Principal Investigator
Professor of Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology, Canada Research Chair
Institute of Environmental Science and Department of Biology
Members Of Our Lab
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steven_cooke@carleton.ca -
Jessica Taylor
Jessjtaylor16@gmail.com Lab Manager/Research Biologist
Research interests: Intergenerational effects of oxidative stress, stress physiology, systematic review
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Lisa Donaldson
Lisa.Donaldson@carleton.ca Lab Manager/Research Biologist
Research interests: Environmental assessments, conservation, migration behaviour, citizen-science, environmental forecasting, and data management
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Michael R. Donaldson
michael.r.donaldson@gmail.com Honorary Research Fellow
Research interests: fisheries, climate change, habitat development, and science communication
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Daniel Struthers
danstruthers88@gmail.com Research Biologist
2016 -
Dr. Jigang Xia
jigangxia@163.com Visiting Scientist
2016Research interests: Conservation physiology of endangered fish, the phenotypic plasticity of fish in response to a changing environment, and the effects of global warming on predator-prey interactions in fish communities.
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Chris Elvidge
chris.k.elvidge@gmail.com Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: fish ecology, predator-prey interactions, personality, salmon conservation and environmental mediation – anthropogenic and otherwise – of cognitive information use.
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Christine L. Madliger
madlige@uwindsor.ca Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests: Validation of conservation physiology tools, stress physiology in the context of conservation, physiological and behavioural responses to human-induced environmental change.
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Oliver Love
University of Windsor
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Jake Brownscombe
jbrownsc@connect.carleton.ca Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests: Behavioural and physiological ecology, ecological energetics, biologging and biotelemetry, accelerometry, biological invasions, recreational fisheries, catch-and-release science
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Kathryn Peiman
Kathryn.Peiman@carleton.ca Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: the ecological causes and evolutionary consequences of individual and population-level variation in trait integration (diet, morphology, physiology, behaviour…); movement and habitat selection; interspecific competition; conservation.
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Lee F.G. Gutowsky
leegutowsky@gmail.com Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: movement ecology, fisheries biology and management, biological invasions, animal personality, and the physiological, behavioural, and evolutionary consequences of angling.
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Liset Cruz Font
lisetcruzfont@gmail.com Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: movement ecology, effects of climate change on fish behaviour, movement and dynamics of fish populations, fish (and fisheries) biology and implications in management and conservation.
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Philip Harrison
pharriso@uwaterloo.ca Postdoctoral Researcher
2014Co-advised by Micheal Power at University of Waterloo, and Brent Mossop at BC Hydro
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Robert de Bruijn
physiologistemail @ gmail.com Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: physiology, endocrinology, behavior, and ecology, and how individual variation and phenotypic plasticity in these contexts influence individual fitness.
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Trina Rytwinski
trinarytwinski@cmail.carleton.ca Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests: Road and traffic effects on wildlife; road mitigation; experimental study designs; meta-analysis
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Aaron Zolderdo
aaronzolderdo@cmail.carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
Jan 2016 - Jan 2020 -
Andrea Reid
andreajane.reid@carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
September 2015 - September 2019Thesis topic: the ecology, physiology, and conservation of wild fish
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Andrew M. Rous
andrew.rous@carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
January 2014 – December 2017Thesis topic: Spatial ecology of fish communities
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Dirk Algera
dirkalgera@cmail.carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
May 2016 - May 2020 -
Jacqueline Chapman
jacqchapman@gmail.com Ph.D. Candidate
September 2014 - September 2018Thesis topic: Tracking post-release behaviour, disease and fate of salmonid species after fisheries interactions to evaluate consequences associated with catch and release practices
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Lisa Kelly
lisakelly.lak@gmail.com Ph.D. Candidate
September 2016 - September 2020Research Interests: The microbiome and the fitness of wild fishes.
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Mike Lawrence
m_lawrence27@live.ca Ph.D. Candidate
September 2014 - September 2018Thesis topic: Influence of the stress axis on predator-prey interactions
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Robert Lennox
robertlennox9@gmail.com Ph.D. Candidate
May 2013 - April 2016Thesis topic: Effects of catch-and-release angling on Atlantic salmon survival and migration behaviour in Norwegian rivers
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Shannon Bower
shannon.bower@carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
September 2012 - September 2016Thesis topic: Advancing an integrated framework for assessment of emerging catch-and-release recreational fisheries in the developing world
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Taylor Ward
taylor.ward@carleton.ca Ph.D. Candidate
September 2014 - September 2018Thesis Topic: Spatial and trophic ecology of freshwater salmonids in managed environments
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Vivian M Nguyen
vivian.m.n@gmail.com Ph.D. Candidate
Co-supervised by Dr. Nathan Young, University of Ottawa, ON
Thesis topic: knowledge mobilization in aquatic telemetry.
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Beckie Manouchehri
beckiemanouchehri@cmail.carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
September 2016 - April 2018Research interests: biomechanics, health, animal physiology
Thesis topic: A study of the effect of attached measuring devices on the swimming ability of fish.
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Brittany Sullivan
brittany.sullivan@carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
May 2015 - May 2017Thesis Topic: The passage efficiency of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) following a partial removal of 40 Mile Creek Dam
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Caleigh Delle Palme
Caleigh_dellepalme@carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
September 2016- September 2018Co-supervised by Dr. Nathan Young
Research Topic: Knowledge Mobilization and Fisheries Management
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Clay Steell
ClaySteell@cmail.carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
September 2016 - September 2018Research Interests: marine fish ecology and coastal change.
