Alumni

Nick Sakich

BSc Hons (University of Guelph)
MSc Student, Brock University
Research Topic: Water conservation and thermoregulatory responses in bearded dragons

Justin Bridgeman

BSc Hons (Brock University)
MSc, Brock University
Thesis Topic: Thermal biology and behaviour of Round Gobies
Email: jb08ah [at] brocku.ca

Curtis Abney

BSc Hons (Trinity Western University)
MSc, Brock University
Thesis Topic: Thermal biology of snakes
Email: ca16at [at] brocku.ca

Omar Espino

Biological Sciences Honours Research Student
BSc Hons, Biological Sciences Student (Brock Univ)
Research Topic: Behavioural and metabolic responses of bumblebees to phermonal signals

Philip Bartel

NSERC Undergraduate Research Student
BSc Hons, Biological Sciences Student (Brock Univ)
Research Topics: Thermal biology of emersion behaviour in the mangrove rivulus / Thermal personalities of hermit crabs

Susan Wang

BSc Hons (University of Toronto)
MSc Student, Brock University
Thesis Topic: Effects of parasitism on the energetics of amphibians
Email: sw14da [at] brocku.ca

Viviana Cadena

BSc Hons (Andes)
MSc (Brock): Thermoregulatory Behaviour in lizards
PhD Thesis: Thermoregulatory Acclimation to Simulated Altitude
Email: vc04xk [at] brocku.ca

Katlyn Dundas

BSc Hons Student (Brock University)
Thesis Topic: Thermoregulatory behaviours of the mangrove rivulus
Email: kd10aw [at] brocku.ca

Ian Black

BSc Hons (Mount Allison)
MSc, Brock University
Topic: Thermoregulatory Behaviour in Bearded Dragons
Email: ib12zm [at] brocku.ca

Carolina Scarpellini

PhD Exchange Student, UNESP – Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil
Science without Borders – Ciência sem fronteiras
Thermoregulatory and water conservation trade-offs in reptiles

Tatiana Kummer

Undergraduate Student, Major: Biological Sciences
Science Without Borders Exchange Student – Brasil
Research: ThermoTRP channel expression patterns in ectotherms

Laila Francisco

Undergraduate Student, Major: Biological Sciences
Science Without Borders Exchange Student – Brasil
Research: ThermoTRP channel expression patterns in ectotherms

Olivia LePine

Undergraduate Student, Major: Biological Sciences
Mentorship Student: Thermal Agonism in Crayfish
NSERC USRA Student: Behavioural plasticity in Drosophila

Kendra Ross

Undergraduate Student, Major: Biological Sciences
Honours Thesis Research: Cold hardiness in over carpenter bees

Jacob Berman

BSc Hons(Guelph)
MSc Thesis: Themosensory influences on thermoregulation
Graduated 2013

Qian Long

‘International Man of Mystery’
BSc Hons(Toronto)
MSc Thesis: Oxygen exchange inside insect galls
Graduate 2012

Cheryl Dobell

Undergraduate Student, Major: Biological Sciences
Honours Thesis: Thermoregulatory role of hydrogen sulfide
Graduated 2012

Patrick Moldowan

Undergraduate Student (Univ Guelph)
Bat Lake Inventory of Spotted Salamanders (BLISS) Project 2010 – Present
Wildlife Research Station, Algonquin Park, Ontario

Sean Boyle

Undergraduate Student (Brock University)
Bat Lake Inventory of Spotted Salamanders (BLISS) Project 2011 – present
Wildlife Research Station, Algonquin Park, Ontario
Honours Student: ‘Skeletochronology of Spotted Salamanders’
Graduated 2012

Joshua Luebbert

Undergraduate Student, Major: Biological Sciences
Honours Thesis: ‘Temperature effects on agonistic behaviours of crayfish’
Graduated 2010

Laura Aedy

Undergraduate Student, Major: Biological Sciences
NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award (USRA) – 2009
Topic: ‘Thermoregulatory responses to environmental stress’

David LeGros

Undergraduate Student (Trent University)
Bat Lake Inventory of Spotted Salamanders (BLISS) Project: 2008 – 2009
Wildlife Research Station, Algonquin Park, Ontario

Ann Dion

Undergraduate Student, Major: Biochemistry
Experience Works Student 2009
Topic: Calorimetry and Energetics

Teala Tyson

MSc Student – 2008
Visiting from University of Florida
Topic: Temperature effects on limb regeneration in newts

Danielle Levesque

BSc (McGill)
MSc Thesis: Seasonal Energetics and Thermoregulatory Behaviour of Eastern Chipmunks
Graduated 2008

Brent Wiens

Laboratory Research Technician – 2005
General Handyman
Worm wrangler
Research Project: Thermotactic responses of C. elegans

Christopher Lowen

Experience Works Student
Honours Thesis: The role of stress hormones in the thermoregulation of lizards
Graduated: 2007

William Dallas Cundick

Honours Thesis: Influence of dietary polyunsaturated fats on thermoregulation in zebrafish
Graduated 2007

Dimitri “Shiny” Skandalis

Undergraduate Student
Brock Undergraduate Student Research Award Recipient
Honours Student 2007
Low temperature hardiness in Carpenter bees.
Thermogenesis of feeding in snakes
Physiology of Frustrated Systems

Nicole Spiegelaar

Undergraduate Student
NSERC USRA Student
Symbiosis between developing salamander embryos and the
alga, Oophila

Joshua “Oddjob” Shaw

Undergraduate
Student / Research Technician
Experience Plus Student 2005
Honours Student 2006
Embryonic Development of Salamander Larvae
Thermoregulation of zebrafish -chemical vs. environmental hypoxia

Jameel Khan

NSERC USRA Student (Brock University)
Honours Student 2006
Respiratory Mechanisms of Water Conservation in Bearded Dragons
Aggregation behaviour in neonatal bearded dragons

Jesse Barraza de Velasco

Honours Student (Brock University)
Thermoregulatory control of of dermal chromatophores in bearded dragons
Graduated 2005

Eric Clendinning

Undergraduate Student
NSERC USRA Student 2005
Physiology of larval Yellow Spotted salamanders.

Tonya Coplen

BSc Hons (Brock University)
4th Year BSc Hons Student (Brock University) Thesis:
The effects of water temperature and depth on the respiratory behaviour of bullfrogs.

Rebecca “Becks” Gerlach

BSc (Brock)
NSERC USRA Student 2004
The Effects of Hypoxia on Gaping Behaviour of Bearded Dragons

David “Sir Isaac” Robertson

BSc Hons (Brock)
4th Year BSc Hons Student (Brock University)
Thesis: Hypoxia Tolerance and Cutaneous Respiration in Frogs

Sara Stewart

BSc Hons (Brock)
Undergraduate Research Technican 2003
Founding Lab Member