Teaching and Academic Activities
Teaching and Mentoring Experience
Supervision in Undergraduate Projects
- McGill University honours student Katherine Huebner (co-supervised with M. Lechowicz). Thesis topic: Fire effects on Collembolan communities. Completed spring 2010.
- McGill University honours student Chelsea Chisholm (co-supervisor with A. Gonzalez). Thesis topic: Reserve design and corridor use in a model system. Completed spring 2009.
Huebner, K., Lindo, Z., & Lechowicz, M. Post-fire succession of collembolan communities in a northern hardwood forest.
Chisholm, C., Lindo, Z., & Gonzalez, A. Metacommunity diversity depends on connectivity and patch arrangement in heterogeneous habitat networks.
Undergraduate and Graduate-Level Lecturing
- Temperate Rainforest Ecology, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre.
Lecture Topics: Forest floor systems; Soil biodiversity. Summer 2010. - Biology 510 Advances in Community Ecology, McGill University.
Lecture Topic: Spatial patterns in diversity. Fall 2008, 2010. - Biology 412 Advanced Entomology, University of Victoria.
Lecture Topic: Soil biodiversity. Fall 2006, 2007.
Undergraduate Laboratory Instructor
- Biology 215 Principles of Ecology, University of Victoria. Winter 2004, 2005, 2006.
- Biology 190 General Biology, University of Victoria. Fall 2005, 2006.
- Biology 231 Introduction to Biology I, University of Calgary. Fall 2001, 2002.
- Biology 233 Introduction to Biology II, University of Calgary. Winter 2002, 2003.
Peer Reviewer
Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Biodiversity & Conservation, Biotropica, The Bryologist, The Canadian Entomologist, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Ecography, Diversity & Distributions, Environmental Monitering and Assessment, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Experimental and Applied Acarology, Forest Ecology and Management, Global Change Biology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Hydrobiologia, Insect Conservation & Diversity, International Journal of Wildland Fire, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Natural History, Nature Climate Chenge, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Pedobiologia, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Oikos, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Theoretical Ecology, Web Ecology, Zootaxa
Current Professional Memberships
Acarological Society of America, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Entomological Society of Canada, Entomological Society of British Columbia, Faculty of 1000, Soil Ecology Society.
Volunteer Positions and Workshops Attended
- Teaching Soil Ecology, workshop hosted by Soil Ecology Society. Summer 2011.
- NSERC Discovery Grant Writing, workshop hosted by McGill. Fall 2010.
- Supervisor Workshop Series, Teaching and Learning Services, McGill. Fall 2010.
- Toward Learner-Centered Soil Ecology Education, workshop hosted by Soil Ecology Society. Summer 2009.
- R.4.All Clinic, The University of Scheffield, hosted by McGill University. Spring 2009.
- Graduate Student Representative, University of Victoria, Department of Biology. Fall 2004 - Spring 2008.
- Ohio State University Acarology Program, Soil Acarology. Summer 2004 & 2006.
Contact Information
Dr. Zoë Lindo
McGill University,
Department of Biology
1205 Docteur Penfield
Montreal QC H3A 1B1 Canada
Office: 514-398-5971
Lab: 514-398-6414
Email: zoe.lindo@mcgill.ca