Amanda Friesen (NSERC USRA 2019)

• Assisting with a metagenomics study of Vancouver Island Marmot diet

• Vancouver Island University

Genevieve van der Voort Maarschalk (Undergrad research project)

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

• Vancouver Island University

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

  • Recipient of the Jane Watson Biology Conference Fund, 2019

  • Recipient of a Student Travel & Research Award, 2020

  • Recipient of the David Gaumont-Guay Legacy Award, 2020

Cassandra Twiname (Undergrad research project)

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

• Vancouver Island University

• Co-supervision with Dr Caroline Josefsson

  • Recipient of the Milner Gardens and Woodland Undergraduate Research Award, 2019 ​

  • Recipient of a Student Travel & Research Award, 2020

  • Recipient of 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

  • Recipient of Third Place Poster Award, Eucalypt Genetics Conference, 2019

  • Recipient of the 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