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Co-supervised with Dr. Karen Kidd, McMaster University
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Project: Characterization of microplastics in benthic macroinvertebrates upstream and downstream of wastewater treatment plants in the Grand River watershed
MSc student 2023
Emily Robson
Hufsa Khan
MSc student 2023
Co-supervised with Dr. Adrienne Bartlett, Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Project: Development of methods to assess the effect of toxicants on Hyalella azteca reproduction
Jenna Anderson
Research technician 2023
ECO Canada Science Horizons Intern
MSc student 2022
BSc Researcher 2018
Project: Investigation of the hazard posed by firefighting water additives used in fighting forest fire to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
Sara Burilo
MSc student 2022
Co-supervised with Dr. Paul Sibley, University of Guelph
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Project: The influence of vegetated riparian buffering on macroinvertebrate communities in the Grand River watershed
Kiran Sharma
Research technician 2023
ECO Canada Science Horizons Intern
BSc researcher 2022
Project: Sampling and taxonomic identification of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Upper Grand River
Lauren Fanick
BSc researcher 2022, 2023
Vesta Kwan
BSc research 2021, 2022, 2023
Project: Effect of lampricides on freshwater snail embryos and Toxicity of firefighting water additives on the terrestrial isopod Trichorhina tomentosa
Jack Salole
BSc researcher 2022, 2023
Project: Toxicity of 6PPD-quinone to freshwater invertebrates and concentration in road runoff
Joel Csajaghy
BSc researcher 2022, 2023
Project: Toxicity and accumulation of microplastics in earthworms
Daniel Stein
BSc researcher 2022
Project: Effect of niclosamide on non-target benthic invertebrates
Loreline Brun
Visiting MSc student from Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France 2022
Project: Characterization of the microplastics in the wastewater influent and effluent from wastewater treatment plants across Ontario
Michael Young
MES student 2022
Project: Relationship between the structural metrics of riparian buffers and benthic macroinvertebrate communities
Lucy Horne
MES student 2022
Project: Behavioural assessment of earthworms exposed to microplastics in soil
Uchenna Uni
MES student 2022
Project: Investigation of the toxicity of the lampricide formulation Bayluscide® on different life stages of two species of freshwater mussel
Nick Stratmann
Visiting BSc researcher 2022 from Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
Aldaine Gordon
Visiting MSc student from University of West Indies 2021
Project: Heavy metal assessment and remediation of agricultural soils in Trinidad
Mackenzie McDonald
BSc researcher 2021
Project: Toxicity of niclosamide and rotenone to juvenile freshwater bivalves
Karen Lemon
Research technician 2022
ECO Canada Science Horizons Intern
Carmen Venier
MES student 2021
Project: Effects of metals and selective-serotonin re-uptake inhibitors on freshwater gastropod embryo development
Georgianna Steward
MES student 2021
Project: Toxicity of metals to mature freshwater gastropods
Ray Sanford
MSc student 2021
Project: Quantitative time-of-flight mass spectrometry to characterize the metabolome in the hemolymph from freshwater gastropods
Talia Hoffman
BSc researcher 2021
Project: Toxicity and accumulation of microplastic beads in freshwater gastropods and Toxicity of firefighting water additives on the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber
Hongran Wang
MSc student 2021
Project: Application of Advanced Oxidation Process as a Pre-Oxidation Step for Spent Lettuce Wash Water and for Decontaminating Fruit and Sliced Mushrooms