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Jill Brooks
jillbrooks85@gmail.com M.Sc. Student
May 2015 - May 2017Co-supervised by Dr. Sue Doka (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
Thesis topic: Spatial ecology of walleye in Hamilton Harbour in relation to restoration efforts.
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Kaitlyn Montroy
KaitlynMontroy@cmail.carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
September 2014 - September 2016Thesis: The joint effect of herbicide drift and competition on plant populations
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Kim Birnie-Gauvin
KimBirnieGauvin@cmail.carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
September 2015 - December 2016Thesis topic: Fish ecology
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Laura Elmer
lauraelmer193@gmail.com M.Sc. Student
September 2016 - September 2018Research Topic: Impacts of climate change on Pacific salmonids
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Matthew Ford
mford092@uottawa.ca M.Sc. Student
Sept 2015 – Sept 2017Thesis Topic: Investigating the use of integrated louver – light guidance devices for behavioural guidance of at risk migratory and invasive species.
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Petra Szekeres
PetraSzekeres@cmail.carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
January 2015 - January 2017Thesis topic: Ecology, physiology and behaviour of juvenile bonefish (Albula vulpes) in the Bahamas.
Research Interests: Acoustic telemetry, spatial ecology and fish conservation, thermal biology, anthropogenic disturbances to fish populations, behavioural ecology, marine vertebrate and invertebrate respirometry.
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Sarah Walton
sarah.walton14@gmail.com M.Sc. Student
September 2016 - September 2018Co-Supervised by Dr. John Farrell at SUNY -ESF (State University of New York College of Environmental Studies and Forestry).
Research Interests: Acoustic and radio telemetry, fisheries ecology, conservation biology, species at risk (fish and turtles). -
Tanya Prystay
tanyaprystay@cmail.carleton.ca M.Sc. Student
May 2016 - May 2018Thesis topic: Using heart rate loggers to determine smallmouth bass parental care energy investment
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William Twardek
william.twardek@gmail.com M.Sc. Student
May 2016 - May 2018Co-supervised by Dr. Andy Danylchuk
Thesis Topic: Evaluating catch-and-release practices for species at risk
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Alice Abrams
AliceAbrams@cmail.carleton.ca Honours Student
May 2016 - May 2017Comparing the immobilization and recovery of multiple fish species associated with Electric Fish Handling Gloves and the Portable Electroanesthesia System.
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Emma Cooke
EmmaCooke@cmail.carleton.ca Honours Student
May 2015 - May 2016Thesis topic: fish ecology
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Ian Jason Byerley
IanJasonByerley@cmail.carleton.ca Honours Student
May 2016 - May 2017The correlation between hook placement and personality in Northern Pike (Esox lucius).
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Madison Philipp
md426372@dal.ca Honours Student
May 2016 - May 2017Thesis topic: Fish Ecology
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Millen Tsegaye
millen.tsegaye@carleton.ca Honours Student
May 2016 - May 2017Thesis topic: fish spatial ecology and habitat use of Brewer Pond restoration project
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Ryan Maxwell
ryan.maxwell@carleton.ca Honours Student
May 2016 - May 2017Thesis Topic: Effects of boat motor noise on largemouth bass nesting behaviour
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Connor Reid
ConnorReid@cmail.carleton.ca Visiting Student
May 2015 -
Dana Dusevic
DanaDusevic@cmail.carleton.ca Visiting Student
May 2016- September 2016 -
Shannon Clarke
ShannonClarke@cmail.carleton.ca Visiting Student
May 2015
Latest News
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Cooke Lab hosted Dr. David Philipp and Julie Claussen.
September 25, 2016 6:13 pm
Cooke Lab hosted Dr. David Philipp and Julie Claussen from the Univ of Illinois and Fisheries Conservation Foundation. Dave spoke on his long-term research on nesting bass and angling while Julie spoke on Mahseer telemetry research in Bhutan… Read More
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Science Literacy Week Fish Migration Event
September 22, 2016 4:48 pm
As part of Science Literacy Week, members of the Cooke lab teamed up with the Beaverbrook Library in Ottawa to educate 25 school children about fish migration and how telemetry science can be used to study migration. Following a short … Read More
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Dr. Cooke attends the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii
September 7, 2016 7:29 pm
Dr. Cooke attends the IUCN World Conservation Congress ( the world’s largest and most inclusive environmental decision-making forum) in Hawaii to participate in several sessions related to inland fish and fisheries.… Read More
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FECPL at the first ever Environmental Evidence meeting in Stockholm
August 30, 2016 8:14 pm
Dr. Cooke and lab manager Jessica Taylor attend the first ever Environmental Evidence meeting in Stockholm. While there, they also met with the MISTRA EviEM team at the Stockholm Environment Institute and represented the Canadian Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation and … Read More
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Cooke Lab collaboration yield media attention in the Vancouver Sun
August 30, 2016 8:10 pm
Cooke Lab collaboration with OTN and Montana MacLean at Dalhousie yield media attention in the Vancouver Sun
“A new international study is raising serious questions about a lucrative catch-and-release sport fishery for threatened white sturgeon in the lower Fraser River.… Read More