Meet The Team
Dr. Dilini Atugala
Postdoctoral Scholar
Microbiology of constructed treatment wetlands
Rita Eresia-Eke
Ph.D. Student
Microbial souring control
under high temperature and salinity
Nneka Jk-Onyeka
Ph.D. Student
Methanogenic hydrocarbon biodegradation
Felix Nwosu
Ph.D. Student
Methanotrophs and biodegradation in end-pit-lakes
(co-supervised with Dr. P. Dunfield)
Ciara Goldsmith
M.Sc. Student
Anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation
Jackson Becker
M.Sc. Student
Nitrate-based MEOR
Peter Bell-Scholz
MSc Student
Nitrate-based Souring Control
Annie Zymela
MSc Student
Napthenic Acid biodegradation by rhizosphere microorganisms
(co-supervised with Dr. D. Muench)
Rania Hannawayya
Technician
Microbiology of disposal wells
Anna Walker
Undergraduate
Inhibition of microbial souring
and corrosion
Maryam Yaqoub
Undergradaute Student
Napthenic
Xavier Lewis
Undergradaute Student
Coordination of geno-MIC /
Genome LSARP project
Dr. Gloria Okpala
Research Consultant
Yin Shen
Research Consultant
Nuno Fragoso
Project Coordinator
Coordination of geno-MIC /
Genome LSARP project
Lab Alumni
PDF Scholars
Dr. Gloria Okpala
Saskatchewean Health
Dr. Natalie Rachel
Freelance Scientist
Dr. Mohita Sharma
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher
Dr. Navreet Suri
Postdoctoral Scholar.
University of Alberta
Dr. Carolina Berdugo-Clavijo
Environmental Researcher, Imperial Oil
Dr. Benjamin Bey
Environmental Analyst, Government of Northwest Territories
Dr. Sandra (nee Wilson) Chamberlin
Medical writer in regulatory affairs
Dr. Divya Nair
Head of Microbiology,
Sun Genomics
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Daisuke Mayumi
NIAIST,
Japan
Dr Surajbhan Sevda
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Elmer Gonzales, M.Sc.
Campinas State University (UNICAM), Brazil
Dr. Christopher Lyles
University of Oklahoma,
USA
Dr. Jessica Beddow
University of Essex,
United Kingdom
Dr. Corinne Whitby
University of Essex,
United Kingdom
Kiara Smith
Portland State University,
USA
Graduate Students
Julie Paulssen, M.Sc. (2020)
Microbiology Lab Technician,
Nicole Taylor, M.Sc. (2020)
Molecular Laboratory Technologist,
OSP
Danika Nicoletti, M.Sc. (2020)
Application Scientist, LuminUltra
Gabrielle Scheffer, M.Sc. (2019)
Ph.D. Student,
University of Calgary
Gurpreet Kharey, M.Sc. (2019)
Ph.D. Student,
McGill University/NRCAN
Oscar Montoya, M.Sc. (2017)
Advanced Analytics Academy Specialist,
Suncor
Courtney Toth, Ph.D. (2017)
Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Toronto
Lisa Oberding, M.Sc. (2016)
Research Scientist,
Carolina Berdugo-Clavijo, Ph.D. (2014)
Environmental Researcher, Imperial Oil
Lindsay Clothier, M.Sc. (2014)
Environmental Scientist, Nautilus Environmental
Jane Fowler, Ph.D. (2014)
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Esther Ramos-Padron, Ph.D. (2013)
Undergraduates
Rania Hannawayya
Bethany Chan
Peter Bell-Scholz
Daria Strelnikova
Connor Horemans
Subasthika Thangadurai
Michelle Li
Hobart Si
Michelle Loi
Ryan Loi
Evan Huyghe
Delphi Wheatley
Samir Assaf
Cole Frantz
Julie Paulssen
Joshua Handy
Farrah Shah
Steven Duong
Karam Albasan
Corynne O’Farrell
Gabrielle Scheffer
Kaylee Rich
Alexander Chiem
Gurpreet Kharey
Chu Chu
Rianne Delvalle
Sally Cheung
Braden Pennycook
Rezwana Shawkat
Priyesh Menon
Ali Honarmand
Nasim Izadi
Chenzhe Qian
Emily Hicks
Yue (Peter) Qi
Kevin Lee
Zahra Hossein
Kingsley Nze
Jessica Wu
Victoria Veldhoen
Iyswarya Mani Bhaska