Former Members

James Franklin - PhD 2022

Thesis title: Exploring how soil fungi can be used to restore native trees on reclaimed substrates containing petroleum hydrocarbons

 

Jean Rodriguez-Ramos - PhD 2021

Thesis title: Characterization, restoration, and assembly of fungal communities in lodgepole pine forests impacted by disturbances

 

Joseph Cooper - PhD 2020

Thesis title: An exploration of aboveground and belowground interactions that shape forest dynamics

 

Elena Schaefer - MSc 2022

Thesis title: Mycorrhizas and root traits of the riparian tree species Populus fremontii

 

Nick Brown - MSc 2020

Thesis title: Biodegradation of hydrocarbons in bitumen: exploring plant-assisted and microbial stimulation techniques

 

Ariel Brown - MSc 2020

Thesis title: Cutin and suberin in mixed-wood boreal forest plants and their use as markers for origin of soil organic matter

 

Josh Wasyliw - MSc 2019

Thesis title: Ectomycorrhizal functional diversity parallels fine root and leaf abundance with forest stand age.

 

Marc La Flèche - MSc 2019

Thesis title: Exploring tree rooting behaviour in bituminous soils

Evan Fellrath - MSc 2019

Thesis title: Soil fungi after pine beetle outbreak: diagnosis of fungal community composition and treatment of outplanted seedlings with tailored soil inoculum

Paul Metzler - MSc 2018

Thesis title: Molecular identification of boreal forest roots: an expansion of techniques and investigation of
limitations and biases

Jon Cale - Post doc 2019

 

Gregory J Pec - Post doc 2017

 

Rykkar Jackson- Field/lab tech 2022

 

Charlotte Thomasson - Field/lab tech 2019

 

Christine Simard - Field/lab tech 2018–2019

 

Andrea Simeon- Lab technician 2018

 

Brea Burton - Field/lab technician 2018-19

 

Jason Eerkes - Field technician 2018

 

Serena Farrugia - Field/Lab Technician 2018

 

Chloe Christenson - Field/Lab Technician 2017-18

 

Angelica Rice - Field/lab technician 2017

 

Dana Hopfauf- Field technician 2017

 

Cole Burns - Field technician 2016

 

Alison Wilson - Field Technician 2016