Recent Biology Graduates
| Name | Program (Convocation Date) | Thesis Title | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheng, Zhenlong | PhD (2019) | Regulation of coronafacoyl phytotoxin production in the potato common scabpathogen Streptomyces scabies | Bignell |
| De Angel-Rodriguez, Jorge | PhD (2019) | Seasonal and ontogenetic changes in subtropical krill lipids: implications for temporary blue whale and resident fin whale stocks that inhabit the Gulf of California | Parrrish |
| Devine, Brynn | PhD (2019) | Ecological biogeography of deep-sea fishes within eastern Canadian and arctic frontier areas | Fisher |
| Eslamloo, Khalil | PhD (2019) | Molecular basis of antiviral immune responses in teleost fish | Rise |
| Flight-Foley, Jessica | MSc (2019) | Diets of gray (halichoerus grypus) and harp (pagophilus groenlandicus) seals in Newfoundland waters using hard-part and molecular analyses | Miller/Stenson |
| Gruell, Marc | PhD (2019) | Transcriptomic studies of the bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus | Lang/ Mulligan/ Pena-Castillo |
| London, Sydney | Msc (2019) | The neuroendocrine control of feeding and reproduction in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and glass catfish (Kryptopterus vitreolus) |
Volkoff |
| McCuaig, Bonita | PhD(2019) | The Independent Partnership of Thyasira cf. gouldi and its Sulfur Oxidizing Symbiont | Dufour |
| Noonan, Meghan | MSc (2019) | Modelling scenarios for forest conservation through restoration following moose (Alces alces) disturbance | Leroux/Hermanutz |
| Penney, Heather | PhD (2019) | Environmental and maternal effects on hatch characteristics and early growth of fishes in Newfoundland and Labrador |
Purchase |
| Verhoeven, Joost | PhD (2019) | Microbiome exploration of deep-sea carnivorous Cladorhizidae sponges | Dufour |
| Weiler, Bradley | MSc (2019) | Exploring the cold-water coral holobiont: characterizing the bacterial associates of the octocorals Paragorgia arborea and Primnoa resedaeformis | Dufour |
| Zabihi-Seissan, Sanaollah | MSc (2019) | Gray wolves adjust their spatial and social environments according to prey distributions in a multi-prey system | Vander Wal |
| Yalcin, Semra | PhD (2018) | Biodiversity responses to global changes | Leroux |
| Wigle, Rachel | MSc (2018) | Arboreal lichen community structure and diversity on yellow birch (betula alleghaniensis) and balsam fir (abies balsamea) in the Avalon forest ecoregion in Newfoundland, Canada | Weirsma/McMullin |
| Saha, Srabani | MSc (2018) | Functional Genomics Studies of Atlantic Salmon (Salmosalar) Development, and Sac Fry Responses to Chronic Incremental Hyperthermia | Rise |
| Campanya I. Llovett, Neus | PhD (2018) | Biodiversity and food web patterns in the deep sea: Why food quality matters | Snelgrove |
| Bown, Luke | PhD (2018) | Coronafacoyl phytotoxin biosynthesis in Streptomyces scabies and identification of common scab-associated Streptomyces species in Newfoundland | Bignell |
| Baker, Kristen | MSc (2018) | Characterization of Paris in Drosophila melanogaster | Staveley |
| Bonar, Meagwin | MSc (2018) | Space use during parturition influences caribou calf Survival in Newfoundland | Vander Wal |
| Carmanico, Laura | MSc (2018) | Infection levels of two Ascaridoid nematodes (Anisakis simplex and Pseudoterranova decipiens) in Atlantic cod (dadus morhua) off newfoundland and labrador, and on the flemish cap | Rowe |
| Caroll Boivin, Larina | MSc (2018) | Functional Genomics Studies of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Development, and Sac Fry Responses to Chronic Incremental Hyperthermia |
Rise |
| Goyali, Juran | PhD (2018) | Characteristics of in Vitro- and Ex Vitro- Propagated Blueberry Plants at Morphological, Chemical and Molecular Levels | Debnath/ Igamberdiev |
| King, Kelcey | MSc (2018) | Analysis of blm: a gene of unclear function involved in the biosynthesis of clavulanic acid in Streptomyces clavuligerus | Tahlan |
| Mason, Gwynhyfar | MSc (2018) | Genomic and Experimental Evidence of Rapid Evolution in an Introduced Population of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) in Rocky River, Newfoundland | Fleming/ Bradbury |
