Professional Positions
| Grasselli & Wolkowicz Research Groups, McMaster University | Hamilton, Canada |
| Postdoctoral Researcher | November 2023 – Present |
Education
| University of Guelph | Guelph, Canada |
| Doctor of Philosophy | September 2018 – September 2023 |
| Thesis: "Resilience across complex systems in a variable world" | |
| Advisor: Dr. Kevin McCann | |
| University of Guelph | Guelph, Canada |
| Master of Science | January 2016 – August 2018 |
| Thesis: "Flexibility of the spruce budworm – parasitoid food web" | |
| Advisors: Dr. Kevin McCann & Dr. Eldon Eveleigh | |
| University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada |
| Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Ecology | September 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 Award | September 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 University | Flagstaff, United States of America |
| Research Assistant | May 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 Comahue | Bariloche, Argentina |
| Volunteer Research Assistant | January 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 Columbia | Vancouver, Canada |
| Volunteer Research Assistant | January 2014 – December 2014 |
| Food-web complexity reduces variation in herbivore fitness among host-plant genotypes | |
| Tundra Ecology Lab, University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada |
| Research Assistant | May 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 Guelph | Guelph, Canada |
| Writing Support Teaching Assistant | November 2021 – August 2023 |
| Writing in the Sciences: Storytelling in Science Writing. McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph | Guelph, Canada |
| Online module designer | May 2021 – August 2021 |
| Biology 3060 - Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems, University of Guelph | Guelph, Canada |
| Teaching Assistant | January 2021 – April 2021 |
| Writing in the Sciences: A Song of Ice and Fire. McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph | Guelph, Canada |
| Workshop designer and presenter | September 2018 – May 2021 |
| Writing Services, McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph | Guelph, Canada |
| Writing Support Teaching Assistant | September 2017 – April 2018 |
| Biology 1070 - Discovering Biodiversity, University of Guelph | Guelph, Canada |
| Teaching Assistant | January 2017 – April 2017 |
| Biology 2060 - Ecology, University of Guelph | Guelph, Canada |
| Teaching Assistant | September 2016 – December 2016 |
Community Service
| Alliance for Just Money U.S.A. | U.S.A. |
| Volunteer | January 2021 - Present |
| Co-chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee | |
| University of Guelph - Integrative Biology Holiday Party Auction | Guelph, Canada |
| Organiser | December 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 Seminar | Guelph, Canada |
| Organiser | September 2018 - March 2020 |
| Organising of weekly graduate seminars in the department. | |
| University of Guelph - Integrative Biology Evelyn Pielou Discussion Group | Guelph, Canada |
| Co-organiser | September 2016 – December 2020 |
| Organising of weekly discussion topics and maintenance of Pielou listserv and webpage. | |
| University of Guelph - Integrative Biology Graduate Curriculum Committee | Guelph, Canada |
| Graduate Student Representative | September 2016 – April 2017 |
| Providing graduate student perspectives in the improvement of the IB Graduate Curriculum. | |
| McMaster Children and Youth University - Guelph Chapter | Guelph, Canada |
| Volunteer | September 2016 – April 2017 |
| Designing and dissemination of a workshop entitled "Backyard Biodiversity". | |
| University of Guelph Let’s Talk Science | Guelph, Canada |
| Volunteer | January 2016 – December 2016 |
| Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics outreach in local schools. | |
| UBC International Service Learning Placement | Montezuma, Costa Rica |
| Volunteer | May 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