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…

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…

Stéphanie Boilard

Stéphanie Boilard, B.Sc.H Laboratory Technician I started in the Hajibabaei lab in the summer of 2009 as a third year Molecular Biology and Genetics student when I held an Undergraduate Research Assistanceship position. I returned to school the following fall and completed my Bachelor’s degree in the spring of 2011. I rejoined Read more…