Exploring interactions between animals and their environments

Photo: Raul Suarez

About the lab

Our research falls within the fields of ecological, evolutionary, and conservation physiology. We combine field and laboratory studies to understand how birds, mammals and fish respond to environmental stressors.

Latest news

  • Graduate student scholarship

    April 2024

    Congratulations to MSc student Emma Byers on being awarded on Ontario Graduate Scholarship for her work on butterflies!

  • Successful MSc defence

    Feb 2024

    Congratulations to Michael Campbell, on the successful defence of his MSc thesis on the interacting effects of diet and temperature on zebra finch physiology

  • Successful PhD candidacy exam

    Feb 2024

    Congratulations to Megan Heft, who successfully passed her PhD candidacy exam!

For such a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice, or a few such animals, on which it can be most conveniently studied.”

— August Krogh, 1929

Why our work matters

We provide scientists and managers with rigorous physiological data on the limits to organismal performance, and on the role of phenotypic plasticity as a mechanism to permit population persistence in response to rapid environmental change

Join the lab!

Interested in animal ecological, evolutionary, or conservation physiology?

We welcome inquires for prospective undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post-doctoral fellows

Photo: Johanna Schroeder