People

Current lab inhabitants:

 
 Researchers
  • Alex Borisenko
  • Natalia Ivanova
  • Dirk Steinke
  • Evgeny Zakharov

 

Post-Doctoral Fellows
  • Gerry Blagoev
  • Jeremy deWaard
  • Jose Fernandez-Triana
  • Luis Hernandez-Triana
  • Masha Kuzmina
  • Justin Schonfield
  • Julie Stahlhut
  • Jeff Webb

 Graduate Students

  • Ann Chambers
  • Kara Layton
  • Patrick Strutzenberger
  • Jinjing Wang
  • Zhaofu Yang
  • Monica Young


Former graduate students and thesis titles :

 
 

M.Sc. Students (33)

33. Cuellar, B. 2011. DNA barcoding the Lepidoptera of the Yucatan Peninsula.

32. Corstophine, E. 2010. DNA barcoding of echinoderms.

31. Carr, C. 2010. Polychaeta of Canada: Exploring diversity using DNA barcodes.

30. von Konigslow, T. 2009. Automated tools for working with large DNA sequence data sets.

29. Zemlak, T. 2005. Counting fishes through DNA barcodes.

28. deWaard, J. 2004. Lifestyle transitions and rates of animal molecular evolution.

27. Dooh, R. 2003. Patterns of Genetic Divergence in Glacial Relict Crustaceans.

26. Hardie, D. 2002. Genome size in fishes.

25. Adamowicz, S. 2002. Intercontinental dispersal, biogeography, and speciation in a freshwater zooplankter: investigations of the Daphnia of Argentina.

24. Cox, A. 2001. Freshwater phylogeography: the impact of life history traits on the post-glacial dispersal of zooplankton in North America.

23. Rhydderch, J. 2001. Population structure and microphylogeographic patters of dolly varden, Salvelinus malma, along the Yukon north slope.

22. Rowe, C. 2001. Global distribution, phylogeny and taxonomy of the freshwater zooplankton genus Holopedium.

21. Derry, A. 2001. Zooplankton communities and genetic divergence of rotifers in saline and subsaline lakes.

20. Witt, J.D.S. 1998. Cryptic amphipod species in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin.

19. Thompson, G.J. 1995. Probing termite social systems through combined allozyme and mtDNA analysis : a case study of Nasutitermes nigriceps and Nasutitermes costalis (Isoptera : Termitidea).

18. Little, T.J. 1995. On the consequences of restricted gene flow: reproduction and speciation in freshwater ostracodes.

17. DeMelo, R. 1993. Taxonomic diversity in North American Bosmina.

16. Turgeon, J. 1993. Genetic diversity in sexual and asexual members of Cyprinotus and Cypericercus (Ostracoda : Crustacea).

15. Murdoch, M.H. 1992. Genetic diversity in ictalurids : insights in to phylogeny, postglacial dispersal and contaminant impacts.

14. Wilson, C.C. 1990. Ecological diversification among clones of Daphnia pulex.

13. Beaton, M.J. 1988. Genome size variation in the Cladocera.

12. Gray, I. 1988. Factors regulating phytoplankton abundance.
(Co-supervised with D.G. Haffner)

11. Grewe, P.M. 1987. Mitrochondrial DNA divergence among members of sub-family Salmoninae with special reference to the genus Salvelinus.

10. Muncaster, B.W. 1987. Factors affecting the body burden of organic contaminants in freshwater mussels from Lake St. Clair.

9. Barker, D.M. 1986. Secondary sex ratios in Daphnia magna (Crustacea, Cladocera).

8. Emery, C.F. 1984. The ecological impact of near ultraviolet radiation on Daphnia pulex.

7. Loaring, J.M. 1982. The ecological genetics of Daphnia species.

6. Good, A.G. 1981. The ecological biogeography of tundra zooplankton communities in the Churchill, Manitoba area.

5. McWalter, D.B. 1981. Genetic variation and relatedness of asexual Daphnia species.

4. Crease, T.J. 1980. Genetic variation in natural populations of Daphnia.

3. Woodrich, D.C. 1980. Ecological differences among clones of Daphnia.

2. Reedeler, D.J. 1978. Aspects of the photoperiodic response of the pea aphid, Acrythosiphon pisum (Harris). (Co-supervised with P.A. Wright)

1. Mort, M.A. 1977. The adaptive significance of cyclomorphosis in Daphnia : a study of muscle size and swimming efficiency.
(Co-supervised with D.G. Wallen)

 

Ph.D. Students (16)

16. Nazari, Vazrick. 2011. DNA barcoding of Lepidoptera.

15. Clare, E. 2010. MtDNA Diversity in Neotropical bats: Molecular systematcs.

14. Wilson, J. 2010. DNA barcoding and Lepidoptera taxonomy.

13. Kerr, K. 2010. Exploring the efficacy of DNA barcoding within the class Aves

12. Cristescu, M. 2004. Origin and phylogeny of ponto-caspian crustaceans : understanding speciation in ancient lakes.

11. Witt, J. 2004. A crustacean lineage in time.

10. Gregory, R. 2002. The C-value Enigma.

9. Chen, J.Z. 1998. Directed termination PCR and multi-level analyses on mitochondrial DNA mutations.

8. Colbourne, J.K. 1999. A documentary on the evolutionary history of Daphnia.

7. Chen, J.Z. 1998. Directed termination PCR and multi-level analyses on mitochondrial DNA mutations.

6. Dufresne, F. 1996. Genetic relationships among arctic Daphnia : implications for the orgins and evolutionary significance of polyploidy.

5. Beaton, M.J. 1995 . Patterns of endopolyploidy and genome size variation in Daphnia.

4. Wilson, C.C. 1995. Phylogeography and postglacial dispersal of two North American Salvelinus species.

3. Taylor, D.J. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the Daphnia longispina group.

2. Boileau, M.G. 1989. Biochemical genetic variation in the freshwater Copepoda : evolutionary consequences of passive dispersal in freshwater zooplankton.

1. Stanton, D.J. 1988. Implications of mitochondrial DNA diversity in Daphnia.