Research Associate
PhD Candidate
Madantha Avanthi Wijensinghe
AMF communities associated with willow (2008-12)
MSc Candidate
Linsey VanKoppen
Microbial communities and GHG emissions (2019-22)
Travis Mazurek
Biodiversity under mixed cover crops (2017-20)
Sean Simpson (Co-supervised)
Biofertilizers for biofuel crops Environmental consultant (2016-19)
John Drummelsmith
Bacterial and fungal diversity associated with cover crops (2015-19)
Andrea Roebuck
Toluene degraders in contaminated groundwater Microbial Quality Control (2015-19)
Angela Dukes
Enemy of my enemy – invasive plant ecology (2015-18)
Karla Gruundegaard
Bacterial communities in tree based intercropping system (2011-15)
Crystal McCall
Fecal source tracking (2011-13)
Ian McCormick
Ammonia oxidizers in agricultural soils (2010-13)
Thaddeus Lewandowski
Ecology of invasive species Environmental consultant (2010-11)
Deanna Nemeth
Denitrifying communities associated with N2O emissions (2009-12)
Angela Straathof
Microbial communities and GHG emissions (2008-10)
MES Candidate
Sepideh Kosh-Nevis
Methanogen communities in manure (2014-15)
Alden Crossman
Identifying sources of fecal contamination with qpcr (2013)
Hajnal Kovacs
Work study Grand River Conservation Authority (2013)
Undergraduate
Hiba Chadury
Bioinformatic analysis In progress (2018-19)
Adrianna Wiley
Summer research assistant Undergrad, Western (2017-18)
Rachael Harman-Denhoed
Summer research assistant Environmental Consultant (2017)
Finlay Small
Work study MSc candidate, Guelph (2013-14)
Una Kim
Work Study (2013-14)
Elizabeth Carette
Work Study (2012-13)
Jennifer Bernard
Work study (2012-13)
Chris Frutel
Summer research assistant MSc candidate (2012)
Evan Fraser
Summer research assistant MSc candidate (2012)
James Ainsworth
Work study MSc candidate (2011-12)
Michael Merchant
Summer student MSc candidate (2011-12)
Lizzy Andrews
Work Study (2010)
Samantha Paul
Summer student Research assistant (2010)
Michael Zima
Summer student (2009-10)
Paul Van Hooren
Summer student (2008)
Judy Pararajasingham
Summer student (2007)
Sulara Taulpe Gruge
Summer student Medical student (2007)
Bruce Cole
Co-op student Undergrad, McMaster
| NAME | TRAINING | YEARS SUPERVISED | TITLE OF PROJECT/ THESIS |
| Linsey VanKoppen | MSc candidate Create grant | 2019-2022 | Microbial communities and GHG emissions |
| Eduardo Mitter | Post-doctoral Associate | 2019- 2021 | Endophytic microbial communities |
| Dasiel Obregon | Visiting PhD (co-Supervised) | 2018-2021 | Methanogen communities associated with Amazon rainforest |
| Anibal Castillo | PhD candidate (co-Supervised) | 2018-2020? | Soil food webs in agricultural systems |
| Hiba Chadury | Undergraduate Supervised | 2018-2019 | Work study |
| Sara Low | Undergraduate | 2018-2018 | Work study |
| Tolu Maya-Attoye | PhD candidate | 2017-2022 | Biodiversity in a riparian buffer system |
| Travis Mazurek | MSc candidate | 2017-2020 | Biodiversity under mixed cover crops |
| Mica Tosi (remove) | Post-doctoral Associate | 2017- In progress | Food from Thought- soil health In progress |
| Adrianna Wiley | Undergraduate | 2017- 2018 | Summer research assistant Undergrad, Western |
| Rachael Harman-Denhoed | Undergraduate | 2017- 2017 | Summer research assistant Environmental Consultant |
| Sean Simpson (Co-supervised) | MSc candidate | 2016-2019 | Biofertilizers for biofuel crops Environmental consultant |
| Bruce Cole | Co-op | 2016-2016 | Co-op student Undergrad, McMaster |
| John Drummelsmith | MSc candidate | 2015-2020 | Bacterial and fungal diversity associated with cover crops |