| Munro, Hannah | PhD (2018) | Circulation of Pathogenic Spirochetes in the Genus Borrelia Within Ticks and Seabirds in Breeding Colonies of Newfoundland and Labrador | Lang/Whitney |
| Pichardo Marcano, Fritz | MSc (2018) | Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of the Neotropical Palm Tribe Euterpeae (Arecaceae) | Roncal |
| Shikon, Violaine | MSc (2018) | Larval fish community structure and capelin (Mallotus villosus) early life history dynamics on the northeast coast of Newfoundland | Schneider/Robert |
| Slade, Frankie | MSc (2018) | Investigating the role of Hip1 in Huntington Disease and Parkinson Disease Models in Drosophila melanogaster | Staveley |
| Alam, Zabayer | MSc (2017) | A bioinformatics approach to the study of polyphenols and antioxidant capacity in partridgeberry | Roncal/ Penc-castillo |
| Barley, Kincaid | PhD (2017) | The role of closed areas in marine ecosystem based management | Rose |
| Belley, Renald | PhD (2017) | Ecosystem functioning in northeast pacific soft-sedimentary habitats: the roles of sopecies diversity, functional diversity, and environmental variables | Snelgrove |
| Bowlby, Heather | PhD (2017) | Quantitative Recovery Planning: Understanding how human activities in watersheds can influence population dynamics and genetic structuring of diadromous fishes. | Fleming |
| Chaulk, Andrew | MSc (2017) | Culicids on the move: A genetic characterization of two mosquito disease vector species in eastern insular Newfoundland | Chapman |
| Currie-Wilson, Carissa | MSc (2017) | Feeding ecology of larval Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus): linking main prey availability and recruitment in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland | Roberts |
| Ebel, Jonathan | PhD (2017) | Nutrient cycling by large consumers at individual, population, and ecosystem levels | Leroux |
| Hammill, Christopher | MSc (2017) | Examining the coexistence of Splachnaceae mosses in Newfoundland peatlands | Marino |
| Lait, Linda | PhD (2017) | A mitogenomic study of four at-risk marine fish species: Atlantic wolfish, spotted wolfish, northern wolfish, and Atlantic cod, with special emphasis on the waters off Newfoundland and Labrador | Carr |
| M'Angale, Peter | PhD (2017) | An analysis of apoptotic and autophagic genes in novel drosophila models of Parkinson disease | Staveley |
| Mejias, Alberto | MSc (2017) | Habitat and ecology of breeding and non-breeding white-tailed tropicbirds (phaethon lepturus catesbyi) in Bermuda | Wiersma |
| Morales Gonzalez, Hugo | MSc (2017) | Population Genomics of Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea L. and Links to Environmental Conditions, Total Phenolics, and Antioxidant Capacity in Newfoundland and Southern Labrador | Roncal |
| Mullowney, Darrell | PhD (2017) | The Newfoundland and Labrador Marine Shelf Ecosystem: Change from the Bottom-Up | Rowe/Rose |
| Pitts, Paul | MSc (2017) | Characterization of appetite-â€ÂÂregulating factors in platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus (Cyprinodontiformes Poeciliidae) and cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus |
Volkoff |
| Rockwood, Hilary | MSc (2017) | Southern Newfoundland Waters Under Changing Ocean Conditions: Diets and Spatial Distributions of Emerging and Re-Emerging Gadoids Within NAFO Subdivision 3Ps | Fisher |
| Schacter, Carley R. | PhD (2017) | Migration Dynamics: Testing Ecological Theory with Tracking Data for Aethia Auklets in the North Pacific | Schenider |
| Stevens, Erin | MSc (2017) | A biological assessment of zooplankton in St. Paul’s Inlet: an estuarine environment in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland | Campbell |
| Van Wyngaarden, Mallory | MSc (2017) | Population genomics and environmental adaptation in the sea scallop, Placopecten magellanicus, detected using RAD-SEQ derived SNPs and experimental larval rearing | Snelgrove/ Bradbury |
| Chalise, Sovit | MSc (2016) | Biodiversity measures to summarize antibiotic resistance | Hurford |
