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Kooyers Lab Members

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GRADUATE STUDENTS

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

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Dr. Nic Kooyers
Principal Investigator
Contact Information
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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




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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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