| Andrea Roebuck | MSc candidate | 2015-2018 | Toluene degraders in contaminated groundwater Microbial Quality Control |
| Angela Dukes | MSc candidate | 2015-2018 | Enemy of my enemy – invasive plant ecology |
| Jemaneh Habtewold | PhD candidate | 2015-2018 | Methanogens in stored manure Postdoc, Agriculture |
| Micheal Ben-Israel | PhD candidate | 2015-2019? | Phytoremediation of a toluene contaminated field site |
| Nicola Linton | PhD candidate | 2015-2019? | Biodiversity of N-cycling communities |
| Jonathan Gaiero | Research Associate | 2014-2019 | Developing tools to study organic P cycling in soil |
| Jake Munroe | Research Associate | 2014-2015 | Soil biodiversity in long-term field trial |
| Sepideh Kosh-Nevis | MES candidate | 2014-2015 | Methanogen communities in manure |
| Meghan Swetnam | MSc candidate | 2013-2016 | E. coli non-0157 transport in soil MSc in microbial |
| Alden Crossman | MES candidate | 2013-2013 | Identifying sources of fecal contamination with qpcr |
| Hajnal Kovacs | MES candidate | 2013-2013 | Work study Grand River Conservation Authority |
| Yenni Bakthiar | Visiting Scientist | 2013-2013 | Molecular techniques Head, Agromicrobiology lab, Indonesia |
| Finlay Small | Undergraduate | 2013- 2014 | Work study MSc candidate, Guelph |
| Una Kim | Undergraduate | 2013- 2014 | Work study |
| Elizabeth Bent | Research Associate | 2013-In progress | Bioinformatic analysis In progress |
| Elizabeth Carette | Undergraduate | 2012- 2013 | Work study |
| Jennifer Bernard | Undergraduate | 2012- 2013 | Work study |
| Chris Frutel | Undergraduate | 2012- 2012 | Summer research assistant MSc candidate |
| Evan Fraser | Undergraduate | 2012- 2012 | Summer research assistant MSc candidate |
| Karla Gruundegaard | MSc candidate | 2011-2015 | Bacterial communities in tree based intercropping system |
| Nicola Day | PhD candidate | 2011-2015 | Ecology of invasive plants NSERC Postdoctoral fellow, |
| Crystal McCall | MSc candidate | 2011-2013 | Fecal source tracking |
| James Ainsworth | Undergraduate | 2011- 2012 | Work study MSc candidate |
| Michael Merchant | Undergraduate | 2011- 2012 | Summer student MSc candidate |
| Karen Thompson | PhD candidate | 2010-2015 | Microbial communities and GHG emissions |
| Tandra Fraser | PhD candidate | 2010-2014 | P-solubilizing microbial communities |
| Ian McCormick | MSc candidate | 2010-2013 | Ammonia oxidizers in agricultural soils |
| Thaddeus Lewandowski | MSc candidate | 2010-2011 | Ecology of invasive species Environmental consultant |
| Lizzy Andrews | Undergraduate | 2010- 2010 | Work study |
| Samantha Paul | Undergraduate | 2010- 2010 | Summer student Research assistant, |
| Deanna Nemeth | MSc candidate | 2009-2012 | Denitrifying communities associated with N2O emissions |
| Michael Zima | Undergraduate | 2009- 2019 | Summer student |
| Madantha Avanthi Wijensinghe | PhD candidate | 2008-2012 | AMF communities associated with willow |
| Angela Straathof | MSc candidate | 2008-2010 | Microbial communities and GHG emissions |
| Paul Van Hooren | Undergraduate | 2008- 2008 | Summer student |
| Kamini Khosla | Lab Manager | 2007- In progress | |
| Judy Pararajasingham | Undergraduate | 2007- 2007 | Summer stud |
| Sulara Taulpe Gruge | Undergraduate | 2007- 2007 | Summer student Medical student |
| Ajith Samarajeewa | PhD candidate | 2005-2009 | E. coli transport through surface water |
| Aala Ali | PhD candidate | 2004-2009 | Pathogens in stored manure |