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Former Lab Members

  • Carly Scott - Wild mammal responses to disturbance from cattle grazing (MSc 2017-21)
    Currently PhD Student at University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Meg Congram - Tracking amphibian chytridiomycosis using environmental DNA (MSc 2017-21)
    Currently Lab Instructor at Mount Royal University Continuing Education
  • Sean Hudson - Detection probability estimation for massasaugua rattlesnakes in Ontario. (MSc 2017-19)
  • Dr. Angela Eads - Amphibian responses to perceived predation risk; Broadband forestsnail conservation (PDF 2017-19)
    Currently Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Davis
  • Brie-Anne Breton - Using eDNA to monitor amphibian populations (MSc 2016-19)
    Currently Water Resources Policy and Program Advisor with the Ministry of Conservation and Parks
  • Dr. Sibelle Villaca - Using eDNA to monitor amphibian pathogens (PDF 2017-19)
  • Melanie Boudreau - Indirect effects of predators on snowshoe hare physiology and behaviour (PhD 2015-19)
    Currently Postdoctoral Scholar at Mississippi State University
  • Crystal Kelly - Population genetics in sandhill cranes (MSc 2016-19)
  • Jasper Leavitt - Temperature and genetic polyploidy effects on larval salamander tissue regeneration (MSc 2016-19)
    Currently PhD Student at East Carolina University 
  • Lindsey Bargelt - Protected and connected conservation land in the US (MSc 2016-18)
    Currently Environmental Scientist at New Mexico Environment Department
  • Justin Johnson - Evaluating niche differentiation between North American Canids (MSc 2016-2018)
    Currently PhD Student at LMU Munich
  • Dr. Lynne Beaty - BEMA program course development; Amphibian responses to predation risk (2017-18)
    Currently Assistant Professor at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
  • Dr. Elizabeth Kierepka - BEMA course development (PDF 2016-18)
    Currently Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Assistant Research Professor at North Carolina State University
  • Peter Mills - Species distribution models for salamanders (MSc 2016-18)
  • Dr. Thomas Hossie - Ecology of unisexual-bisexual salamander complexes (PDF 2015-18)
    Currently Assistant Professor at Trent University 
  • Alex Myette - Defensive strategies of salamanders and differential avoidance by predators (MSc 2015-18)
  • Shawn MacFarlane - Corticosterone effects on cannibalistic morphology and tissue regeneration in axolotls (MSc 2015-18) Co-supervised by Dr. L. Kerr
  • Alex Bell - Food quality and predation risk on daphnia responses to perceived predation risk (MSc 2015-17)
    Currently Monitoring and Assessment Coordinator at Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
  • Cristen Watt - Landscape genetics of lynx (MSc & Lab Manager 2017)
    Currently Species at Risk Fieldwork Coordinator at Huron Stewardship Council
  • Dr. Catarina Ferreira Team project leader (peer review, species recovery timelines) (PDF 2015-18)
  • Dr. Amanda Bennett - Disease risk mapping for amphibians (PDF 2015-17)
    Currently Research Associate at Council of Canadian Academies
  • Jessica Longhi - Impact of predation risk on tadpole physiology (MSc 2016) Co-supervised by Dr. L. Kerr
    Currently Chiropractor at Shining Waters Chiropractic
  • Jason Rae - Interactions between disease and predation risk on tadpoles (MSc 2012-16)
  • Cayla Austin - Chemical ecology of communication between dragonfly predators and frog tadpole prey (MSc 2012-16)
    Currently Laboratory Technician at Centre for Advancement of Water and Waste Technologies, Fleming College
  • Kevin Chan - Ratio-dependent functional responses in lynx and coyotes (MSc 2012-16) 
  • Hance Ellington - Coyote spatial ecology in Newfoundland  (PhD 2010-15)
    Currently Assistant Professor at University of Florida
  • Dr. Rob Pickles - Spatial dynamics of ungulate parasites; recovery of wild tiger populations (PDF 2011-15)
  • Josee-Anne Otis - Environmental niche overlap between wolves, coyotes and hybrids (MSc 2013-15)
    Currently Wildlife Biology Teacher at CFP en Foresterie de l'Est-du-Québec
  • Michael Peers - Species distribution models for de-extinction  (MSc 2012-14) Co-supervised with D. Thornton
    Currently Banting Fellow at Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau - Caribou responses to perceived predation risk (PhD 2010-14) Co-supervised with J. Schaefer
    Currently Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University
  • Adrian Borlestean - Algal population dynamics under density-dependent nutritional constraints (MSc 2010-14)
  • Amanda Bennett - Perceived predation risk and maternal stress in amphibians (PhD 2010-14)
    Currently Research Associate at Council of Canadian Academies
  • Megan Hornseth - Canada lynx responses to habitat fragmentation (PhD 2007-14)
    Currently Cumulative Effects Biologist at Government of Yukon
  • Christine Terwissen - Stress and reproductive hormone detection in Canada lynx fur (MSc 2013-14) Co-supervised with G. Mastromonaco
    Currently Project Ecologist at Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry
  • Dr. Jeff Row - Lynx landscape and population ecology (PDF, 2011-13) Co-supervised with P. Wilson
  • Dr. Dan Thornton - Spatial ecology of lynx and snowshoe hares (PDF, 2011-13)
    Currently Assistant Professor at Washington State University
  • Dr. Richard Feldman - Population ecology of nesting waterfowl (PDF (2011-13)
    Currently Research Scientist at 
    Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry 
  • Dr. Alban Guillaumet - Competition in population cyclic attenuation (PDF, 2012) Co-supervised with J. Bowman
    Currently Assistant Professor at Troy University
  • Stacy Gan - Nest predation in Canada geese (MSc 2011) Co-supervised with K. Abraham
  • Terese Mcintosh - Elk population viability in Ontario (PhD, 2011) Co-supervised with R. Rosatte
    Currently Biodiversity & Wetlands Program and Policy Coordinator at 
    Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry
  • Dr. Amanda Sparkman - Lifetime reproductive success and social dynamics of red wolves (PDF, 2011) 
    Currently Associate Professor and Chair at Westmount College
  • Dr. Celine Gomez - Lynx population genetics and climate relationships (PDF, 2011)  Co-supervised with P. Wilson 
    Currently Self-Employed Sophrologist in France

