Socially distanced hike on Mont Hatley, October 2021 (from left to
right: Mark Vellend, Ming Ni, Christine Wallis, Hasanki Gamhewa,
Anna Crofts, Madelaine Anderson)

Socially distanced lab picnic: Diane Auberson-Lavoie, Françoise
Cardou, Ming Ni, Mark Vellend, Anna Crofts, Mélanie Béhé, Christina
Rinas, Sabine St-Jean, Isabelle Lefebvre (Parc Jaques Cartier,
juillet 2020)
Back row: Mark Vellend, Christina Rinas, Françoise Cardou, David Watts, Ming Ni; From row: Anna Crofts, Amanda Young, Diane Auberson-Lavoie (Mont Mégantic, mars 2019)

Same people, same day, selfie version.

Past Graduate Students and Post-docs
Terri Lacourse
UBC NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2006-2007
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Victoria
Website
Patrick Lilley
UBC M.Sc. 2005-2007: "Determinants of native and exotic plant species diversity and composition in remnant oak savannas on southeastern Vancouver Island"
Current Position: Environmental Consultant, Kerr Wood Leidal
patrick(at)lilley.ca
http://www.kwl.ca/people/patrick-lilley
Emily Drummond
UBC M.Sc. 2006-2009: "The consequences of genetic diversity for invasion success in populations of dandelions"
Current Position: Postdoc, Rieseberg Lab
ebmd(a)interchange.ubc.ca
Hiroshi Tomimatsu
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow (Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science) 2007-2009
Current Position: Associate Professor, Yamagata University
htomimatsu [at] sci.kj.yamagata-u.ac.jp
http://sci.kj.yamagata-u.ac.jp/~htomimatsu/index_e.html
Will Cornwell
UBC Biodiversity Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellow 2007-2009
Current Position: Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia
wcornwell@gmail.com
http://willcornwell.org/
Tom Deane
UBC M.Sc. 2008-2010: "Environmental and biotic influences on the abundance and distribution of an introduced grass species: implications for management in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia"
tomdeane17th(a)hotmail.com
Tanis Gieselman
UBC M.Sc. 2008-2010: "Changes in grassland community composition at human-mediated edges in the south Okanagan"
Current position: Vice-president, Central Okanagan Land Trust
tanis.gieselman(at)gmail.com
Nathan Kraft
UBC Biodiversity Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellow 2009-2011
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles http://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/eeb-kraft/
Isla Myers-Smith
Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-2012
Current Position: Chancellor's Fellow, University of Edinburgh
https://teamshrub.com/
Carissa Brown
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2011-2013
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Memorial University
http://carissabrown.wixsite.com/home
Heather Kharouba
Ph.D., UBC, 2008-2013, "The influence of spatial and temporal climate variation on species'
distributions, phenologies and interactions"
Current Position (autumn 2016): Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
https://kharoubalab.weebly.com/
Jenny McCune
Ph.D., UBC, 2008-2013, "The long-term history of plant communities on southeastern Vancouver island based on vegetation resurveys and phytolith analysis"
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Lethbridge
http://jlmccune.weebly.com/
Robin Beauséjour
M.Sc.,
2011-2014, "Influence des perturbations anthropiques historiques sur les patrons d’invasion de plantes et de vers de terre non-indigènes dans une forêt primaire tempérée (Réserve Naturelle Gault, Mont St-Hilaire)"
Current position:
Agent technique chez Ville de Montréal
robinbeausejour@yahoo.ca
Josée Savage
M.Sc., 2012-2014, "Changements temporels dans la végétation du Mont-Mégantic sur quatre décennies : effet du réchauffement climatique"
Josee.Savage@USherbrooke.ca
Geneviève Lajoie
M.Sc., 2012-2014, "Des sources de l’association trait-environnement entre les communautés végétales : Comprendre la dépendance sur le contexte de la contribution de la variation intraspécifique"
Current position: Ph.D. student, UQAM
Genevieve.Lajoie3@USherbrooke.ca
Jean-Philippe Lessard
QCBS Postdoctoral Fellow
2012-2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Concordia University
http://jeanphilippelessard.com/
Anne Bjorkman
M.Sc., 2006-2009, "Changes in the landscape and vegetation of southeastern Vancouver Island and Saltspring Islands, Canada, since European settlement"
Ph.D., 2009-2014, "Ecological and evolutionary consequences of experimental and natural warming in the high Arctic tundra"
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Germany
http://annebjorkman.com/
Jamie Leathem
M.Sc., 2009-2014, "Community assembly along subarctic roadsides: the role of plant functional traits in native and exotic species"
Current Position: Ecosystems Biologist, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
jamieleathem@gmail.com
Morgane Urli
Post-doctoral fellow, 2013-2015
Current position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Québec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife & Parks
morgane.urli@gmail.com
http://www.morganeurli.com
Martine Fugère
M.Sc., 2013-2015, "Étude du patron d'invasion des vers de terre exotiques dans le Parc national du Mont-Tremblan et de leurs impacts sur le milieu forestier"
Current position:
Rédactrice/animatrice en vulgarisation scientifique chez Zapiens
Martine.Fugere@USherbrooke.ca
Benjamin Marquis (co-supervised by Matthew Peros, Bishop's)
M.Sc., 2014-2016, "La limite de répartition supérieure de l’érable à sucre et du bouleau jaune sous contrôle climatique : étude dendroécologique le long d’un gradient d’élévation".
Current position: Ph.D. student, UQAT
Benjamin.Marquis@USherbrooke.ca
Julien Beguin
FQRNT Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2015
Current position: Biologist, Centre de Foresterie des Laurentides
julien.beguin@canada.ca
Cesc Murria
Beatriu de Pinós Research Fellow, 2013-2016
Current position: Freshwater Ecology and Management, Departament d'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona
cmurria@ub.edu
Website
Sébastien Rivest
M.Sc. 2015-2017, "Variations altitudinales des interactions biotiques et de la phénologie de la floraison chez deux plantes de sous-étage de l'est de l'Amérique du nord"
Current position: Ph.D. student, University of Ottawa
sebastien.rivest@usherbrooke.ca
Liz Kleynhans
Ph.D. 2011-2018 (UBC), "Community context of adaptation to environmental change"
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, University of British Columbia
kleynhan(a)zoology.ubc.ca
Antoine Becker-Scarpitta
Ph.D. 2014-2018, "Dynamiques temporelles des communautés végétales forestières en réponses aux changements globaux"
antoine.becker.scarpitta@gmail.com
Julie Messier
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2018.
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
https://juliemessier.org/
Véronique Boucher-Lalonde
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2018
Current position: Department of Fisheries and Oceans
veronique.boucher.lalonde@gmail.com
Diane Auberson-Lavoie M.Sc. 2017-2019.
"Causes et conséquences de l'herbivorie par le cerf de Virginie sur
Trillium erectum le long d'un gradient élévationnel"
Current position: Animatrice, Parc Yamaska, SÉPAQ
diane.auberson-lavoie@usherbrooke.ca
Amanda Young Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2019
Current position: Spatial and Environmental Data Center Manager,
Toolik Field Station, Alaska.
ayoung55@alaska.edu
David Watts Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2019
davidawatts@yahoo.com
Sabine St-Jean Technicienne, 2019-2020
Current position: Coordonateur de laboratoire, Université de
Sherbrooke
sabine.st-jean@usherbrooke.ca
Alexis Carteron Ph.D. 2016-2020
(co-supervisé, U. Montréal). "La dominance mycorhizienne en tant que
facteur local déterminant des processus écologiques forestiers".
Current position: Postdoc, Université de Montréal
alexis.carteron@umontreal.ca
Victor Danneyrolles Postdoc, 2017-2020
(co-supervisé, Rimouski, Abitibi) Current position: Postdoc,
Université de Sherbrooke
victor_dnr@hotmail.fr
Erin Crockett Ph.D. 2021 (co-supervised with
Elena Bennett, McGill University) Current position: Postdoctoral
researcher, United States Forest Service / University of New
Hampshire
https://forestthreats.org/about/who-we-are/rtp-team/bios/biography-of-erin-crockett
Françoise Cardou Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020
Current position: Postdoc, University of Toronto
https://francoisecardou.wixsite.com/site
Inês Martins Postdoctoral Fellow, Leverhulme
Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity (co-supervised with Chris
Thomas & Maria Dornelas) Current position: Postdoc, University of
St. Andrews
https://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/diversity/dr-ines-martins/
Old lab pictures...

