Team

LAB MEMBERS (WESTERN UNIV., BIOL. DEPT.)

David R. Smith
Professor 2023-present.
Associate Professor (early tenure), 2018-2023.
Faculty of Science Scholar, 2020-2022.
Assistant Professor, 2013-2018.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biodiversity Research Centre, Univ. British Columbia, Dec 2010 – Jun 2013.
Izaak Walton Killam Scholar 2011-2013.
PhD (Biology), Dalhousie Univ., Canada, Oct 2010.
BSc. Honors (Biology), Acadia Univ., Canada, May 2005.

Matheus Sanita Lima, PhD candidate (msanital@uwo.ca)

Michael Bonneville, MSc candidate (mbonnevi@uwo.ca)

Shyanika Durayalage, MSc candidate (snissank@uwo.ca)

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Hager Gaouda, MSc candidate (hgaouda@uwo.ca)

Marmite

Marmite, Paper-writing sidekick since Jan 2015

Kip,Paper-writing distractor since Sep 2017.

LAB ALUMNI (chronological; includes current endeavours)

alumni

  • Dong Lee, MSc 2021.
  • Scout Thompson, Honors Thesis 2021.
    • MSc student in Beth MacDougall-Schakleton’s lab, Western University (Biology)
  • Dr. Xi Zhang, PhD 2021.
    • Postdoc in John Archibald’s lab, Dalhousie University (Biochemistry)
  • Dr. Adam Chin Fatt, PhD 2020 (co-supervised with Prof. Rima Menassa)
  • Dr. Marina Cvetkovska, postdoctoral fellow 2016-19.
    • Marina now has her own lab in the biology dept at the University of Ottawa. Find out more here.
  • Udara Jay, Honors Thesis 2019.
  • Kelsey Pannunzio, MSc 2019 (co-supervsied with Prof. Sangeeta Dhaubhadel)
  • Shane Orgnero, Honors Thesis 2018.
    • MSc student in Sweden. 
  • William Burke, MSc 2018 (co-supervised with Prof. Cam Donly)
    • Law school
  • Craig Matthews, MSc 2018 (co-supervised with Prof. Abdelali Hannoufa)
  • Matheus Sanita Lima, MSc 2017.
    • PhD student.
  • Keegan M Leckie, MSc 2017 (co-supervised with Prof. Ryan Austin)
  • Dennis He, Honors Thesis 2017 (co-supervised with Prof. Aiming Wang) & prolific Writer in Residence.
    • Junior Policy Analyst at Environment and Climate Change Canada. 
  • Matt Cartwright, Honors Thesis 2016.
    • Micro-brewing industry.
  • Laura Cynthia Woods, Research Assistant 2015-2016.
    • PhD student at Monash University, Australia.
  • Sara Asmail, MSc 2015.
  • Michael Del Vasto, MSc 2015.
    • Genetic Technologist.
  • Yao Tian, Honors Thesis 2015.
  • Dr. Hannah Ajoge, Visiting Research Scientist Mar–Oct 2014.
    • Postdoc with Stephen Barr (Western University).