Department of Biology
ESC 350
200 University Ave. W
Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32569
Fax: (519) 746-0614
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Supervisor: A. Doxey & J. Hirota
Dissertation/Research Area:
A transcriptomic analysis of the effects of tobacco and cannabis smoke extracts on lung epithelial cells in vitro and the efficacy of standard combination inhaled therapies at attenuating smoke-induced changes in the lung epithelium.
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Supervisor: P. Craig
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Nathan is studying the effects that an immune response has on the energetics of fish. He is looking at both the whole organism response by measuring oxygen consumption rate as well as the RNA profile to see what changes occur at the cellular level.
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Graduate Students
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Supervisors: H. Swanson
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Tara is studying the sources of variability affecting fish omega-3 fatty acid profiles in freshwater lakes. Her work is part of the Northern Water Futures project and will be carried out in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories.
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Graduate Students
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519-888-4567 ext. 33993
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Biology 1 366C
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519-888-4567 x37095
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B2-153C
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519-888-4567 x35208
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ESC 349
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Supervisor: M. Power
Dissertation/Research Area:
Jacob is using stable isotopes to examine the feeding ecology and thermal niche of an imperiled freshwater fish; Silver Shiner.
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Graduate Students
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519-888-4567 x34445
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DC 1309
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Academic Advisors
519-888-4567 x35081
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B1 279
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Supervisors: P. Craig
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Ivan is studying the effects of stress on fish and how they are able to adapt to perceived threats. Specifically, he would like to understand how microRNAs within extracellular vesicles (or exosomes) are altered during a stress response and how they could be used to communicate between tissues.
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519-888-4567 x35606
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B1 377C
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519-888-4567, ext. 38142
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B1 267A
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519-888-4567 x32035
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B1-178A
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519-888-4567 x31084
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B2 241
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Faculty→Professors; Research areas→Ecology and Environmental Biology
Supervisor: T. Charles
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Maya is studying global regulation in Sinorhizobium meliloti in response to environmental conditions. Her research is specifically focused on the production of polyhydroxybutyrate and how its regulation is connected to regulation of other cell systems.
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Graduate Students
519-888-4567 x37021
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C2 389
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519-888-4567 x37582
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B1 276A
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519-888-4567 x32665
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B2 247A
Contact for: Dixon Research Group
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Faculty→Professors; Research areas→Ecology and Environmental Biology, Physiology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Molecular Genetics
519-888-4567 x35036
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ESC 227
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519-888-4567 xTBD
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TBD
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(519) 888-4567 x33889
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B1-166A
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519-888-4567 x33957
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B1 291B
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519-888-4567 x37804
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B1 277
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Supervisor: H. Swanson
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Jared is studying how anthropogenic processes influence lower trophic productivity and fish habitat use in Nunavut's Kivalliq region, near the community of Baker Lake. Jared's research is in partnership with Agnico Eagle Mines Limited.
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519-888-4567 x 32208
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E2 3301
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519-888-4567 x38133
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B1 280
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Supervisor: M. Power
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Britney is determining the thermal and oxygen physiological tolerances of the imperilled Easter Sand Darter to help recovery biologists define the critical habitat of the species to make accurate conservation management decisions.
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Supervisor: L. Hug
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Nikhil is examining viral diversity and virus-host interactions in municipal landfills. He is also aiming to identify new CRISPR-Cas systems from microbes in these sites.
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519-888-4567 x31352
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QNC 3623
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519-888-4567 x32058
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B2 249C
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519-888-4567 x33209
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B2 154A
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519-888-4567 x32450
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B2 255A
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519-888-4567 x31565
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STC 4038
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Faculty→Professors; Academic Advisors; Research areas→Molecular Genetics, Microbiology
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519-888-4567 x31151
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B1 281
Contact for: Hug Research Group
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Faculty→Professors; Research areas→Ecology and Environmental Biology, Bioinformatics, Systematics, and Evolution, Microbiology
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ESC 254A
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Faculty→Cross-Appointed Faculty
Supervisor: P. Craig and B. Katzenback
Dissertation/Research Area:
Heather is studying the effects of multiple stressors on fish populations and stress levels by measuring environmental DNA (to identify organisms present) and RNA (to measure stress levels). This will extend from the use of microRNA as a sub-lethal biomarker within tissue, to a biomarker within the water column, as well as understanding the dynamics of DNA secretion and degradation in different environmental conditions.
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Graduate Students
Supervisor: L. Hug
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Grant's research focuses on the changes to the soil microbiome through the winter transition. Microbes are still active even under the ice and have implications for climate change, agriculture, and biogeochemical cycling.
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Graduate Students
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Supervisor: L. Hug
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Lisa is studying microbial diversity and function at waste management sites, and investigate biofouling that occurs in a landfill gas capture system. Her research will determine means of disrupting or preventing biofilm formation, and therefore increase the efficiency of gas capture.
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Graduate Students
(519) 888-4567 × 30192
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Office: B2-356C. Lab: B2-356.
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Faculty→Professors; Research areas→Ecology and Environmental Biology, Physiology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Molecular Genetics
Supervisor: R. Hall
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Mitchell's research centers around using long-term records of past environmental change obtained from lake sediment cores to improve our understanding of the roles of natural processes and human activities on hydroecological condition in the Peace-Athabasca Delta.
