American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Ecological Society of America

2007 - 2009   NCEAS Postdoctoral Fellow (declined)
2003 - 2006   EPA STAR Graduate Fellow (Georgia Tech)
           2004   Most Outstanding Biology Graduate Student Award 2004 (Georgia Tech)
2002 - 2003   NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Fellow

                      (Georgia Tech)     
2001 - 2002   School of Biology Chemical Ecology Fellow (Georgia Tech)
           1997   Phi Beta Kappa, national honor society (University of North Carolina at

                      Chapel Hill)
1995 - 1996   Sonya Stone Academic Scholarship (University of North Carolina at

                      Chapel Hill)
           1995   Presidential Scholar Award (Young Harris College)
           1994   Phi Theta Kappa, national honor society (Young Harris College)

 

My scientific interests are broad, but generally focus on understanding how variation within and across species influence patterns and processes in aquatic communities along productivity gradients.  I use a model system consisting of recently cultured, clonal cyanobacteria and herbivorous zooplankton to study how interactions between these critters influence the development of harmful cyanobacterial blooms.  Such events can poison freshwater habitats used for recreation and drinking water.  Other research in the lab includes, understanding the effects of invasive species on community structure, meta-analysis, concerns with evaluating the ecological literature, and mutualisms. To find more about the research conducted in my lab, check out http://www.wilsonlab.com

Title	Journal	Year
Ivasive zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) increase cyanbacterial toxin concentrations in low-nutrient lakes	Candian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science	2008
A direct test of cyanobacterial chemical defense: Variable effects of microcystin-treated food on two Daphnia pulicaria clones	Limnology and Oceanography	2007
Journal Impact Factors Are Inflated	BioScience	2007
Effects of cyanobacterial toxicity and morphology on the population growth of freshwater zooplankton: Meta-analyses of laboratory experiments	Limnology and Oceanography	2006
Intraspecific Variation in Growth and Morphology of the Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa	Applied and Environmental Microbiology	2006
Complex interactions between the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, and the harmful phytoplankter, Microcystis aeruginosa	Limnology and Oceanography	2005
Genetic Variation of the Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa within and among Lakes: Implications for Harmful Algal Blooms	Applied and Environmental Microbiology	2005
Local adaptation of Daphnia pulicaria to toxic cyanobacteria	Limnology and Oceanography	2005
Dominance of the noxious cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa in low-nutrient lakes is associated with exotic zebra mussels	Limnology and Oceanography	2004
MUTUALISMS AND AQUATIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend	Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics	2004
Effects of zebra mussels on phytoplankton and ciliates: a field mesocosm experiment	Journal of Plankton Research	2003
Relationship between zebra mussel biomass and total phosphorus in European and North American lakes	Archiv für Hydrobiologie	2002

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