| Colpron, Emile | MSc (2016) | Distributions of deep-sea corals in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence determined from fisheries bi-catch and local ecological knowledge | Edinger |
| De Mour Nerves, Barbara | PhD (2016) | Growth in cold-water octocorals: rates, morphology and environmental controls | Edinger |
| Merzetti, Eric | PhD (2016) | Characterizing the spargel, nutcracker, PI31 and FBXO9 homologues as models of Parkinson Disease in Drosophila melanogaster | Staveley |
| Slade, Jennifer | PhD (2016) | Starvation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster | Staveley |
| Wringe, Brendan | PhD (2016) | Effects of exposure to culture in fishes: the existence of common morphological responses among species and their impact on the interaction between escapee and wild Atlantic cod(Gadus morhua) | Purchase / Fleming |
| Campbell, Jennifer | MSc (2016) | Patch selection behaviour in the presence of environmental constraints | Abrahams |
| Carreon-Palau, Laura | PhD (2016) | Organic carbon sources and their transfer in a Gulf of Mexico coral reef ecosystem | Parrish |
| Charron, Louis | MSc (2016) | Restoring forests degraded by overabundant moose on the island of Newfoundland | Hermanutz |
| Clarke, Jo-Anna | PhD (2016) | Emergence of hereditary hyperplastic gingivitis in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: an exploration into the molecular aetiology at both the gene and genome levels | Marshall |
| Ellis, Nichola | MSc (2016) | Effects of introduced moose (Alces alces) on boreal forest ecosystems in Newfoundland, Canada | Leroux |
| Frey, Desta | MSc (2016) | Environmental and biological drivers of feeding and spatial dynamics in the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis | Gagnon |
| Green, Samantha | MSc (2016) | The diet and influence of the spionid polychaete Marenzelleria on benthic communities in coastal Newfoundland. | Dufour |
| Hall, Jennifer | PhD (2016) | Functional genomic and molecular analyses of transcripts related to glycerol synthesis and trafficking in rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) using cold temperature-induced models of glycerol production | Rise / Deidzic |
| Lawrence, Chesley | MSc (2016) | Patterns of northern river otter (Lontra canadensis) habitat selection, diel activity, group size and activity at latrine sites in Newfoundland, Canada | Miller |
| Ma, Zhenguo | PhD (2016) | Metabolism of Antioxidants and Nitrosothiols in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Seeds during Germination and Seedling Growth | Igamberdiev / Bykova |
| Rittenhouse, Mathew | MSc (2016) | Effects of Seasonally Varying Temperature and Salinity on the Dynamics of Sea Lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) | Hurford |
| Roberts, Rogers | MSc (2016) | Life history and habitat associations of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in Newfoundland waters | Rowe |
| Rossong, Melanie | PhD (2016) | Impacts of newly established non-indigenous Green crab (Carcinus maenas) on native fauna in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland | Quijon / Snelgrove |
| Schornagel, Dustin | MSc (2016) | An Evaluation of home range models for marine fish tracking and fine scale habitat use and movement patterns of age 1 Greenland cod (Gadus macrocephalus ogac) | Gregory / Snelgrove |
| Tailor, Sapan | MSc (2016) | Diversity analysis of blueberry clones and cultivars using EST-PCR and microsatellite markers | Debnath / Igamberdiev |
| Talukdar,Poly | PhD (2016) | Characterization of FBXO9 in Drosophila Melanogaster | Staveley |
| Tuziak, Sarah | PhD (2016) | The influence of nutritional status and environmental factors on growth, feeding behaviour and appetite-related peptide transcript expression in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). | Volkoff |
| Robinson, Jill | MSc (2015) | An experimental study of the at-sea movement of a Small diving seabird and the biological and Ethical implications of wildlife tracking Research | Jones |
| Robar, Ashley | MSc (2015) | Benthic communities in Atlantic Canada continental shelf basins: Patterns and their influence on ecosystem functions | Snelgrove / Juniper |
