Megan Cyr
Biography:
Megan is a fourth year BioPsych student who joined ABEL in January 2020. She previously worked on projects examining how wastewater effluent affects macrozooplankton assemblages in Hamilton harbour, and performed a systematic review of minnow trapping methods. This past year, she conducted an exciting thesis project with Team Caffeine, studying the how aversive learning varies between wild-caught vs. lab-reared fathead minnow. This summer she has joined our NSERC Promo science outreach project, Fishing for Sciennce annd is inspiring the next generation to look after our aquatic habitats. Megan is a native Hamiltonian and helps to teach the rest of the lab all the well kept secrets of her home town.