People

Micah Freedman (he/him) - Assistant Professor

I grew up in South Carolina and studied Entomology and Plant Sciences at Cornell University. After graduating, I spent a year working with the Ecology of Bird Loss Project in the Mariana Islands before starting my Ph.D. at UC Davis. I was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of British Columbia before moving to Toronto. When I'm not working, I can be found hiking, running, taking photos, and posting to iNaturalist.

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Adam Kai Chi Lee (he/him) - PhD student

I am a PhD student studying the migratory behavior of monarch and milkweed butterflies and climate change impacts on their migration in the Freedman Lab. Before joining the Freedman lab, I completed my studies in the University of Hong Kong studying the population genetics of a local distribution of the common swamp pitcher plants. When not at work, I enjoy a good hike, playing boardgames, listening to classical music and having rounds of badminton / table tennis matches.

May Jagodkin (she/her) - PhD student

I am a first-year PhD student using cardenolide fingerprinting to understand the role of changing milkweed host plant assemblages in monarch butterfly decline. Prior to joining the Freedman Lab, I completed an Honours Bachelor of Science at the University of Toronto in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, where I researched the ecotoxicological effects of paint microplastics on a benthic freshwater invertebrate. Beyond the lab, I can be found camping, gardening, or exploring our city.

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