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
Dr. Kira Goff
Postdoctoral Scholar
Genomics of NA degraders
(co-supervised with Dr. S. Lewenza)
Anna Walker
M.Sc. Student
Control of sulfate reducing biofilms
Jackson Becker
M.Sc. Student
Nitrate-based MEOR
Peter Bell-Scholz
M.Sc. Student
Nitrate-based Souring Control
Annie Zymela
M.Sc. Student
Napthenic Acid biodegradation by rhizosphere microorganisms
(co-supervised with Dr. D. Muench)
Kaleigh Bailey
Undergraduate
Algal biodegradation of NAs
Fatima Debek
Undergraduate
MIC under high salinity conditions
Kfir Lerner
Undergradaute Student
NA biodegradation
Thomas Wood
Undergraduate
Naphthenic acid biodegradation in bacteria and algaie
Dr. Gloria Okpala
Research Consultant
Yin Shen
Research Consultant
Nuno Fragoso
Project Coordinator
Coordination of GROW /
Genome LSARP project
Lab Alumni
PDF Scholars
Dr. Gloria Okpala
Lead Operations Specialist, Baker Hughes
Dr. Natalie Rachel
Advisor, Business Development, MITACS
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
Felix Nwosu, Ph.D. (2023)
University of Calgary
Ciara Goldsmith, M.Sc. (2023)
Lab Technologist,
OSP
Julie Greer (nee Paulssen), M.Sc. (2020)
Research Scientist,
SixRings Inc.
Nicole Taylor, M.Sc. (2020)
Microbial Services Manager,
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)
People Analytics Data Scientist,
Suncor
Courtney Toth, Ph.D. (2017)
Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Toronto
Lisa Oberding, M.Sc. (2016)
Scientific Editor (freelance); Founder, FREDSense Technologies;
President & CEO, Helix Technical Inc.
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
Xavier Lewis
Maryam Yaqoub
Anna Walker
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