, plant care and propagation, spicy noodles Email: lana.gaspard1 (at) louisiana(dot)edu Hal Forbis
Undergraduate Researcher Research Interests: SQL databases, bioinformatics, and sharing baked goods with the lab harold.forbis1 (at) louisiana(dot)edu Drew Van Eaton
Undergraduate Researcher and Summer Field Tech Research Interests: switchgrass, old field ecosystems, alternative energies Email: andrew.van-eaton1 (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:
Elissa Harb (currently at Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine)
Gabby Ashley
Cera Aex (currently working in the Erwin Lab at Baylor College of Medicine)
Emily Bollich
Aurora Gaspard (now working in the Lim Lab at Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
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:
Elissa Harb (currently at Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine)
Gabby Ashley
Cera Aex (currently working in the Erwin Lab at Baylor College of Medicine)
Emily Bollich
Aurora Gaspard (now working in the Lim Lab at Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
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.
