Professional Positions

Grasselli & Wolkowicz Research Groups, McMaster UniversityHamilton, Canada
Postdoctoral ResearcherNovember 2023 – Present

Education

University of Guelph Guelph, Canada
Doctor of PhilosophySeptember 2018 – September 2023
Thesis: "Resilience across complex systems in a variable world"
Advisor: Dr. Kevin McCann

University of Guelph Guelph, Canada
Master of ScienceJanuary 2016 – August 2018
Thesis: "Flexibility of the spruce budworm – parasitoid food web"
Advisors: Dr. Kevin McCann & Dr. Eldon Eveleigh

University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in EcologySeptember 2010 – May 2014
Thesis: "Access to food drives movement in the Arctic woolly bear caterpillar, Gynaephora groenlandica (Wocke) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)"
Advisors: Dr. Greg Henry & Dr. Greg Crutsinger

Publications

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito, Gabriel Gellner, Kevin S. McCann. 2023. Life history speed, population disappearances, and noise-induced ratchet effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290:20222149.

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito, Sarah J. Dolson, Glen Forbes, Rosanna Lamb, Wayne E. MacKinnon, Kevin S. McCann, M. Alex Smith, Eldon S. Eveleigh. 2022. Phylogenetic community structure and stable isotope analysis of the parasitoid community associated with Eastern spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Agricultural and Forest Entomology 24:476-486.

Marie K. Gutgesell, Kevin S. McCann, Gabriel Gellner, Kevin Cazelles, Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito, Carling Bieg, Matthew M. Guzzo, Connor P. K. Warne, Charlotte Ward, Reilly F. O'Connor, Alexa M. Scott, Brandon C. Graham, Emily J. Champagne, Bailey C. McMeans. 2022. On the Dynamic Nature of Omnivory in a Changing World. BioScience 72:416–430.

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito, Kevin S. McCann, Jochen Fründ, Christopher J. Lucarotti, M. Alex Smith, Eldon S. Eveleigh. 2021. Parasitoid community responds indiscriminately to fluctuating spruce budworm and other caterpillars on balsam fir. The Canadian Entomologist 153:482-496.

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito, Timothy J. Bartley, Karl Cottenie, Will M.C. Jarvis, Amy E.M. Newman, Mason Stothart. 2020. Into the wild: microbiome transplant studies need broader ecological reality. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287(1921):20192834

Matthew A Barbour, Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito, Arezoo Sootodeh, Brendan Locke, Jordi Bascompte. 2020. Loss of consumers constrains phenotypic evoloution in the resulting food web. Evolution Letters 4(3):266-277.

M. Rodriguez-Cabal, N. Barrios-Garcia, C. Greyson-Gaito, H. Slinn and G. Crutsinger. 2019. Non-native ungulates triggered indirect impacts on foliar arthropods, but not on soil function. Biological Invasions. 21(10):3077–3084

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito, Matthew A. Barbour, Mariano A. Rodriguez-Cabal, Gregory M. Crutsinger, Gregory H. R. Henry. (2016). Freedom to move: Arctic caterpillar (Lepidoptera) growth rate increases with access to new willows (Salicaceae). The Canadian Entomologist 148(6):673-682.


Book Chapters

Gabriel Gellner, Kevin S. McCann, Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito. 2020. The Synergistic Effects of Interaction Strength and Lags on Ecological Stability (Chapter). Theoretical Ecology: Concepts and Applications. Edited by Kevin S. McCann and Gabriel Gellner. Oxford University Press. Oxford, United Kingdom.


Scholarships and Awards

Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
Excellence in Doctoral Research (Runner up) June 2023

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral Program ($105,000) September 2018 - August 2021
Undergraduate Student Research Award ($7200) May - August 2014
Undergraduate Student Research Award ($7200) May - August 2012

Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Graduate Research Scholarship ($2500) September 2017

University of Guelph
Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000) September 2021 - August 2022
André Augre Citizenship AwardSeptember 2017 - August 2018
Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology ($15,000) September 2017 - August 2018
Elgin Card Scholarship in Terrestrial Animal Ecology ($4000) October 2016
Arthur D. Latornell Travel Scholarship ($400) May 2016
Graduate Tuition Scholarship ($16000) January 2016 - December 2017

University of Nevada - Reno
Graduate Dean's Merit Scholarship ($10000 USD) – Declined September 2018

University of British Columbia
Mary and Joseph Bryant Scholarship ($825) September 2013
BRITE Undergraduate Student Research Award ($6263) May - August 2013
Go Global International Learning Programs Award ($1500) May - August 2011
President’s Entrance Scholarship ($2500) September 2010

Conference Presentations

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito*, Aaron Delaporte, Alfons Weersink, Kevin S. McCann. Resilience of farms to multi-dimensional noise. Canadian Society for Ecological-Economics Meeting, 11-13 October 2023, Toronto, Ontario.

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito*, Jacob Wilde, Emma Allen-Vercoe, Cortland Griswold, Kevin McCann. Lysogenic bacteriophage as a gene reservoir in gut ecosystems (Poster). Ecological Society of America and Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution Joint Conference, 14-19 August 2022, Montréal, Québec.

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito*, Jacob Wilde, Emma Allen-Vercoe, Cortland Griswold, Kevin McCann. Lysogenic bacteriophage as a gene reservoir in gut ecosystems (Poster). Canadian Society of Microbiologists Annual Conference, 26-29 June 2022, Guelph, Ontario

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito*. Resilience of farms to multi-dimensional noise. Ecological-Economics Academy, Canadian Society for Ecological-Economics, 27-28 May 2022, Victoria, British Columbia.

