Our lab studies how the interactions between species affect the structure and dynamics of ecological communities. We are particularly interested in aquatic systems, both marine and freshwater, and use a combination of observational and experimental approaches to inform and test mathematical models of multispecies interactions. We thereby aim to contribute theory that integrates our understanding of the behaviour of individuals (e.g., predator foraging) with the ecosystem-level consequences of the interacting populations and species they constitute.
Our lab values diversity. We are immigrants and the descendants of immigrants. We are atheists, agnostics, and people of faith. We don’t all look the same, love the same, or share the same heroes. We are scientists.
Mark Novak
Associate Professor
Arina Martin
Graduate student (starting Fall 2024)
climate change, trophic interactions, community ecology
Cheyenne Jarman
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
consumer-resource dynamics, interaction modifications, machine learning
Timeyin Pajiah
Graduate student (starting Fall 2024)
predator-prey interactions, temporal variation, species coexistence
Alumni
Shannon Hennessey
Arizona State University (postdoc)
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, ARCS Foundation Fellow
Alison Iles
Postdoc
Technicians and Undergraduate Alumni
David Rockow
Honors Student
Hamza Moulvi
Independent Research
Alicen Billings
Research Assistant
Daniel Gradison
Research Assistant
Jonny Schwartz
Research Assistant
Sam Sturman
Research Assistant
Simone Vachon
Independent Research