| Nielsen, Travis | MSc (2015) | Characterizing thermoregulatory trade-off behavior in juvenile American lobster, Homarus americanus | McGaw |
| Abeywickrama, Gihan | MSc (2015) | Phenolic compounds of cranberry genotypes and their antioxidant capacity and bioactivities | Shahidi |
| Moore, Marcus | MSc (2015) | Manipulation of Streptomyces clavuligerus for the purification of(L-a-aminoadipyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine synthetase and the mobilization of plasmid DNA | Tahlan |
| Hamilton, Ian | MSc (2015) | What makes a house a home: Examining the relationship between growth and predation risk in a coastal elasmobranch, the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris)n | Fleming |
| Tanner, Amy | MSc (2015) | An empirical evaluation of the determinants of moose-vehicle collisions in newfoundland, Canada | Leroux |
| Winkowski, John | MSc (2015) | Maternal and environmental effects on phenatypic development in salmon | Fleming |
| Penney, Chantelle | MSc (2015) | Physiological responses of the crabs Carcinus maenas and Cancer irroratus to the combined challenges of digestion and low salinity. | McGaw |
| Pollom, Riley | MSc (2015) | Freshwater Fisheries Hydroacoustics: A Global Review and an Investigation into the Measurement of Within-season Fish Population Declines in a Boreal Reservoir |
Rose |
| Wheeland, Laura | MSc (2014) | Community size spectra and role of vessel avoidance in hydroacoustic surveys of lakes and revoirs | Rose |
| Murphy, Andrew | MSc (2014) | Evaluation of fishing gears modified to reduce ecological impacts in commercial fisheries | Grant/Winger |
| Shah, Jay | PhD (2014) | Plant mitochondria under hypoxia: a cross-talk between nitric oxide, hemoglobin and oxygen |
Igamberdiev / Bykova |
| Hayes, James | MSc (2014) | Characterizing the endocrine, digestive and morphological adjustments of the intestine in response to food deprivation and torpor in a cold-adapted teleost, Tautogolabrus adspersus | Volkoff |
| Hixen, Stefanie | PhD (2014) | Use of 3 ruch oilseed cameline (Camelina sativa) as a fish oil replacement in aquaculture feeds: Implications for growth and lipid biochemistry of farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhus), Rainbow trout (Oncrhynchus mykiss) and atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) | Parrish |
| Hobbs, Rod | PhD (2014) | Molecular events in the evolution of freeze resistant fish: Type I AFP in cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus and type III APR in the rock gunnel (Pholis gunnellus) and radiated shanny (Ulvaria subbifuricate) | Fletcher |
| Huang, Yanyan | PhD (2014) | Prevalence and transmission of avian influenza viruses in Newfoundland and Labrador | Lang/Whitney |
| Hynes, Alexander | PhD (2014) | The phage and phage-like elements of Rhodobacter capsulatus | Lang |
| Inkpen, Sabrina | MSc (2014) | Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) feeding for ecosystem-base management and sustainability in Newfoundland and Labrador marine ecosystems | Rise |
| Krumsick, Kyle | MSc (2014) | Mitochondrial DNA and Microsatellite analysis of post-glacial dispersal and hybridization of longnose suckers (atostomus catostomus) in Labrador: implications for conservation and management near the Trans Labrador Highway” | Rose |
| Anderson, Julie | PhD (2014) | Hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) in the Nothwest Atlantic Ocean: uncovering patterns, habitat selection and diving behaviour throughtout the annual migration | Stenson/Wiersma |
| Altowairish, Mead | MSc (2014) | Characterizing the role of cfl, oxr and sdr in the biosynthesis of the Streptomyces scabies COR-like metabolites | Bignel |
| Baillon, Sandrine | PhD (2014) | Characterization and role of major deep-sea pennatulacean corals in the bathyal zone of Eastern Canada | Mercier |
| Langille Barbara | MSc (2014) | Mechanisms and consequences of variation in the migratory behaviour of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence | Marshall |