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito*, Gabriel Gellner, Kevin S. McCann. Sudden population disappearances in a reddened world. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Meeting, 15-20 August 2021, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito*, Timothy J. Bartley, Karl Cottenie, Will M.C. Jarvis, Amy E.M. Newman, Mason Stothart. Into the wild: microbiome transplant studies need broader ecological reality (Presentation). Second International Conference on Holobionts, 8-10 May 2019, Montréal, Quebec.

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito*, Eldon S. Eveleigh, Kevin S. McCann. Flexibility of the spruce budworm - parasitoid food web in response to spruce budworm density fluctuations. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Meeting, 19-21 July 2018, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito*, Kevin S. McCann. Interaction of an explicit and an implicit time delay in a one predator-two prey system (Poster). Living on the Precipice, Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation spring conference, 16-17 May 2017, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario.

Christopher Greyson-Gaito*, Kevin S. McCann. Interaction of an explicit and an implicit time delay in a one predator-two prey system (Poster). Peter Yodzis Colloquium in Fundamental Ecology, 11-12 May 2016, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.

Matthew Barbour*, Christopher Greyson-Gaito, Brendan Lock, Arezoo Sotoodeh, Erik Jules, Gregory Crutsinger. Food-web complexity reduces variation in herbivore fitness among host-plant genotypes (Poster). Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, 9-14 August 2015, Baltimore, Maryland.

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito*, Matthew A. Barbour, Gregory M. Crutsinger, Gregory H. R. Henry. Access to food drives movement in the Arctic woolly bear caterpillar. Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference, 22 March 2014, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Christopher J. Greyson-Gaito*, Gregory H.R. Henry. Intraspecific plant variation may promote diet mixing in an Arctic specialist insect herbivore (Poster). ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting, 9-13 December 2013, Halifax, Canada.


Research Experience

Schuur Lab, Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, United States of America
Research AssistantMay 2015 – November 2015
Changes in carbon cycling in subarctic tundra ecosystems as a result of warming temperatures and permafrost thaw.

Rodriguez-Cabal Lab, Universidad del ComahueBariloche, Argentina
Volunteer Research AssistantJanuary 2015 – March 2015
Consequences of the loss of native species and the addition of invasive species to the populations, communities and ecosystem functioning of temperate forests in Patagonia.

Crutsinger Lab, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada
Volunteer Research AssistantJanuary 2014 – December 2014
Food-web complexity reduces variation in herbivore fitness among host-plant genotypes

Tundra Ecology Lab, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada
Research AssistantMay 2012 – August 2014
The ecological and evolutionary consequences of climate change in a High Arctic tundra ecosystem.

Teaching Experience

Writing Services, McLaughlin Library, University of GuelphGuelph, Canada
Writing Support Teaching AssistantNovember 2021 – August 2023

Writing in the Sciences: Storytelling in Science Writing. McLaughlin Library, University of GuelphGuelph, Canada
Online module designerMay 2021 – August 2021

Biology 3060 - Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems, University of GuelphGuelph, Canada
Teaching AssistantJanuary 2021 – April 2021

Writing in the Sciences: A Song of Ice and Fire. McLaughlin Library, University of GuelphGuelph, Canada
Workshop designer and presenterSeptember 2018 – May 2021

Writing Services, McLaughlin Library, University of GuelphGuelph, Canada
Writing Support Teaching AssistantSeptember 2017 – April 2018

Biology 1070 - Discovering Biodiversity, University of GuelphGuelph, Canada
Teaching AssistantJanuary 2017 – April 2017

Biology 2060 - Ecology, University of GuelphGuelph, Canada
Teaching AssistantSeptember 2016 – December 2016

Community Service

Alliance for Just Money U.S.A.U.S.A.
VolunteerJanuary 2021 - Present
Co-chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee

University of Guelph - Integrative Biology Holiday Party AuctionGuelph, Canada
OrganiserDecember 2016, 2017, 2018
Initial creation of and continued organising of annual Integrative Biology Holiday Party Auction. Raising funds for a variety of charities.

University of Guelph - Integrative Biology Graduate Student SeminarGuelph, Canada
OrganiserSeptember 2018 - March 2020
Organising of weekly graduate seminars in the department.

University of Guelph - Integrative Biology Evelyn Pielou Discussion GroupGuelph, Canada
Co-organiserSeptember 2016 – December 2020
Organising of weekly discussion topics and maintenance of Pielou listserv and webpage.

University of Guelph - Integrative Biology Graduate Curriculum CommitteeGuelph, Canada
Graduate Student RepresentativeSeptember 2016 – April 2017
Providing graduate student perspectives in the improvement of the IB Graduate Curriculum.

McMaster Children and Youth University - Guelph ChapterGuelph, Canada
VolunteerSeptember 2016 – April 2017
Designing and dissemination of a workshop entitled "Backyard Biodiversity".

University of Guelph Let’s Talk ScienceGuelph, Canada
VolunteerJanuary 2016 – December 2016
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics outreach in local schools.

UBC International Service Learning PlacementMontezuma, Costa Rica
VolunteerMay 2011 – August 2011
Outreach for and improving the local recycling centre.

Skills

Technical specialties: Julia intermediate, R intermediate, LaTeX intermediate, HTML5 beginner, CSS beginner, Ruby beginner