Mac Barrera (2021)

• Research Assistant 

• Fungal culture and maintenance

• DNA extractions

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Moritz Plendl (2021)

• Canada Summer Jobs Research Assistant 

• Preliminary investigations ​of Platanthera transversa pollinators, nectar production & nectar composition

• Morphometrics of Platanthera dilatata flowers

• Vancouver Island University

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Genevieve van der Voort (2021)

• NSERC USRA 

• Preliminary investigations of Platanthera transversa pollinators, nectar production & nectar composition

• Symbiotic germination testing among P. dilatata and P. stricta mycorrhizal isolates

• Vancouver Island University​

  • Andy Spencer Legacy Award, 2021​

Madison Wagenaar (2020)

• Research Assistant

• Assembling, coding and testing Raspberry Pi camera units for diurnal and nocturnal observations

• Vancouver Island University​

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Genevieve van der Voort (2020)

• Undergraduate research project (BIO 490)

• Identifying diurnal and nocturnal pollinators of Platanthera dilatata using continuous video monitoring

• Vancouver Island University

  • VIU REACH Award for research, 2020​

  • VIU CREATE Meritorious Infographic award, 2021

  • VIU CREATE Research Theme award, 2021 - Integrated Sciences, Technology & Environment

  • VIU CREATE Blue Ribbon Award, 2021

Amanda Friesen (2019)

• NSERC USRA

• Assisting with a metagenomics study of Vancouver Island Marmot diet

• Vancouver Island University

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Genevieve van der Voort (2019-2020)

• Undergraduate research project (BIO 491)

• Assessing floral visitors of Platanthera (bog orchid) and close relatives

• Vancouver Island University

  • American Entomological Society Systematics, Evolution & Biodiversity BioQuip Products Undergraduate Scholarship, 2019​

  • VIU Biology Jane Watson Biology Conference Fund, 2019

  • VIU Student Travel & Research Award, 2020

  • VIU Biology David Gaumont-Guay Legacy Award, 2020

Cassandra Twiname (2019-2020)

• Undergraduate research project (BIO 491)

• Optimizing fungal isolation & storage protocols for North American orchids using the introduced Epipactis helleborine

• Vancouver Island University

• Co-supervision with Dr Caroline Josefsson

  • Milner Gardens and Woodland Undergraduate Research Award, 2019 ​

  • VIU Student Travel & Research Award, 2020

  • Second Place Poster Presentation, Pacific Ecology & Evolution Conference (PEEC), 2020

Momena Khandaker (PhD - current)

• Assessing hybrid stability in Eucalyptus magnificata

• The University of New England, Australia

• Co-supervision with Dr Rose Andrew & Prof. Jeremy Bruhl

  • Third Place Poster Award, Eucalypt Genetics Conference, 2019

  • Joyce W. Vickery Research Fund from the Linnean Society of NSW, 2020

Khawla Alwadani (Master of Scientific Studies - completed 2017)

• Eucalypt chloroplast genome assembly

• The University of New England, Australia

• Co-supervision with Dr. Rose Andrew

Stephen AL Trevoy (MSc - completed 2018)

• Mountain pine beetle linkage map development

• University of Alberta, Canada

• Co-supervision with Prof. Felix Sperling