Megan S. Reich

Megan S. Reich

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Ottawa

SAiVE lab

Biography

Megan Reich is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Ottawa. Her research interests include developing, integrating, and applying techniques to track the long-range movements of animals, and exploring how environmental conditions and biotic interactions influence migratory and dispersal behaviour. Her doctoral research focused on developing isotope-based geographic assignment using hydrogen and strontium isotopes to understand the migratory patterns and migratory connectivity of butterflies.

Interests
  • Insect migration
  • isotope geolocation
  • Interdisciplinary science
Education
  • PhD in Biology, 2024

    University of Ottawa

  • BSc in Environmental Sciences, 2015

    University of British Columbia

Publications

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(2025). An ensemble machine learning bioavailable strontium isoscape for Eastern Canada. FACETS.

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(2025). Isotope geolocation and population genomics in Vanessa cardui: Short- and long-distance migrants are genetically undifferentiated. PNAS Nexus.

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(2024). Trans-Saharan migratory patterns in Vanessa cardui and evidence for a southward leapfrog migration.. iScience.

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(2024). Pollen metabarcoding reveals the origin and multigenerational migratory pathway of an intercontinental-scale butterfly outbreak.. Current Biology.

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(2024). A trans-oceanic flight of over 4,200 km by painted lady butterflies. Nature Communications.

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