Current lab members
Louis ASTORG (Postdoctoral researcher)
Research focus: Multi-marker eDNA metabarcoding of stream and floodplain communities
Shahin BADESAB (PhD student)
Project: Effects of land use practices on the zooplankton egg bank of a large fluvial floodplain
Co-advisor: Andrea Bertolo, UQTR
Pascal CÔTÉ (Research assistant)
Projects: thermal tolerance of benthic macroinvertebrates & crayfish thermal acclimation experiment
Audrey DASSYLVA (MSc student)
Project: Interactive effects of land use and extreme weather events on stream fish communities
Co-advisor: Renée Gravel, MELCCFP
Vincent FUGÈRE (Principal investigator, aka wrangler of forms)
Interests: community ecology, evolutionary ecology, conservation, stream fishes & macroinvertebrates, 'data science'
Roxanne GIGUÈRE-TREMBLAY (PhD student)
Project: Causes and consequences of microbial biodiversity change in a cultivated floodplain
Co-advisor: François Guillemette, UQTR
Mélissa GINGRAS-DUBREUIL (MSc student)
Project: Quantifying impacts of land use intensification on stream multitrophic biodiversity with multimarker eDNA metabarcoding
Co-advisor: Vani Mohit, MELCCFP
Catherine LAPOINTE (MSc student)
Project: Effects of land use on stream water temperature and the thermal tolerance of cyprinid fish communities
Co-advisor: Emmanuelle Chrétien, UQAR
Cindy PAQUETTE (Postdoctoral researcher)
Research focus: Using zooplankton communities as indicator of fish productivity in lakes
Co-advisors: Beatrix Beisner (UQAM) and Zofia Taranu (ECCC)
Audrey ROBERT (MSc student)
Project: Natural and anthropogenic drivers of stream fish communities in the north-eastern USA
Co-advisor: Pascale Biron, Concordia University
Thibaud TOURNADRE (PhD student)
Project: Habitat coupling through fish movement within Lac St-Pierre and its floodplain
Co-advisor: Marco Rodríguez, UQTR
Research focus: Multi-marker eDNA metabarcoding of stream and floodplain communities
Shahin BADESAB (PhD student)
Project: Effects of land use practices on the zooplankton egg bank of a large fluvial floodplain
Co-advisor: Andrea Bertolo, UQTR
Pascal CÔTÉ (Research assistant)
Projects: thermal tolerance of benthic macroinvertebrates & crayfish thermal acclimation experiment
Audrey DASSYLVA (MSc student)
Project: Interactive effects of land use and extreme weather events on stream fish communities
Co-advisor: Renée Gravel, MELCCFP
Vincent FUGÈRE (Principal investigator, aka wrangler of forms)
Interests: community ecology, evolutionary ecology, conservation, stream fishes & macroinvertebrates, 'data science'
Roxanne GIGUÈRE-TREMBLAY (PhD student)
Project: Causes and consequences of microbial biodiversity change in a cultivated floodplain
Co-advisor: François Guillemette, UQTR
Mélissa GINGRAS-DUBREUIL (MSc student)
Project: Quantifying impacts of land use intensification on stream multitrophic biodiversity with multimarker eDNA metabarcoding
Co-advisor: Vani Mohit, MELCCFP
Catherine LAPOINTE (MSc student)
Project: Effects of land use on stream water temperature and the thermal tolerance of cyprinid fish communities
Co-advisor: Emmanuelle Chrétien, UQAR
Cindy PAQUETTE (Postdoctoral researcher)
Research focus: Using zooplankton communities as indicator of fish productivity in lakes
Co-advisors: Beatrix Beisner (UQAM) and Zofia Taranu (ECCC)
Audrey ROBERT (MSc student)
Project: Natural and anthropogenic drivers of stream fish communities in the north-eastern USA
Co-advisor: Pascale Biron, Concordia University
Thibaud TOURNADRE (PhD student)
Project: Habitat coupling through fish movement within Lac St-Pierre and its floodplain
Co-advisor: Marco Rodríguez, UQTR
Past members
Nolwenn Lucas, French Master II internship & research assistant (2023)
Marine Lemaire, postdoctoral researcher (2022-2023)
Jonah Toth, MSc student (2021-2023)
Vicky Belley, undergraduate research assistant (2022)
Saylena Fay, undergraduate research assistant (2022)
Claudia Nault, BSc research credits (2021-2022)
Marc-Olivier Maalsnaes, BSc research credits (2021-2022)
Kristof Mercier, BSc research credits (2021-2022)
Gillian Martin, postdoctoral researcher (2020-2021)
Maria Luiza Marinho Oliveira, research intern (2021)
Marine Lemaire, postdoctoral researcher (2022-2023)
Jonah Toth, MSc student (2021-2023)
Vicky Belley, undergraduate research assistant (2022)
Saylena Fay, undergraduate research assistant (2022)
Claudia Nault, BSc research credits (2021-2022)
Marc-Olivier Maalsnaes, BSc research credits (2021-2022)
Kristof Mercier, BSc research credits (2021-2022)
Gillian Martin, postdoctoral researcher (2020-2021)
Maria Luiza Marinho Oliveira, research intern (2021)