Angie Lenard

Postdoctoral Scholar She/her/hers, They/them/theirs

Summary

Angie's work focuses on how organisms cope with environmental change, with particular attention on rapid anthropogenic change. Angie completed a Ph.D. studying the multifaceted effects of urbanization on the morphology, physiology, and behavior in cabbage white butterflies. As a postdoc, Angie is examining the effects of agricultural pesticide usage on butterfly assemblages at National wildlife refuges in the California Central Valley.

Research interests

  • Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Phenotypic plasticity
  • Physiology
  • Coloration
  • Thermoregulation
  • Butterflies
  • Ectotherms

Supervisor: Matthew Forister

Education

  • Ph.D in Biology, Case Western Reserve University, 2023
  • M.S in Biology, University of Central Arkansas, 2018
  • B.S. in Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2015