| LeBris, Arnault | PhD (2014) | The Ross’s gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in North America | Wroblewski |
| Mahlum, Shad | MSc (2014) | What goes up must come down: Assessing the validity of stream connectivity techniques with the use of in situ fish movement and stream community metrics | Wiersma / Cote |
| Van Vierssen Trip, Nyssa | MSc (2014) | A Comparison of All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Trail Impacts in Boreal Forest, Heath and Bog Habitats within the Avalon Wilderness Reserve and Surrounding Area | Wiersma |
| Vyas, Poorva | PhD (2014) | Antioxidant Preperties of Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) Plants | Igamberdiev / Debnath |
| Chavoshi Jolfaei, Mahin | MSc (2014) | Evaluation of foxO Modulation in Modelling Parkinson Disease in Drosophila Melanogaster | Staveley |
| Winkowski, John | MSc (2014) | The influence of structural complexity on phenotypic development and post-release performance of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) | Fleming / Purchase |
| Ferguson, Nicole | MSc (2014) | Regulatory and metabolic cascades involved in secondary metabolite production in Streptomyces clavuligerus | Tahlan |
| Copp, Corrina | MSc (2014) | The Development of Protocols to Restore the Globally At-Risk Limestone Barrens Ecosystem | Hermanutz |
| An, Dong | MSc (2013) | An assessment of the morphological, chemical and molecular diversitywithin a colleciton of wild cranberry clones | Debnath / Bykova |
| Babichuck, Nicole | MSc (2013) | Characterization of appetite regulators in marine fish | Volkoff |
| Blain, Caitlin | MSc (2013) | Seaweed-herbivore interactions | Gagnon |
| Bourne, Christina | MSc (2013) | The effects of culverts on stream connectivity in National Parks | Wiersma / Kehler |
| Baker, Krista | PhD (2013) | Biodiversity associated with deep-sea corale in Newfoundland & Labrador waters | Snelgrove |
| Camus, Stacey | MSc (2013) | Moose-habitat dynamics in Newfoundland | Wiersma / Hermanutz |
| Caputo, Michelle | MSc (2013) | Evolutionary and Fisheries consequences of partial migration in salmonid fishes with a focus on Atlantic salmon and Brook trout | Fleming |
| Caravan, Holly | MSc (2013) | An investigation of Thrips soldier morphology and sex in relation to fighting ability | Chapman |
| D’Avignon, Genevieve | MSc (2013) | Fish Productivity Dynamics | Rose |
| Dunleavy, Nicole | MSc (2013) | Biodiversity patterns in deep-sea sedimentary communities | Snelgrove / Edinger |
| Gale, Katherine | MSc (2013) | Deep-sea echinoderms of eastern Canada: Ecology and role of key species | Mercier |
| Goodbrand, Livia | MSc (2013) | The Environmental Impact of Predictability | Abrahams |
| Hynes, Douglas | MSc (2013) | Ecology & Distribution of the Red Crossbill | Miller |
| Koncz, Peter | MSc (2013) | Allocation to sexual and asexual reproduction along environmental gradients of the moss Polytrichum juniperinum in the low arctic | Marino |
| Letto, Carla | MSc (2013) | Small Mammal Dynamics in Altered Forest Ecosystems in Central Newfoundland | Wiersma |
| Ma, Kevin | MSc (2013) | Population dynamics of a non-indigenous colonial ascidian in a subarctic harbor | Deibel / McKenzie |
| Mercer, Ryan | PhD (2013) | The Regulation of Production of the Rhodobacter capsulatus Gene Transfer Agent, RcGTA | Lang |
| Morris, Corey | PhD (2013) | The Biolograd and Fisheries Dynamics of White Hake | Snelgrove |
| Munden, Jenna | MSc (2013) | Development of Seabed Friendly Bottom Trawls | Grant / Winger |
| Olafsdottir, Anna | PhD (2013) | Capelin distribution | Rose |
| Shapiera, Melanie | Msc (2013) | Connectivity and movement in juvenile fishes | Gregory / Snelgrove |
| Trant, Andrew | PhD (2013) | Changing treelines: how variability in scale and approach improve our understanding | Hermantuz |
| Warner, Lucas | MSc (2013) | Habitat use of salmonids | Purchase |
| Wang, Jiankang | PhD (2013) | Fisheries By-products, Gene Lipids and Antiacidents | Shahidi |
| Warner, Lucas | MSc (2013) | The Incidence of Anadromy and seasonal estuary use of Native Atlantic Salmon and brook trout and invasive brown trout | Purchase |