Nic Kooyers

Nic Kooyers
  • Faculty
  • Associate Professor

Education

Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology, 2013
Washington University, St. Louis, MO

B.S. in  Biology and Chemistry (Magna Cum Laude), 2007
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Student Research/Collaboration

  • Plant ecological genetics and genomics
  • Adaptation
  • Plant evolutionary ecology
  • Global change biology

Publications

  • Kooyers, N.J. 2019. Are drought resistance strategies associated with life history strategy? Annals 
    of Botany 124(1):vi-viii. 
  • Lowry, D.B., J.M. Sobel, A.L. Angert, T.L Ashman, R.L. Baker, B.K. Blackman, Y. Brandvain, 
    K.J.R.P. Byers, A.M. Cooley, J.M. Coughlan, M.R. Dudash, C.B. Fenster, K.G. Ferris, L. Fishman, 
    J. Friedman, D.L. Grossenbacher, L.M. Holeski, C.T. Ivey, K.M. Kay, V.A. Koelling, N.J. 
    Kooyers, M. Vallejo-Mar铆n, C.J. Murren, M.L. Peterson, J.R. Puzey, M.C. Rotter, J.R. Seemann, 
    J.P. Sexton , S.N. Sheth, M.A. Streisfeld, A.L. Sweigart, A.D. Twyford, J.H. Willis, C.A. Wu, Y.W 
    Yuan. 2019. The case for the continued use of the genus name Mimulus for all monkeyflowers. 
    Taxon. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12122 
  • Kooyers, N.J., J.M Colicchio, A.B. Greenlee, E. Patterson, N.T. Handloser, B.K. Blackman. 2019. Lagging adaptation to climate change supersedes local adaptation to herbivory in an annual monkeyflower. American Naturalist.194(4): 541-557
  • Kooyers, N.J., B.H. Bakken, M.C. Ungerer, K.M. Olsen. 2018. Freeze-induced cyanide toxicity does not maintain the cyanogenesis polymorphism in white clover (Trifolium repens). American Journal of Botany 105(7): 1-8
  • Kooyers, N.J., B. James, B.K. Blackman. 2017. Competition drives trait evolution and character 
    displacement between Mimulus species along an environmental gradient. Evolution 71(5): 1425
    1427 
    Featured: K.E. Eisen. 2017. Digest: Trait variation in Mimulus provides new evidence for the 
    joint action of ecological sorting and character displacement. Evolution 71(5): 1425-1427 

Awards & Recognition

  • NSF OIA-1920858: 鈥淩II Track-2 FEC: Consortium for Plant Invasion Genomics,
    (CPING): Combining Big Data and Plant Collections to Understand Invasiveness鈥 
    (8/1/2019-7/31/2023; Lead PI, $3,835,497), 2019
  • University of South Florida New Researcher Grant: 鈥淚nvestigating the role of pleiotropy 
    in plant adaptation using next generation sequencing鈥 (5/1/2017-4/30/2018; PI; $9,937), 2017
  • American Genetics Association Ecological, Evolutionary, and Conservation Genomics 
    Research Grant: 鈥淚nvestigating the role of pleiotropy in the adaptive divergence of plant 
    defense arsenals鈥 (4/6/2017-10/15/18; PI; $9,862), 2017
  • Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics Meeting (SEPEEG) Best 
    Postdoctoral Researcher Talk, 2016
  • NSF IOS-1558035: 鈥淢echanisms of malleability and resilience of flowering responses 
    to current and future variability in seasonal cues in a geographically-widespread 
    species鈥 (5/1/16-4/30/20; Co-PI, PI: Ben Blackman; $1,072,974), 2016
  • Donald Danforth Fall Symposium Best Poster Contest Award, 2015
  • NSF DEB-1110588: 鈥淒issertation Research: Determining the mechanisms of recurrent 
    cline evolution in white clover (Trifolium repens)鈥 (6/1/2011-5/31/2013; Co-PI, PI: 
    Kenneth Olsen; $13,539), 2011
  • Midwest Consortium of Sciences Travel Grant: Lawrence University ($580), 2011
  • Penn State Plant Biology Symposium Travel Grant ($350), 2011
  • Washington University: GAANN fellowship, 2010-2012
  • Washington University: Conservation Genetics Workshop Aid Grant ($3,000), 2008
  • American Genetics Association Tuition Aid Grant ($300), 2008
  • NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship, 2007
  • Lumina Award for Outstanding Scholarship (Valparaiso University), 2006
  • Kooyers, N. Valparaiso University: Undergraduate Research Grant ($500), 2005
  • College of Arts and Science Achievement Award, 2003-2006