About us
Hello and welcome to Ice Fish Research! We are four PhD students passionate to share the research done on fish in Iceland with you.
Who are we?
Theresa Henke
I am a PhD student at Háskóli Íslands and will finish my PhD over the next few months. In my research I am looking at the arrival and spread of European flounder (Flundra) in Iceland. Since the start of my PhD the focus of my research has changed a lot. I started to not only look at the flounder but also started to involve people in my research. Overall, I am very interested in exploring how humans experience and influence invasive species.
Lieke Ponsioen
I am a second-year PhD student at the University of Iceland. I am born and raised in The Netherlands but have been living in Iceland since 2016. My research is focussed on the four Arctic charr (“bleikja”) morphs in Lake Thingvallavatn. My PhD focuses on how the morphs use the lake throughout the year which I do by their movement.
Michelle Valliant
Hi everyone, my name is Michelle. I’m from the Toronto area in Canada, and I’ve been living in the Westfjords of Iceland since 2018. I’m a PhD student at the University of Iceland, studying at the Research Centre of the Westfjords in Bolungarvík. My research focuses on understanding when and why different fish, like Atlantic cod, saithe, Arctic charr, brown trout, and European flounder, move and behave in certain ways while living in the same fjord.
Alessandra Schnider
I am officially a PhD student at the University of Iceland but do most of my work under the supervision of Hólar University in northern Iceland. I study the plastic response of threespine stickleback to varying environmental factors, such as temperature and diet. I did so by combining laboratory experiments and field studies.