Fiona Soper
PI, Assistant professor
I am Zimbabwean-Australian (our lab logo, an Acacia, is emblematic of these places as well as being a nitrogen-fixer– of course!), and have also lived in the US (New York and Montana), Sweden, and Nunavut. As well as being a physiological ecologist, biogeochemist and nutrient enthusiast, I'm a budding herpetologist, and an average-but-enthusiastic rock climber, tree climber, backpacker, kayaker, sailor, and hunter.
fiona.soper@mcgill.ca
@FionaSoper
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PI, Assistant professor
I am Zimbabwean-Australian (our lab logo, an Acacia, is emblematic of these places as well as being a nitrogen-fixer– of course!), and have also lived in the US (New York and Montana), Sweden, and Nunavut. As well as being a physiological ecologist, biogeochemist and nutrient enthusiast, I'm a budding herpetologist, and an average-but-enthusiastic rock climber, tree climber, backpacker, kayaker, sailor, and hunter.
fiona.soper@mcgill.ca
@FionaSoper
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Photo credit: Dado Galdieri
Caroline Dallstream
PhD student
I'm a nature lover who's interested in exploring the physiology of plant-fungus-microbiome interactions and scaling up to the ecosystem level. I grew up in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona but completed my B.Sc. in Environmental Science at Western Washington University where I collected tree ring records in the North Cascades for my honors projects. After school, I moved to Chile to work as a research assistant at a Patagonian ecological research center (CIEP), where I mostly worked on non-structural carbohydrate dynamics and leaf nutrient resorption in trees. My varied interests include literature, art, music, and all physical activities which I hope to incorporate, directly or indirectly, into my work with the Soper Lab.
caroline.dallstream@mail.mcgill.ca
PhD student
I'm a nature lover who's interested in exploring the physiology of plant-fungus-microbiome interactions and scaling up to the ecosystem level. I grew up in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona but completed my B.Sc. in Environmental Science at Western Washington University where I collected tree ring records in the North Cascades for my honors projects. After school, I moved to Chile to work as a research assistant at a Patagonian ecological research center (CIEP), where I mostly worked on non-structural carbohydrate dynamics and leaf nutrient resorption in trees. My varied interests include literature, art, music, and all physical activities which I hope to incorporate, directly or indirectly, into my work with the Soper Lab.
caroline.dallstream@mail.mcgill.ca
Mia Marcellus
MS student
Hi! I graduated from Queen’s in Spring 2020 (shoutout to covid grads!) where I majored in Biology. My highlights during this time include ecology research in the Sonoran Desert; working on invasive species at the Queen’s University Biological Station; and studying plasticity and genetic variation in an invasive plant for my Honors thesis with Dr. Rob Colautti (CRC Rapid Evolution).
I was drawn to pursue my MSc in Biology with Dr. Soper because of her emphasis on mentorship and insanely cool research topics in plant physiological ecology. I am interested in using volcanoes in Costa Rica as a natural lab to examine how nutrient availability influences the ability for common tropical plant families to respond to elevated CO2 – in other words, I want to investigate how tropical plants are responding to climate change. A big thank you to NSERC for helping to fund this research! On a random note, I love the outdoors, windsurfing, and painting. Looking forward to exploring the rich culture of Montreal!
mia.marcellus@mail.mcgill.ca
MS student
Hi! I graduated from Queen’s in Spring 2020 (shoutout to covid grads!) where I majored in Biology. My highlights during this time include ecology research in the Sonoran Desert; working on invasive species at the Queen’s University Biological Station; and studying plasticity and genetic variation in an invasive plant for my Honors thesis with Dr. Rob Colautti (CRC Rapid Evolution).
I was drawn to pursue my MSc in Biology with Dr. Soper because of her emphasis on mentorship and insanely cool research topics in plant physiological ecology. I am interested in using volcanoes in Costa Rica as a natural lab to examine how nutrient availability influences the ability for common tropical plant families to respond to elevated CO2 – in other words, I want to investigate how tropical plants are responding to climate change. A big thank you to NSERC for helping to fund this research! On a random note, I love the outdoors, windsurfing, and painting. Looking forward to exploring the rich culture of Montreal!
mia.marcellus@mail.mcgill.ca
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Natalie Swartz
Undergraduate Research Assistant
natalie.swartz@mail.mcgill.ca
Former Members
Emily Brown (USRA)
Undergraduate Research Assistant
natalie.swartz@mail.mcgill.ca
Former Members
Emily Brown (USRA)
