The Crew
Aaron Fairweather
Post-doctoral Fellow
Project: Investigation of the response of ants and millipedes to microplastics
Tyler Black
Ph.D. Candidate
Co-supervised with Dr. Kyle Artelle, SUNY ESF
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Project: Investigation of the long-term effects of marine diesel on marine bivalves
Yaryna Kudla
Ph.D. Candidate
Co-supervised with Dr. Karen Kidd, McMaster University
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Project: Investigation of the risk of microplastics to different life stages of freshwater mussels in Canada
Moira Ijzerman
Ph.D. Candidate
Co-supervised with Dr. Paul Sibley, University of Guelph
Project: The use of biofilms as a new tool to assess the occurrence and impact of pesticides in Ontario’s streams
Quinn Allamby
Ph.D. Candidate
Co-supervised with Dr. Karen Kidd, McMaster University
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Project: Investigation of the risk of microplastics to freshwater benthic invertebrates
Colleen Wardlaw
Ph.D. Candidate
Co-supervised with Dr. Karen Kidd, McMaster University
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Project: Investigating the transfer of microplastics from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems
Nick Letwin
Ph.D. Candidate
Project: Investigation of microplastics in biosolids and risk to soil invertebrates
Chris Musgraves
Ph.D. Student
Project: Evaluation of the potential effects of microplastics on terrestrial isopods and springtails
Amanda Reside
Ph.D. Student
Co-supervised with Dr. Fred Laberge, University of Guelph
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Project: Risk of sulfolane to amphibians
Gustavo Machado
M.Sc. Student
Co-supervised with Dr. Keith Warriner, University of Guelph
Project: The ability of advanced oxidative processes to reduce the concentration of pesticides in water used to wash produce
Victoria Loor
M.Sc. Student
Co-supervised with Dr. Kyle Artelle, SUNY ESF
Project: Investigation of the acute and chronic toxicity of petroleum hydrocarbon on marine bivalves in Heiltsuk Territory
Ana Strbac
M.Sc. Student
Co-supervised with Dr. Kyle Artelle, SUNY ESF
Project: Developing critical target lipid body burden model of purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
Salar Gaeini
M.Sc. Student
Project: Characterizing microplastics in the Mackenzie River
Alexandra Switzer
M.Sc. Student
Project: Investigation of the impact of sulfolane on benthic invertebrate communities.
Olivia Coffield
M.Sc. Student
Project: Risk of per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds in biosolids to soil invertebrate and plant health
Trinity Fraser-Sintic
Research Technician
​ECO Canada Science Horizons Intern
Speranza Martin
B.Sc. Researcher
Project: Characterizing variation in sensitivity across different life stages of two mayfly species
Ryan Rosniak
B.Sc. Researcher
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Jake Gawronski
B.Sc. Researcher
ALUMNI
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William Martin
Ph.D.
Co-supervised with Dr. Paul Sibley, University of Guelph
Project: Investigation of the risk that insecticides pose to terrestrial soil invertebrate communities
Joseph Langlois
M.Env.Sci.
Project: Effect of granular niclosamide on newly metamorphosed unionid mussels
Olivia Coffield
M.Env.Sci.
Project: Effect of granular niclosamide on energy use of adult washboard mussels (Megalonaias nervosa)
Brian Atkinson
M.Sc.
Project: Non-targeted metabolomics to characterize stress in freshwater mussels
Rebecca Osborne
Ph.D.
Project: Development of embryonic endpoints in freshwater snails as an indicator of toxicity
Emily Robson
M.Sc.
Project: Characterization of microplastics in benthic macroinvertebrates upstream and downstream of wastewater treatment plants in the Grand River watershed
Hufsa Khan
M.Sc.
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
M.Sc.
ECO Canada Science Horizons Intern
Project: Investigation of the hazard posed by firefighting water additives used in fighting forest fire to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
Sara Burilo
M.Sc.
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
ECO Canada Science Horizons Intern
Project: Benthic invertebrate communities of Grand River
Loraline Brun
Visiting M.Sc. Student from Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
Project: Characterization of the microplastics in the wastewater influent and effluent from wastewater treatment plants across Ontario
Michael Young
M.Env.Sci.
Project: Relationship between the structural metrics of riparian buffers and benthic macroinvertebrate communities
Uchenna Uni
M.Env.Sci.
Project: Investigation of the toxicity of the lampricide formulation Bayluscide® on different life stages of two species of freshwater mussel
Nick Stratmann
Visiting B.Sc. Researcher from Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
Aldaine Gordon
Visiting M.Sc. Student from University of West Indies
Project: Heavy metal assessment and remediation of agricultural soils in Trinidad
Karen Lemon
Research Technician
ECO Canada Science Horizons Intern
Project: Influence of water hardness on the toxicity of chloride to early life stages of unionid mussels
Carmen Venier
M.Env.Sci.
Project: Effects of metals and selective-serotonin re-uptake inhibitors on freshwater gastropod embryo development
Georgianna Stewart
M.Env.Sci.
Project: Toxicity of metals to mature freshwater gastropods
Ray Sanford
M.Sc.
Project: Quantitative time-of-flight mass spectrometry to characterize the metabolome in the hemolymph from freshwater gastropods
Hongron Wang
M.Sc.
Co-supervised by Dr. Keith Warriner, University of Guelph
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Project: Application of Advanced Oxidation Process as a Pre-Oxidation Step for Spent Lettuce Wash Water and for Decontaminating Fruit and Sliced Mushrooms
Jordan Ho
M.Sc.
Co-supervised by Dr. Keith Warriner, University of Guelph
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Blake Skanes
M.Sc.
Co-supervised by Dr. Keith Warriner, University of Guelph
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Project: Oxidation of Pesticides on Fruit by Advanced Oxidative Process and Hazard Assessment of Pesticide Transformation Products
Sarah Graetz (Constantini)
M.Sc.
Project: Deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
Joseph Salerno
M.Sc.
Project: The Risk Posed by Pesticides and Contaminant Mixtures to Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) in Ontario