{"id":126,"date":"2018-01-10T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T17:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2026-10-21T10:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:26:21","slug":"grad-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/grad-students\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        People\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"andrew-simons-principal-investigator\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andrew Simons (Principal Investigator)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/people\/andrew-simons\/\">Full Profile<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/dscn1090_3_2_med-160x203.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142\" role=\"none\" 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max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                            \n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h2 id=\"current-students\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        Current Students\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            people\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-7xl md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n                        \n                    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 text-center group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/people\/harrison-hitsman\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"px-6 pt-8 pb-2 mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg cu-figure--round\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/HarryHItsman.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\n                                <\/figure>\n        \n        <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n            <h3 class=\"text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                                    Harrison\n                    Hitsman\n                            <\/h3>\n        <\/header>\n        <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 font-normal\">\n            <ul class=\"space-y-2 text-sm text-cu-black-700\">\n                                    <li class=\"text-sm font-normal\">\n                        Research Associate\n                    <\/li>\n                                                                    <li>\n                        \n                                            <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 text-center group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/people\/matthew-coffey\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"px-6 pt-8 pb-2 mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg cu-figure--round\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/P1090739.jpeg\" alt=\"Matthew\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\n                                <\/figure>\n        \n        <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n            <h3 class=\"text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                                    Matthew\n                    Coffey\n                            <\/h3>\n        <\/header>\n        <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 font-normal\">\n            <ul class=\"space-y-2 text-sm text-cu-black-700\">\n                                    <li class=\"text-sm font-normal\">\n                        Ph.D. Candidate\n                    <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                        <strong class=\"font-semibold break-all text-cu-red-700 hover:underline\">\n                            <a href=\"mailto:MatthewCoffey@cmail.carleton.ca\">\n                                Email\n                                Matthew\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/strong>\n                    <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                        \n                                            <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 text-center group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/people\/450\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"px-6 pt-8 pb-2 mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg cu-figure--round\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/lobinf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\n                                <\/figure>\n        \n        <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n            <h3 class=\"text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                                    Melissa\n                    Labelle\n                            <\/h3>\n        <\/header>\n        <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 font-normal\">\n            <ul class=\"space-y-2 text-sm text-cu-black-700\">\n                                    <li class=\"text-sm font-normal\">\n                        M.Sc. Candidate \n                    <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                        <strong class=\"font-semibold break-all text-cu-red-700 hover:underline\">\n                            <a href=\"mailto:melissa.labelle3@carleton.ca\">\n                                Email\n                                Melissa\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/strong>\n                    <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                        \n                                            <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 text-center group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/people\/winston-campeau\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"px-6 pt-8 pb-2 mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg cu-figure--round\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/andrewsimonslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/DSC_0310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\n                                <\/figure>\n        \n        <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n            <h3 class=\"text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                                    Winston\n                    Campeau\n                            <\/h3>\n        <\/header>\n        <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 font-normal\">\n            <ul class=\"space-y-2 text-sm text-cu-black-700\">\n                                    <li class=\"text-sm font-normal\">\n                        Ph.D. Candidate\n                    <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                        <strong class=\"font-semibold break-all text-cu-red-700 hover:underline\">\n                            <a href=\"mailto:winston.campeau@carleton.ca\">\n                                Email\n                                Winston\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/strong>\n                    <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                        \n                                            <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n        <\/div>\n        \n                \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"former-graduate-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former Graduate Students:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Paul-Rene Dreesen, M.Sc. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Methods for interpreting an untested Darwinian conjecture.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Leo Gutierrez, M.Sc.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eco-evolutionary significance of turion reactivation in greater duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Shravan Raghu, M.Sc.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The experimental evolution of constraint as adaptation in yeast: How bet-hedging evolves in a fungal model system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Harrison Hitsman, M.Sc<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geographic variation in phenotypic plasticity of turion formation in greater duckweed,\u00a0<em>Spirodela polyrhiza.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Lina Wen, M.Sc.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An evaluation of seed count as a fitness measure in plants, including an empirical test using\u00a0<em>Lobelia inflata.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Riley Morris,\u00a0M.Sc.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A mesocosm study: Environment-dependent fitness effects of phenotypic variation in Greater Duckweed,\u00a0<em>Spirodela polyrhiza<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Kristen C\u00f4t\u00e9,&nbsp;M.Sc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The maintenance of genetic variation through genotype-environment interaction in&nbsp;<em>Lobelia inflata.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Hebah Mejbel,&nbsp;M.Sc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Birth order and temperature effects on variation in overwintering turion formation in the duckweed,&nbsp;<em>Spirodela polyrhiza<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">P. William Hughes,&nbsp;Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phenotypic plasticity in the semelparous life history of&nbsp;<em>Lobelia inflata<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Mary Compton,&nbsp;M.Sc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turion generation and emergence in Greater Duckweed,&nbsp;Spirodela polyrhiza,in response to environmental variability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Josh Van Wieren,&nbsp;M.Sc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Effects of prescribed fire and mechanical treatments on pitch pine (Pinus rigida) regeneration in the Thousand Islands ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Johann Wagner, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Comparison of Life-history Characters of Arctic and Alpine Populations&nbsp;of the Annual&nbsp;<em>Koenigia islandica<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Jeffrey Graham, M.Sc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Empirical Test of Adaptive Bet Hedging in&nbsp;<em>Neurospora crassa<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">David O\u2019Connor, M.Sc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effect of community complexity on species performance profiles along a thermal gradient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Glenn Murray, M.Sc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quantifying Site-Specific Environmental Variance for Life-History Analyses:&nbsp;A Novel Application of Dendrochronology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Simons (Principal Investigator) Full Profile Former Graduate Students: Paul-Rene Dreesen, M.Sc. Methods for interpreting an untested Darwinian conjecture. Leo Gutierrez, M.Sc. The eco-evolutionary significance of turion reactivation in greater duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza. Shravan Raghu, M.Sc. The experimental evolution of constraint as adaptation in yeast: How bet-hedging evolves in a fungal model system. 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