Upcoming Events

Elias will present his thesis, "Thyroid hormones regulate skeletogenesis and metamorphosis in diverse echinoderms (sea urchins, sea stars, and brittle stars)".  The examination committee includes: Chair - Dr. Georgia Mason Advisor - Dr. Andreas Heyland Advisory Committee Examiner - Dr. Terry Van Raay Additional Examiner - Dr. Glen Van Der Kraak External Examiner - Dr. Vance Trudeau (University of Ottawa)

Kaitlyn will present her thesis, "Detection of Antibiotic Residues in Milk Using Near-Infrared Spectra and Machine Learning Modelling". The examination committee includes: Chair - Dr. Steffen Graether Advisor - Dr. Dan Tulpan Advisory Committee Examiner - Dr. Ricardo Ventura Departmental Examiner- Dr. Flavio Schenkel

Colin will present his thesis, "Environmental Determinants of Phenology in High Latitude Plants".  The examination committee includes: Chair - Dr. Dan Grunspan Advisor - Dr. Andrew MacDougall Advisory Committee Examiner - Dr. Christina Caruso Additional Examiner - Dr. Edeline Gagnon External Examiner - Dr. Isla Myers-Smith (University of British Columbia)

Jianfei will present his thesis, "Experimental studies on the effects of soil nutrients, AM fungi and drought on the evolution of root morphology and function". The examination committee includes: Chair - Dr. Cortland Griswold Advisor - Dr. Hafiz Maherali Advisory Committee Examiner - Dr. Brian Husband Additional Examiner - Dr. Steve Crawford External Examiner - Dr. Courtney J Murren (College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA)

Josip will present his thesis, "Applying Multivariate Decision Trees to Visualize, Select Features, and Gain Insights into Biodiversity Genomics Datasets ".  The examination committee includes: Chair - Dr. Sarah Adamowicz  Advisor - Dr. Mehrdad Hajibabaei  Advisory Committee Examiner - Dr. Stefan Kremer Additional Examiner - Dr. Andrew Hamilton-Wright External Examiner - Dr. Robert Beiko, Dalhousie University