
MacIsaac Lab
in Invasion Ecology
Personnel
Principal Investigator:
PhD Students:
Jinmei Zi- The effect of cyanobacteria exudates in exponential growth phase on endangered fish species
Wenwen Cai: Sensitivity differencess among native and invasive fishes to cyanobacterial stress (Yunnan University)
Kabir Alamgir - Change in dietary interactions between native and invasive fish under cyanobacterial blooms in Dianchi Lake.
MSc Students:
Justin Barker- Determination and application of the optimal species distribution model for arthropod vectors
Kai Zhang - Detection of endangered fish in Plateau lakes, China, using eDNA
Keira Harshaw - Molecular toxicity of Microcystis exudates to Great Lakes' fishes
Chunxiao Sun - Fish cell-line tests to assess cyanobacterial toxicity. Co-supervised by Dr. Xuexiu Chang
Ian Smith - Invasive goldfish eDNA concentration analysis to determine population abundance in storm drains
Postdoctoral Fellows:
Dylan Xia - Hydrodynamic mixing and filtering effects of invasive mussels
Johanna Bradie-Simpkins - Colonization Pressure in invasion ecology
BSc thesis students:
Sara Ibrahim - Review of Assisted Colonization
Selina Al-Nazzal - Cyanobacteria effects on fish cell cultures
Madyson Gardner Costa - Predicting plant invasions after adjusting for propagule pressure
Yiyang Jin - Modeling spread of invasive Red-eared slider in Yunnan, China lakes. Yunnan University