Partridge Lab
At the intersection of ecology and genomics
People
Contact Info
Principal Investigator: Charlyn Partridge, PhD
Email: partridc@gvsu.edu
Phone: 616-331-3989
Address: 740 W. Shoreline Dr., Muskegon, MI 49441
Technicians
Syndell Parks, MSc
Graduate Students
Current Undergraduate / Summer Students
Kathryn (Kate) Geller (GVSU): Exploring differential gene expression of baby’s breath seedlings from sand dunes and sagebrush steppe environments. Monitoring hemlock woolly adelgids. 3D printing expert.
Elliot Fair (GVSU): Exploring the genetic structure of wild rice populations throughout Michigan. Population assessment of lake sturgeon
Colleen McClure (GVSU): Monitoring hemlock woolly adelgid throughout Michigan’s coastal hemlock forests.
Gabriella Loisch (GVSU): Monitoring hemlock woolly adelgid throughout Michigan’s coastal hemlocks. Assessing eDNA degradation rates
Carly Thayer (MCC): Monitoring hemlock woolly adelgid throughout Michigan’s coastal hemlocks. Assessing eDNA degradation rates
Jim Switzer-Moe (MCC): Monitoring hemlock woolly adelgid throughout Michigan’s coastal hemlocks. Population assessment of lake sturgeon
Lab Alumni (Graduate Students)
Thesis: Examining the impact of microplastic pollution on the health of aquatic wildlife
Completed July 2022
Where is she now: Great Lakes Environmental Center
Thesis: Developing novel molecular detection techniques for Hemlock Woolly Adeglid (Adelges tsugae)
Completed December 2021
Where is she now: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Forestry Services
Thesis: Invasive history of baby’s breath (Gypsophila paniculata) throughout North America.
Completed July 2019
Where is she now: Finishing her PhD at the University of Victoria – Wellington in New Zealand
Thesis: Genetic analysis of invasive baby’s breath populations in the northwest Michigan dunes system.
Completed July 2018.
Where is she now: Dept. of Biology – Eastern Washington University
Lab Alumni (Undergraduate Students)
Cianna Quattrin (GVSU Summer Student): Monitoring hemlock woolly adelgid throughout Michigan’s coastal hemlock forests.
Carlin Moore (GVSU Research Student): Exploring the genetic structure of wild rice populations throughout Michigan.
Leona Addie (GVSU-AWRI Summer Student Intern): Identification of fungal infections in western US G. paniculata populations.
Alex Florian (GVSU-S3 scholar): Influence of alternative reproductive tactics on population growth estimates of invasive round gobies.
Steve Smit (CIGLR Summer Research Fellow): Relationship between genetic diversity and presence of alternative reproductive tactics in round gobies.
Alexis Hoskins (AWRI-GVSU Student Intern, 2018): Population genetics of wild lupin across Michigan.
Marisa Yang (REU Student, 2017): Genetic characterization of different G. paniculata color morphs in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (check out Marisa’s recently accepted paper on the publications tab).
Emily Dusicska (AWRI-GVSU Student Intern, 2017): Development of Microcystis spp. standards for qPCR targeting the 16S, mycD, and PC operon.
McKenna Burns (REU Student, 2016): Characterization of seed development of G. paniculata in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Matt Kienitz (AWRI-GVSU Student Intern, 2016): Assessment of G. paniculata in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore .
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