Post Docs and Research Associates (Current and Past)

Dr. Celia Boone, Postdoc, 2010 – 2013

- Mountain Pine Beetle System Genomics – Genome Canada/BC/Alberta TRIA II Project

Anne-Marie Flores, Research Associate, 2012 - 2013

- Environmental DNA Assess of Coastal Tailed Frogs

Veronica Mesias, Research Associate, 2009

- Centre for Wind Energy and the Environment – NSERC Strategic

Andrea Singh, Research Associate, 2008

- Mountain Pine Beetle System Genomics – Genome BC/Alberta TRIA I Project

Graduate Students (Current and Past)

Current

Cherie Mosher, PhD - NRES (Biology) Landscape Ecology of Coastal Tailed-Frogs (co-supervised with Chris Johnson)

Ian Higgins, MSc - NRES (Biology) Ground Beetle Biodiversity of the Ancient Forest (co-supervised with Lisa Poirier)

Supervised

Marcelo Mora, MSc – NRES (Biology) Population structure of BC Sparrows: Genetic determination of important migratory routes

Nadika Gayathri Samarasekera, MSc – NRES (Biology) Microsatellite Variation in Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) in Western Canada: Spatial Genetic Analyses of Neutral Variation and Development of Genic Markers.

Ryan Thorgeirson, MSc – NRES (Biology) Genetic Analysis of Willows in Northern BC (C. Alstrom-Rapaport/B. Murray)

Dana O’Bryan (nee Small), MSc – NRES (Biology) Genetic variation in the Lake Qinghai scaleless carp

Nicholas Bartell, MSc – NRES (Biology) A microsatellite Analysis of the Western Canadian mountain pine beetle epidemic

Zhenyu Xie, MSc – Zhejiang University, PRC, Phylogeography of Lake Qinghai scaleless carp. (Du/Wang/Murray)

Collaborative Supervison of Guest Students

Theresa McMurchy, MSc – NRES (Biology) Investigating disease severity, genotypic and phenotypic diversity in populations of Geocaulon lividum in northern British Columbia. (K. Lewis)

Angie Dale, MSc – NRES (Biology) Genetic variation and dothistromin production in the fungal pathogen Dothistroma pini (K. Lewis)

Lisa Wood (nee Van Arendonk), MSc – NRES (Forestry) An investigation of the natural hybridization between Lodgepole and Jack Pine in Northern BC (I. Hartley)

Erin O’Brien, MSc – NRES (Biology) Mate choice in tree swallows (R. Dawson)

Susan Gibson, MSc – NRES (Biology) Genetic variation in populations of Inonotus tomentosus in BC (K. Lewis)

Carmen Holschuh, MSc – NRES (Biology) Ecology of the Queen Charlotte saw-whet owls (K. Otter)

Undergraduate Students (Current and Past)

Undergraduate Thesis Supervision (NRES 430)

Linda Horianopoulos, 2014/15, "Adaptive Expression of Inhibitor of Apoptosis in Mountain Pine Beetle Larvae"

Angela Grob, 2013/14, "Investigating the Use of Environmental DNA as a Quantitative Predictor of Coastal Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei) Abundance in Streams"

Gurkirat Kaur Kandola, 2013/14, "Allele Specific Expression of the Genes in Mountain Pine Beetle Larva"

Umesh Anghnoo, 2012/13, "Analysis of EST-linked Adaptive Variation in Mountain Pine Beetles"

Alice Lee, 2012/13, "DNA Barcoding to Assess Ground Beetle Diversity in the Ancient Forest" (co-supervised with Lisa Poirier)

Kelly Hrywkiw, 2011/12, "Spatial Genetic Analysis of Alpine Willows”

Luke Spooner, 2011/12, “Paternity Analysis of Mountain Pine Beetles”

Heidi Schindler, 2008/09, “Genetic Census of the Pinto Creek Mountain Goats”

Jennifer Fraser, 2007, “Microsatellite Marker Development for Mountain Pine Beetles”

Nic Bartell, 2006/07, “Microsatellite Analysis of Mountain Pine Beetles”

Geoffrey de Ruiter, 2006/07, “MHC typing of Lake Qinghai Scaleless Carp”

Jodie Steinke, 2005/06, “Microsatellite Analysis of Mountain Pine Beetles”

Jennifer Russell, 2003/04 (co-supervisor with Kathy Lewis) “Genetic Variation in Inonotus tomentosus”

Zac Clements, 2002, “MHC Variation in Antarctic Fishes”

Independent study (BIOL 499)

Samuel Marleau, 2015, "Spatial Genetic Analysis of Western Screech Owls in BC"

Marie-Danielle Bourassa, 2011/12, “Biodiversity of Ground Beetles in the Ancient Forest” (co-supervised with Lisa Poirier)

Edith Laban, 2012, “Paternity Analysis of Chickadees”

Erin Carlson, 2003 “mtDNA variation in the Lake Qinghai Scaleless carp”

UNBC Undergraduate Research Experience Award Students

Selenne Dorus, Fall 2014

Linda Horianopoulos, Winter 2103

Gurkirat Kaur Kandola, Fall 2012

Cierra Hoecherl, 2011/12

Amanda Cookhouse, 2011/12

Summer Students/Research Assistants

Alexis McEwan, 2014 "Lanscape Genetics of Coastal Tailed Frogs"

Ian Higgins, 2014 "Lanscape Genetics of Coastal Tailed Frogs"

Linda Horianopoulos, 2014 NSERC-USRA "Adaptive Variation in Mountain Pine Beetles"

Kacie Young, 2014 "Biodiversity Assessment via analysis of eDNA"

Angela Grob, 2013 "Biodiversity Assessment via analysis of eDNA"

Rhiannon Montgomery, 2011 – 2012 “Mountain Pine Beetle System Genomics”

William Eisbrenner, 2011 NSERC-USRA “Adaptive variation in mountain pine beetles”

Amanda Cookhouse, 2011 “Mountain Pine Beetle System Genomics”

Marie-Danielle Bourassa, 2011 HRSDC Summer Career Placement, “Genetic Lab Technician”

Rosalyn Loerke, 2010 “Mountain Pine Beetle System Genomics”

Shane Doddridge, 2010 “Mountain Pine Beetle System Genomics”

Mike Prior, 2010 “Mountain Pine Beetle System Genomics”

Nic Bartell, 2007 NSERC-USRA “Genetic analysis of mountain pine beetle populations in BC and Alberta”

Brent Shelest, 2006 HRSDC Summer Career Placement, Population genetics summer lab technician and Co-op student “Genetic analysis of mountain pine beetle populations in BC and Alberta”

Nic Bartell, 2006 NSERC-USRA, “Genetic analysis of mountain pine beetle populations in BC and Alberta”

Erin Carlson, 2005 HRSDC Summer Career Placement, Population genetics summer lab technician “Genetic analysis of mountain pine beetle populations in BC and Alberta”

Naaz Parmar, 2003 HRSDC Summer Career Placement, Immunogenetics/population genetics summer lab technician “Mitochondrial and MHC analysis of Lake Qinghai Scaleless carp”