Masters Students

Samara Mazin (MSc, 2026)

Katie Grabowski (M.Sc)

Alex Arkilanian (M.Sc, 2021 - Now PhD student, Memorial University)

Valentin Lucet (M.Sc - now Research assistant, Wilfrid Laurier U.)

Kristina Krebs (M.Sc.)

Charles Bazerghi (M.Sc., 2020 - Now a Physical Therapist)

Chloe Debyser (M.Sc, 2019- Now working at Wildlife Conservation Society Canada)

Shaun Turney (MSc, now Lab course coordinator, McGill University)

Carly Ziter (MSc, now Associate Professor at Concordia University)

Robby Marotte (MSc, now PhD Trent University)

Kyle Martins (MSc, 2013 -now Project Manager, Nature Conservancy of Canada)

Tim Holland (MSc, now Technical Lead, Winrock)

Colin Fontaine (DEA, now CNRS, Mueseum, National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris)

Delphine Saudo (DEA)

Ph.D. Students

Flavio Affinito (PhD, 2025 - now Consultant)

Alessandra Loria (PhD, 2020)

Katie Millette (PhD, 2020 - now Executive Secretary, GEO BON)

Catalina Gomez (PhD, 2017- now Consultant, Islas Secas Foundation)

Sarah Leo (PhD, 2016 - Scientist, U. Alberta)

Michael Pedruski (PhD, 2015 - Data Scientist, Intact Insurance)

Patrick Thompson (PhD, 2015 - now DFO)

Edward Wong (PhD, 2015 - now postdoc, Princeton U.)

Matthew Mitchell (PhD, 2014 - now Assistant Professor, UBC)

Jonathan Whiteley (PhD 2012, now Senior Research Analyst, Statistics Canada, Ottawa)

Pradeep Pillai (PhD 2011)

Georgina (Xoxo) O'Farrill (PhD 2010 ; now at the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal).

Tariq Gardezi (PhD 2009)

Nirmala Massin (PhD 2006, Directrice, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris)

Blandine Descamps-Julien (PhD 2005, Déléguée du collectif des Parcs nationaux de France)

Post-Doctoral Trainees

Dr. Juan Zuloaga (also worked as Research Associate - now director of Ecodiversa Tropical)

Dr. Ágnes Vári (now IPBES & Ecosystem Research Consultancy)

Dr. Wenyuan Zhang (now Assistant Professor, Nanjing University)

Dr. Francis van Oordt (now Climate Change Analyst at NRCan)

Dr. Jacqueline Oehri (now Ecologist, QUADRA)

Dr. Chuliang Song (now Assistant Professor, University of California -LA)

Dr. Carina Rauen Firkowski (now Quantitative Ecologist Intern at APEX RMS & Ecology consultant)

Dr. Ty Tuff (now Senior Data Scientist, ESIIL)

Dr. Justin Marleau (now Researcher, QCBS)

Dr. Alessandra Loria (now Horizon Europe NCP & PC representative for XJENZA, Malta)

Dr. Siddhartha Khare (now Assistant Professor, IIT Roorkee, India)

Dr. Celina Baines (now Assistant Professor, University of Toronto)

Zoë Lindo (now Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario).

Bronwyn Rayfield (now Research Associate, Carleton University)

Cécile Albert (now CNRS Research Director, Aix en Provence)

Jérôme Dupras (now Assistant Professor, UQO & Scientifique en chef du Québec)

Vincent Fugère (Assistant Professor, UQTR)

Jorge Negrin Dastis (now Fisheries and Aquaculture Manager, DFO)

Sofia van Moorsel (now Senior Scientist & group leader, U. of Zurich)