Michelle Tseng, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

Widespread ecological responses and cascading effects of the 2021 western North American heatwave.
Nature ecology & evolution · 2026
Partial consumption of medical face masks by a common beetle species.
Biology letters · 2024 · senior author
Warming temperatures exacerbate effects of microplastics in a widespread zooplankton species.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2024 · senior author

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Multi-species responses to warming
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Multi-species responses to warming
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$165,000

All 2 grants and awards

13 publications.

01

Widespread ecological responses and cascading effects of the 2021 western North American heatwave.

Baum JK, Slein MA, Garen JC, Sang Z, Emry S, Goodwin KJA, Collins CG, Lewthwaite J, Tseng M, Michaletz ST, Burton AC, Harley CDG, Srivastava DS, 2021 Western North American Heat Dome Data Consortium

Nature ecology & evolution2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41559-026-02987-6 PMID: 41813861

02

Partial consumption of medical face masks by a common beetle species.

Gicole S, Dimitriou A, Klasios N, Tseng M

Biology letters2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0380 PMID: 39626762

03

Warming temperatures exacerbate effects of microplastics in a widespread zooplankton species.

Klasios N, Birch A, Murillo AM, Tseng M

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123918 PMID: 38574946

04

No Effect of Realistic Concentrations of Polyester Microplastic Fibers on Freshwater Zooplankton Communities.

Klasios N, Kim JO, Tseng M

Environmental toxicology and chemistry2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/etc.5797 PMID: 38018737

05

No Effect of Realistic Microplastic Exposure on Growth and Development of Wild-caught Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes.

Thormeyer M, Tseng M

Journal of medical entomology2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad014 PMID: 36798997

06

Strategies and support for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour in ecology and evolutionary biology.

Tseng M, El-Sabaawi RW, Kantar MB, Pantel JH, Srivastava DS, Ware JL

Nature ecology & evolution2020First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1252-0 PMID: 32636497

07

Decreases in beetle body size linked to climate change and warming temperatures.

Tseng M, Kaur KM, Soleimani Pari S, Sarai K, Chan D, Yao CH, Porto P, Toor A, Toor HS, Fograscher K

The Journal of animal ecology2018First author

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12789 PMID: 29380382

08

Phylogeography of the coastal mosquito Aedes togoi across climatic zones: testing an anthropogenic dispersal hypothesis.

Sota T, Belton P, Tseng M, Yong HS, Mogi M

PloS one2015

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131230 PMID: 26107619

09

The relationship between parasite fitness and host condition in an insect--virus system.

Tseng M, Myers JH

PloS one2014First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106401 PMID: 25208329

10

Evolutionary Applications open to all.

Bernatchez L, Tseng M

Evolutionary applications2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00253.x PMID: 25568024

Multi-species responses to warming

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Tseng, Michelle

$12,500

Multi-species responses to warming

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tseng, Michelle

Keywords: thermal ecology; thermal evolution; temperature; lakes; zooplankton; insects; communities; experimental evolution; natural history collections; arctic

$165,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Louis Bernatchez

Biologie

3 shared papers, latest 2012

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Tseng, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Widespread ecological responses and cascading effects of the 2021 western North American heatwave." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Multi-species responses to warming" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]