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I have had the immense pleasure of watching these students on their scientific journeys:

Lizzy Schafers (2024)

  • BIOL 491 research project

  • Soil characterization & germination of Hosackia pinnata

    • VIU Project Pitch Award recipient​

Fletcher Falk (2024)

  • BIOL 491 research project

  • Comparative genomics of marmot mitochondria​​

Bryan Lamprecht (2024)

  • BIOL 491 research project

  • Conservation genetics of Hosackia pinnata​​

Emma Peterson (2024)

  • BIOL 491 research project

  • Distribution and specificity of Epipactis helleborine mycorrhizae

    • VIU Project Pitch Award recipient​

    • Milner Gardens & Woodland Undergraduate Research Award

Olivier Fournier (2024)

  • USRA recipient + BIOL 491 research project

  • Orchid crossing & seed viability

  • Controlled crosses of orchids to assess reproductive barriers against hybrid formation​

Thomas Champaigne (2024)

  • USRA recipient + BIOL 491 research project

  • Vancouver Island marmot habitat

  • Characterizing succession after tree removal in high alpine habitat​

Lizzy Schafers (2023-2025)

  • Research Assistant

  • Orchid germination & fungal culture

  • BC Parks Living Labs field assistant

    • Presentation at Pacific Ecology & Evolution Conference (PEEC) 2024​

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Emma Peterson (2023-2025)

  • Research Assistant

  • Orchid germination & fungal culture

  • BC Parks Living Labs field assistant

    • Top five poster & infographic at VIU CREATE 2024​

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Krystyn Forbes (2022-2024)

  • Research Assistant

  • Orchid germination & fungal culture

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Meganne Harrison (2022-2024)

  • M.Sc. Student

  • Enhancing ecosystem service provisioning by natural enemies of arthropod herbivores in the agroecosystems of BC's northern central interior

  • Co-supervised with Dr Dezene Huber

  • University of Northern British Columbia

    • Mitacs Accelerate & BC Forage Council 

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Genevieve van der Voort (2022-2024)

  • M.Sc. Student (upgraded to PhD 2024)

  • Investigating floral visitor networks in black spruce communities 

  • Co-supervised with Dr Dezene Huber

  • University of Northern British Columbia​

    • NSERC CGS-M​

    • UNBC Graduate Entrance Scholarship

    • UNBC Research Project Award

    • 2022 Graduate MUVE and P-IE: Pollinators 2nd place 10-minute paper (Entomological Society of America)

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Moritz Plendl (2021-2022)

  • Undergraduate Research Project (BIOL490)

  • Morphometrics of Platanthera dilatata flowers across an altitudinal gradient

  • Vancouver Island University

    • Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference (PEEC) second place 3 minute presentation prize, 2022​

    • VIU Student Travel and Research Award, 2022

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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​

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Khawla Alwadani (Master of Scientific Studies - completed 2017)

  • Eucalypt chloroplast genome assembly

  • The University of New England, Australia

  • Co-supervision with Dr. Rose Andrew

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Stephen AL Trevoy (MSc - completed 2018)

  • Mountain pine beetle linkage map development

  • University of Alberta, Canada

  • Co-supervision with Prof. Felix Sperling

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