Current graduate students
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Valeria Pobirohin
MSc student 2025-present pobiroh1_at_myumanitoba.ca I am developing an approach to metabarcode moose pellets to estimate moose diet (plants and snails) and identify nematode and trematode parasites that may be infecting the moose. I am also running behavioural assays to determine whether brainworm parasites alter the vertical climbing of the terrestrial snail, Zonitoides arboreus. |
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Abigail Finch
MSc student 2025-present fincha1_at_myumanitoba.ca I will use non-invasive sampling to determine the distribution and genetic variation of muscleworm (Parelaphostrongylus andersoni) in caribou in Manitoba using molecular ecology techniques. |
Current undergraduate students
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Amy Gudmundson
NSERC research award, 2026 |
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Former postdocs and graduate students
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Cameron Hodinka
MSc 2022 - 2024 NOW: High School Science Teacher, Cambridge International Academy |
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Joshita Sehgal
MSc 2023 - 2026 |
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Sidney Mann
MSc 2022 - 2024 NOW: PhD Student, University of Alberta |
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Dr. Olwyn Friesen
Weston Postdoc 2019 - 2021, Postdoc, 2022 NOW: Aquatic Science Technician, Department of Fisheries and Oceans |
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Ashley Pidwerbesky
MSc 2019 - 2022 USRA research award, 2019 NOW: Biologist, Ducks Unlimited |
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Emma Rempel
MSc 2019 - 2021 NSERC research award, 2019 NOW: Research Technician-4, National Microbiology Lab |
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Lauren Wiens
MSc 2016 - 2018, Honours, 2014 - 2015 NOW: Biologist II, Dept of Fisheries & Oceans |
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Demi Gagnon
MSc 2017 - 2019 Co-op Research Assistant 2016 - 2017 NOW: Biodiversity and Reclamation Specialist, Ktunaxa Nation Council Lands and Resources Sector |
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Asma Sultana
MSc student 2016 - 2018 NOW: PhD candidate, University of Manitoba |
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Dr. Chenhua Li
MSc student 2015 - 2017 NOW: Founder, Global Parasitologist Coalition, https://www.globalpc.org/; Postdoc, University of Otago |
Former undergraduate students
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Lena Klassen
NSERC Research Award, 2025 |
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Leena Tetrault
NSERC Indigenous Undergraduate Research Award, 2025 |
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Caitlyn Friesen
Honours, 2023-2024; Summer research assistant, 2022 Now: MSc, University of Manitoba |
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Trina White
NSERC Indigenous Undergraduate Research Award, 2024 |
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Steven Ajibi
Undergraduate Research Award, 2024 |
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Maya Derksen
NSERC Research Award, 2023 |
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Fong Ma
NSERC Research Award, 2023 NOW: U of Manitoba Medical School |
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Kael Steuart
Honours, 2022-2023 Undergraduate Research Award 2022 NOW: Fish and Wildlife Technician, AAE Tech Services |
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Ellyse Olafson
Summer co-op research assistant, 2022 NOW: Lead Wildlife Technician, Wildlife Consulting Services |
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Elias Bowman
Summer research assistant, 2022 |
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Carly Gair
Co-op Research Assistant, Summer 2020, Winter 2021, Summer 2021 NOW: Lab Technician, BDX Enviro |
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Naomi Derksen
Summer Research Assistant, 2021 NOW: MSc, Wilfrid Laurier University |
Mackenzie Medeiros
Summer Research Assistant 2021 NSERC Indigenous Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2021 NOW: U of Manitoba Medical School |
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Angela Rasmussen-Berrington
Summer Research Assistant, 2021 Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2021 NOW: MSc student, University of Guelph |
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Ali Kandil
Summer Research Assistant, 2020 Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2020; Mick Burt Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation in the PIE section, Canadian Society of Zoologists, 2021; William C. Marquardt Award for Best Paper Presentation by an Undergraduate Student, Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists, 2020 NOW: Dental School, U of Manitoba |
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Emily Slicer
Summer Research Assistant, 2021 Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2021 |
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Josh Kowalchuk
Summer Research Assistant, 2020 NOW: Animal Care Attendant, Assiniboine Park Conservancy |
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Min Xian Ngae
Summer Research Assistant, 2019 NOW: Lab Analyst, ALS Environmental |
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Catherine Unrau
Summer Research Assistant, 2018 |
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Mark Kristian Jovero
Summer Research Assistant, 2018 |
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Jia Ming Tan
Summer Research Assistant, 2016 - 2017 Undergraduate Research Award, 2017; Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2016 NOW: PharmD program, College of Pharmacy, U of Manitoba |
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Osasumwen (Osy) Osifo
Summer Research Assistant, 2017 Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research award, 2017 NOW: Admissions Counselor, Booth University |
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Laura Eliuk
Honours student, 2015 - 2016 NSERC Research Award, 2016; Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2015 NOW: Resource Officer Management II, Parks Canada |
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Carmen Tse
Summer Research Assistant, 2015 NSERC Research Award, 2015 NOW: MD (U of Manitoba Medical School) |
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Kate Parkinson
Co-op Research Assistant, 2015 Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research award, 2015 NOW: MD (U of Manitoba Medical School) |
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Yuya Miyashita
Research Assistant and Skills student, 2015 |
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Tamaghna Chakraborty
Research Assistant, 2015 - 2016 |
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Parisa Selseleh
Summer Research Assistant, 2015 - 2016 NSERC Research Award, 2016; Marc Dresden Student Travel grant, American Society of Parasitologists, 2016; Undergraduate Travel Support, 2016; ICAN-WISE scholarship, 2015 NOW: MD (U of Manitoba Medical School) |
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David Almeida
Research Assistant, 2015 Science Without Borders student, 2015 NOW: Health agent, Maceió municipal government, Brazil |
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Rachel Donnelly
Honours student, 2014 - 2015 Marc Dresden Student Travel grant, American Society of Parasitologists, 2015; Undergraduate Travel Support, University of Manitoba, 2015 |
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Nikola Svitlica
Honours student, 2014 - 2015 Undergraduate Travel Support, University of Manitoba, 2015 NOW: MD (U of Manitoba Medical School) |
Collaborators
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Dr. Harold Aukema
Fatty acid analysis/signaling molecules University of Manitoba |
Dr. Russell Wyeth
Video analysis and snail navigational behaviour St. Francis Xavier University |
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Daniel Dupont and Dr. Charlene Berkvens parelaphostrongylid parasites in deer and moose
St Boniface Universite, Assiniboine Park Conservancy; |
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