Principal Investigator
Dr. Pieter Johnson
Research interests: disease ecology, invasion biology, aquatic ecosystems
Postdoctoral Researchers
Kyle Christianson
Research interests: aquatic ecology, limnology, mountain lakes, climate change
Tara Stewart Merrill
Research interests: host-parasite interactions, ecological immunology, community ecology, wildlife disease
Graduate Researchers
Brendan Hobart
Research interests: niche, biodiversity, parasitism, trophic interactions
Travis McDevitt-Galles
Research interests: community ecology, invasive species, parasites of invertebrates
Wynne Moss
Research interests: community ecology, predator-prey-parasite interactions, conservation, toxoplasmosis
Lab Personnel
Stephanie Dykema
Research interests: alpine ecology, aquatic food webs, terrestrial/aquatic interactions, climate change
Kelly Loria
Research interests: alpine lakes, zooplankton community dynamics, invasive species, climate change
Jessica Quinn
Research interests: parasite ecology, aquatic ecology, citizen science, invasive species
Sarah Von Hoene
Research interests: marine biology and ecology, conservation, invasive species, coral restoration
Undergraduate Researchers
Ben Johnson
Research interests: parasite extended-phenotype hypothesis, parasite host-manipulation, vertebrate development, cell-signaling, epigenetic mechanisms, epithelial-mesenchymal feedback loops (EMIs)
Sammy Yevak
Research interests: aquatic biology, marine biology, alpine lakes, climate change, environmental education