Melissa Driessnack

Position: Instructor
Email: mdriessnack@lsu.edu

 

 

Degrees

PhD, University of Saskatchewan, Aquatic Toxicology

Masters, University of Saskatchewan, Aquatic Toxicology

Bachelor's, Miami University, Zoology

 

 

Research Interest

Aquatic ecotoxicology, early life stage development, urban contaminants, salmon

 

Courses Taught

 ENVS 2126 - Microbes in the Environment 

 

Selected Publications

Pavord, L.M., Driessnack, M.K., Shiels, A.B., Volker, S.F., Rattner, B.A., McIntyre, J.K. 2026. Toxicity of anticoagulant rodenticides on Pacific salmon: assessing lethal & sublethal effects. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2026.119748

Foster, G.M., Driessnack, M.K., Gonzalez, M., Kolodziej, E.P., McIntyre, J.K. 2026. Life Stage, Chorion, and Hatchery Origin Differences in the Toxicity of 6PPDQ to Coho Salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries. doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2025-0191

Driessnack, M.K., McIntyre, J.M., Stark, J.D. 2024. Comparative Demography of Two Wild Cladoceran Species, Alona quadrangularis (O.F. Müller, 1776) and Scapholeberis mucronata (O.F. Müller, 1776), Collected in Western Washington State and Reared Under Laboratory Conditions. Invertebrate Biology. doi:10.1111/ivb.12448