Diane Auberson-Lavoie, Mark Vellend, Sébastien Rivest, Amanda Young (Mont Mégantic, mars 2017)

Labo, August 2016: Yuanzhi Li (Shipley lab), Chuping Wu, Julie Messier, Jinliang Liu, Mélissa Paquet, Antoine Becker-Scarpitta, Mark Vellend, Nikola Tutic, Sébastien Rivest

Labo, mars 2014: Morgane, Antoine, Cesc, François, Geneviève, Benjamin

Labo, juillet 2012: Anne-Sophie, Geneviève, Leonardo, Josée, Carissa, Robin, Isla, Valérie, Mark

July 2007, Vancouver Island: Anne Bjorkman, Emily Drummond, Laura Super, Mark Vellend, Patrick Lilley, Jen Muir, Hiroshi Tomimatsu

May 2008, Golden Ears Provincial Park: Hiroshi Tomimatsu, Jenn Muir, Mark Vellend, Maurice Agha, Heather Kharouba, Emily Drummond, Anne Bjorkman, Nozomi Tomimatsu, Will Cornwell, Tanis Gieselman, Jenny McCune

May 2010, Taylor Point, Saturna Island: Nathan Kraft, Jenny McCune, Heather Kharouba, Mark Vellend, Tanis Gieselman, Jamie Leathem, Anne Bjorkman

Christmas/Farewell Party 2010: Back row: Jamie, Jenny, Emily, Dan, Annabelle, Heather, Anne, Hannes, Patrick, Mark, Félix, Véronique, Nathan; Front row: Liz, Joe, Janet, Tanis |