People
People
Dr. Dave Lytle
2002-present Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Oregon State University
2001-2002 D.H. Smith Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arizona
2000-2001 Postdoctoral Associate, University of Chicago
2000 PhD, Cornell University, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Current lab members:
PhD Students:
Jesse Fritz (coadvised with Matt Orr) - ecology of intermittent stream ecosystems
Isaac Schuman (coadvised with Anna Jolles) - eDNA of Grand Canyon fish parasites and pathogens
Alexis Griffin (coadvised with Francis Chan) - humans and salmon across riverscapes
Colin Grosvenor - distribution modeling of invasive aquatic species with eDNA
Cedar Mackaness - bioinformatic processing and analytical pipelines for eDNA
Margaret Mattson - gene expression and rapid evolution during species invasions
Past lab members:
Postdoctoral scholars:
Dr. Jonathan Tonkin - 2016-2018
Dr. Dong Gun Kim - 2014-2015
Dr. Tiffany Schriever - 2012-2015
Dr. Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles - 2012-2013
Dr. Ivan Phillipsen - 2011-2013
Dr. Roberto Mungía - 2008
Dr. John Matthews - 2007
Dr. Debra Finn - 2006-2008
PhD Students:
Dr. Angelika Kurthen - 2025
Dr. Jared Freedman - 2025
Dr. Erin Abernethy - 2022
Dr. Haley Ohms - 2017
Dr. Kate Boersma - 2013
Dr. Michael Bogan - 2012
Dr. Laura McMullen - 2011
Dr. Asako Yamamuro - 2009
MSc Students:
Aaron Klarenbach - 2025
Justin Hockett - 2023
Christi Kruse - 2021
Dave DuBose- 2019
Arlo Pelegrin - 2006
Michael Bogan - 2005
Cathleen Dora - 2004
Lab Managers:
Richard van Driesche - 2015-2018
Sabbatical visitors:
Dr. Bryan Brown (Virginia Tech) - 2025
Dr. Leon Barmuta (U. Tasmania) - 2017-2018
Dr. Russell Death (Massey U.) - 2016
Dr. Alex Flecker (Cornell) - 2008
Dr. Morgan Hannaford (Shasta College) - 2007-2008
