Nathalie Sommer

PhD Candidate
Yale School of the Environment
​Pronouns: she/her/hers

Education

MPhil 2021, Yale School of the Environment
MESc 2019, Yale School of the Environment
BS 2017, College of William and Mary, Biology

Research

  • My research applies an ecological stoichiometric approach to understand how evolutionary processes might scale directly to ecosystem-level elemental flows. This approach requires understanding how much variation there is among individuals of a population, the strength of stoichiometric homeostasis across populations, and how various stressors –including predators, resource availability, and temperature – affect the stoichiometric phenotype. The ultimate goal of this work is a conceptual integration of evolutionary and ecosystem processes. 
  • I am also interested in how different forms of phenotypic plasticity in animals can impact ecosystem state and function, across both space and time. The outcome of this work is important for understanding how animals respond to climate variability and the ecosystem-level consequences of those responses.
  • For more about me, go to nathalie-sommer.com

Publications

For an up-to-date publication list, please refer to my Google Scholar page.
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Building benchtop mesocosms for time-budget studies

Contact

Email: nathalie.sommer@yale.edu
Office: Greeley Laboratory, Room 119
​nathalie-sommer.com

Mailing Address:
Yale University
School of the Environment
370 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511 USA
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Organizing mesocosms at the start of field season
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Melanoplus femurrubrum sitting on a mesocosm in the field
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Jumping spider Phiddipus in caught in a sweep net
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Sit-and-wait predator Pisaurina perched on a milkweed leaf