Embedded Files
Peter Dijkstra (PI)
Peter Dijkstra (PI)
I study how social competition and oxidative stress influence stress resilience and evolutionary outcomes. Using African cichlids as a model, my lab integrates behavioral and physiological approaches to understand how animals manage the energetic costs of reproduction, parenting, and social life.
I was born in Korea and raised in the Netherlands. After completing my PhD at the University of Groningen, I moved to Glasgow for my first postdoc and did a second postdoc at UT Austin. I have been at CMU since 2015.
Office: 4105 Biosciences Building
Email: dijks1p@cmich.edu
Phone: (989) 774-2918
Research Staff
Research Staff
Dr. Taylor Fosset (postdoc joining in August)
Dr. Derek Benson (postdoc joining in August)
Suhaylah Ahmad Ali (lab technician joining in August)
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Dylan Burns (Ph.D. student, Joining August 2026)
Undergraduate students:
Undergraduate students:
Summer interns 2026:
Falynne Murphy
Claire Buckingham
Megan Sternisha
Shreeya Bhosale
Returning in the fall:
Sarah Wojtylko
Macilynn Shaffer
Saiyan Trabej
Previous members
Previous members
Undergraduate students:
Gabriela DeOliveira (medical school, MSU)
Judy Stanford (Master's program Perfusion Technology, Rush University)
Micala Decker
Tayler Brown
Matthew Tryc (Master's program, New Mexico State University)
Phil Aufdemberge
Hannah Janeski
Emily Miros (PA school at Wayne State University)
Tyler Funnell (Master's program at Michigan State University, now USDA)
Yeeling Li
Victoria Wright
Sarah Giglio (veterinary school, Purdue University)
Brady Bush (medical school, CMU)
Hailey Hartman (veterinary school, MSU)
Morgan Dziubinski (veterinary school, Iowa State University)
William Bright (secondary education)
Emily Dolben (University of Manchester)
Isobel Bolitho (University of Manchester, MS University of Sheffield, now Associate Programme Officer (Nature Conserved) at UNEP-WCMC)
Ashley Harvey (secondary education)
Howard Mitchell (now in the Uzarski lab)
Alexandra (Lexi) Balasa
Zachary Hager (now in the Swarts lab)
Graduate students:
Shana Border (now in Ph.D. program at Illinois State University)
Taylor Piefke (Research Scientist IV at Bennett Aerospace)
Jake Sawecki (Ph.D. program at Michigan State University)
Renee Renauer (Research Associate at Great Lakes Fishery Commission)
Robert Fialkowski (Postdoctoral Research Associate at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago)
Travis Moore (Program Coordinator, Faculty Success - Texas State University; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology - Austin Community College)
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse