Our lab is located on lower level of the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph. We are part of the Department of Integrative Biology in the College of Biological Science.

Please contact Dr. Mehrdad Hajibabaei (mhajibab@uoguelph.ca) for inquires related to graduate studies and posdoc positions.

Dr. Katie McGee

Katie McGee, Ph.D My research involves using DNA metasystematics via Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) to study the ecology and biochemistry of soil organisms in the environment, with the goal of understanding the mechanisms of soil biotic community dynamics and their role in biogeochemical cycles, while also applying these mechanistic links to ecosystem ecology. Read more…

Shadi Shokralla

Shadi Shokralla, Ph.D. Dr. Shokralla’s graduate training, in conjunction with the Stanford Genome Technology Centre, was in molecular techniques for detection of microbial resistance amongst clinical isolates of bacteria. His main research interest is in technology development within next-generation sequencing platforms including Roche 454 GS FLX and Illumina MiSeq systems. Read more…

Gina Capretta

Gina Capretta  BASc., B.Ed., (MSc. Student) After completing a BASc. from McMaster University in 2002, I headed for Teacher’s College at the University of Toronto and earned a B.Ed (Biology/Chemistry) with a specialization in gifted education. Over the last ten years, I taught science and math to elementary, secondary, and Read more…

Nicole Fahner

Nicole Fahner, HBSc. (MSc. Student) Before coming to the University of Guelph for graduate studies, I attended the University of Toronto where I received an Honours B.Sc. in Forensic Science and Biology. Through some work experience in the Royal Ontario Museum’s Natural History collection and an internship at the Natural Read more…

Michael Wright

I received my B.Sc in Biology from Trent University, Peterborough in April 2011 after completing an honours thesis project on mosquito diversity in rural vs. urban habitats. During my undergrad I had the opportunity to both take (June 2010), and TA (June 2011) a field course looking at wild plants Read more…

Lisa Ledger

Lisa Ledger, B.Sc. (M.Sc. Student) After completing a bachelors degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Guelph in June 2010, I started graduate work in the Hajibabaei lab in January of 2012. One of the overarching interests of my academic career has been how to use the techniques Read more…

Joel Gibson

Project Manager – Biomonitoring 2.0 and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, 
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph My M.Sc. and Ph.D. research was on the evolutionary biology of Diptera.I employed life history, morphological, and molecular data to study the phylogenetic relationships between species, genera, and families of Read more…

Ian King

Ian King, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow I completed my PhD in Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology at the University of California, Riverside, working under Paul De Ley in the Department of Nematology. My research involved establishing a biomonitoring programme using free-living nematodes for the restoration-in-progress of the largest wetland in southern Read more…