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519-888-4567, ext. 38067
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B1 278
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519-888-4567 x38273
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PHY 354
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Faculty→Professors; Research areas→Molecular Genetics
Supervisor: A. Doxey
Dissertation/Research Area:
Briallen is exploring metagenomic protein annotations to see if differing annotation techniques can increase the functional information available for remote homologs. She is also working on creating a prioritization scheme for functional characterization of domains of unknown function.
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519-888-4567 x36441
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B2 352A
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519-888-4567 x33562
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B1 379C
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519-888-4567 x36530
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B2 253
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Faculty→Professors; Research areas→Physiology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Molecular Genetics
519-888-4567 ext. 33993
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B1-291C
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519-888-4567 x37020
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B1 165A
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519-888-4567 x37283
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B2 256B
Research areas: plant functional ecology; phenotypic variation and integration.
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519-888-4567 x32517
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B2 357C
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519-888-4567 x32224
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B2 245A
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Supervisor: D. Rose
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Nardo's work focuses on protein expression using Eukaryotic systems, evaluation of enzymatic activity and substrate specificity as well as inhibition.
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519-888-4567 x38344
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B1 275
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519-888-4567 x39182
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B1 276
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519-888-4567 x32595
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B2 242A
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519-888-4567 x39271
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B1 381
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519-888-4567 x38085
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B1 293A
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Supervisors: R. Rooney
Dissertation/Research Area:
Jordan is studying how anthropogenic disturbance affects avian community composition in peatland ecosystems.
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Graduate Students
Supervisor: R. Rooney
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Courtney is studying the effects of an invasive grass, Phragmites australis (European Common Reed), and large-scale herbicide-based restoration efforts on wetland communities and processes. Her work has a specific focus on plant community assembly, efficacy of restoration approaches, and secondary productivity (invertebrates) and at-risk bird species' (e.g. Barn Swallow) response to invaded, restored, and uninvaded habitat in Long Point, a World Biosphere Reserve.
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(519) 888-4567 ext.: 33820
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B2-251A
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519-888-4567 x30509
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STC 4042
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519-888-4567 x32569
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ESC 350
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519-888-4567 ext. 32565
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Biology 2 247A
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519-888-4567 x36034
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B2 158A
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519-888-4567 x32468
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B2 250A
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Supervisors: H. Swanson
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Rosie is studying the movement and habitat use of Arctic char near Kugluktuk, Nunavut, in collaboration with the Kugluktuk Hunters and Trappers Organization. Rosie's work is funded by Fisheries and Oceans Canada through the Coastal Restoration Fund.
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519-888-4567 x38185
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B1 173
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519-888-4567 x37387
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ESC 222C
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Biology Field Course Coordinator
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519-888-4567 ext. 32556
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EIT 2033
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519-888-4567 ext. 84467 or 32312
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Needles Hall 1005
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519-888-4567 x33943
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ESC 350C
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Supervisor: J. Neufeld
Dissertation/Research Area:
Jackson combines environmental DNA sequencing (e.g., 16S rRNA gene, metagenomic), enrichment culturing, and rate incubations to explore microbial iron cycling in Canadian boreal shield lakes. Working at the IISD-Experimental Lakes Area, he aims to characterize how anaerobic iron-oxidizing and reducing bacteria serve as biogeochemical links to other key elemental cycles (C, N, S) and to understand the magnitude of the impact of those bacteria on ecosystem-level processes.
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Graduate Students
Supervisor: B. Katzenback
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Joseph is studying the small but mighty, antimicrobial peptides and how they modulate frog skin innate immunity.
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Graduate Students
Supervisor: L. Hug
Dissertation/Research Area:
Characterizing the distribution of putative bioplastic degrading organisms across pristine and contaminated environments using metagenomics.
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Graduate Students
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Faculty→Adjunct Faculty
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Faculty→Adjunct Faculty
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Faculty→Adjunct Faculty
519-888-4567 x36394
Location:
ESC 351C
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Biomedical, Biology, Medical Physiology and Biology Joint program
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Administrative Staff; Academic Advisors
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Faculty→Adjunct Faculty
519-888-4567 x35951
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B2 252A
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Supervisor: Hugh Broders
Dissertation/Research Area:
Lori is studying Nova Scotia bats by conducting a pre- to post-introduction White-nose syndrome study of the summer breeding population using ultrasonic acoustic monitors.
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Graduate Students
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Postdoctoral Fellows
Supervisor: Dr. Roland Hall
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Laura is working towards identifying major drivers of seasonal and spatial variation in lake carbon balance across a northern floodplain landscape.
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Graduate Students
Supervisors: Mark Servos and Rebecca Rooney
Dissertation/Research Area:
Hillary is studying changes in the trophic ecology of young-of-the-year walleye in the southern Grand River, Ontario, using stable isotopes of nitrogen and carbon. She is also working toward identifying priority spawning habitat using acoustic telemetry.
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Graduate Students
Supervisor: Mark Servos
Dissertation/Research Area:
The aim of Kirsten's project is to examine various reproductive endpoints in rainbow darter in order to understand the effects of wastewater exposure and wastewater treatment plant upgrades in the Grand River. Kirsten is interested in multiple levels of biological organization, including gene expression, steroid production and intersex severity.
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Graduate Students
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Postdoctoral Fellows