Principal Investigators


Douglas Muench, PhD
Project Co-Lead
Professor,
Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Calgary








John Headley, PhD
Research Scientist,
Environment and Climate Change Canada

Jason MacLean, PhD
Assistant Professor,
School of Environment and Sustainability,
University of Saskatchewan


Graham Strickert, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability,
University of Saskatchewan


Postdoctoral Researchers

Talagbé Gabin Akpo, PhD
Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie,
INRS

Dilini Atugala, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Calgary

Amy-Lynne Balaberda, PhD
Northern Forestry Centre, NRCan

Kira Goff, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Calgary

Renata Mont’Alverne, PhD
University of Saskatchewan

Simon Morvan, PhD
Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie,
INRS

Kyle Symonds, PhD
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Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Calgary

Xiangbo Yin, PhD
INRS
Graduate Students
Karley Dieken
University of Calgary

Ralph Hindle
University of Calgary

Ian Vander Meulen
University of Saskatchewan

Annie Zymela
University of Calgary
Industry Partners
Pascale St-Germain
Research Scientist
Imperial Oil

Carolina Berdugo-Clavijo, PhD
Environmental Scientist
Imperial Oil

Mitchell Alberts, PhD
Environmental/Sustainability PDF Researcher
Imperial Oil
Project Support

Nuno Fragoso, MSc
Project Manager
Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Calgary

Aurélie Beaulieu-Laliberté
Research Assistant
INRS

Tyson Bookout, MSc
Research Assistant
Cumming School of Medicine,
University of Calgary

Camryn Charriere, MSc
Lab Technician
Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Calgary

Patrick Gagné, PhD
Bioinformatician
Laurentian Forestry Center, NRCan

Leah Mindroff, MSc
Research Assistant
Geological Survey of Canada, NRC
Anna Smirnoff
Research Assistant
Geological Survey of Canada, NRC
Marie-Josée Bergeron
Biologist
Laurentian Forestry Center, NRCan

Lindsay Tumback, MSc
Project Manager
College of Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan
Former Project Members
Alessia Alvarez, MES
University of Saskatchewan
Graduate Student
Gwynth Kinar, MWS
University of Saskatchewan
Graduate Student
Paula Reis, PhD
INRS
Postdoctoral Researcher
Camryn Charriere, MSc
University of Calgary
Graduate Student
Michell Tilford-Shaw, MES
University of Saskatchewan
Graduate Student
Sara Correa García, PhD
INRS
Postdoctoral Researcher
Kaitlyn Trepanier,
NRCan – NFC
Technician
Mitchell Alberts, PhD
University of Calgary
Postdoctoral Researcher
Brooke Forbes, MWS
University of Saskatchewan
Graduate Student
Momotaj Begum, PhD
NRC
Research Associate
Cheryl Buckmaster, MES
University of Saskatchewan
Graduate Student
Alex Cancelli, PhD
Simon Fraser University
Postdoctoral Researcher
Marie Hertrich, MSc
INRS
Gradaute Student