  • Jean Arseneau - Causes and consequences of group dominance in eastern wolves (Canis lycaon). (MSc, 2010) Co-supervised with B. Patterson 
    Currently NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Toronto Scarborough

  • Allan Brand - Incorporating data quality and quantity on modeling density dependence. (MSc, 2010) Co-supervised with M.-J. Fortin
  • Josh Holloway - Size-dependent resource use of a hybrid wolf population in northeast Ontario. (MSc, 2010)  Co-supervised with B. Patterson
  • Karen Hussey - Space use patterns of moose in relation to forest cover (MSc, 2010) Co-supervised with B. Patterson
  • Thomas Hossie - Structural refuge mediates predation risk by dragonfly nymphs on larval anurans (MSc, 2010)
    Currently Assistant Professor at Trent University

  • Nic Robar   The effects of parasites on host survival and metabolism: A meta-analysis. (MSc, 2009) Co-supervised with G. Burness
  • Dr. Laura Finnegan - Population genetics of moose in Ontario. (PDF, 2009) Co-supervised with P. Wilson
  • Tyler Wheeldon - Genetic characterization of Canis populations in the western Great Lakes region. (MSc, 2009) Co-supervised with B. Patterson
    Currently Wildlife Research Biologist at Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry
  • Stacey Lowe - Moose behavioural responses to thermoregulatory extremes.  (MSc, 2009) Co-supervised with B. Patterson
  • Dr. Erin Rees - Moose population harvest optimization. (PDF, 2008)
    Currently Epidemiologist Biostatistician at Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Dr. Todd Steury - Territoriality of red squirrels in Idaho; Red wolf habitat selection analysis. (MSc 2002; PDF 2008)
    Currently Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology at Auburn University
  • Julia Phillips - Factors affecting predation risk of painted turtle and snapping turtle nests. (MSc, 2008)  Co-supervised with M. Obbard
  • Bastien Ferland-Raymond - Chemical cues and perceived predation risk in anuran larvae. (MSc, 2007)
    Currently Data Scientist/Statistician at Desjardins General Insurance 

  • Kenneth Mills - Wolf pup survival and dispersal in Algonquin Provincial Park. (MSc, 2007) Co-supervised with B. Patterson
  • Fernando Azevedo - Prey selection and social dynamics in a jaguar population in Brazil. (PhD, 2006)
    Currently Associate Professor at Universidade de São João del-Rei, Brasil
  • Mark Ryckman - Reintroduction success of translocated elk in Ontario. (MSc, 2005)  Co-supervised with R. Rosatte
  • Susan Abele - Snowshoe hare responses to pre-commercial thinning in Oregon. (MSc, 2004) 
    Currently Fish and Wildlife Nevada State Coordinator at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Andrea Kortello - Cougar-wolf interactions in Banff National Park. (MSc, 2004)
    Currently Biologist at Grylloblatta Ecological Consulting

  • Jason Husseman - Prey selection by wolves and cougars in Idaho. (MSc, 2002) 
  • Dr. Jim Roth - Stable isotope analysis of lynx and prey. (PDF, 2002)
    Currently Professor at University of Manitoba

  • John Oakleaf - Habitat selection in a recolonizing wolf population in the northwestern United States. (MSc, 2002)
    Currently Mexican Wolf Field Projects Coordinator at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Rachel Cook - Body condition assessment in elk. (MSc, 2001)
  • Aaron Wirsing - Source-sink dynamics in snowshoe hares at the southern range periphery. (MSc, 2001)
    ​Currently Assistant Professor at University of Washington

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  • Home
  • People
    • Dennis Murray
    • Postdoctoral Fellows
    • Graduate Students
    • Undergrads
    • Former Lab Members
  • Research
    • Kluane Valley Research
    • Amphibian Research
    • Long-term Monitoring
  • Publications
  • Openings
  • Lab News
  • Links