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Dylan Longert (M.Sc.): Dylan was looking at whether the coloured
reproductive parts of sedges could be an adaptation to northern and alpine
habitats, possibly as a means to speed up development. He is now a Master
of Data Science student at UBC.
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Jake Lewis (M.Sc.): Jake
did a Master’s on beetle taxonomy in collaboration with Bob Anderson
at the Canadian Museum of Nature. He is now a Collections Manager at the Okinawa
Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.
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Étienne Léveillé-Bourret (Ph.D.): Étienne just finished his
Ph.D. in May 2018, and after just a few years as a Postdoctoral Researcher
in Zurich, Switzerland with Elena Conti, he is now an Assistant Professor
at the Université de Montréal, and curator of the
Marie-Victorin Herbarium (MT). Wow!
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Porsild-Consaul
Award from Canadian Botanical Association for the best student paper in
Systematics (2014 and 2017), and Lionel Cinq-Mars Award (2017) for best
student presentation (honorable mention in 2015).
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Jocelyn Pender (M.Sc.):
Brilliant with computers and brilliant in mind, it is no surprise that she
is now a Conservation Data Analyst, Atlantic Canada Conservation Data
Centre. Still wishing she would follow my advice and continue to a P…
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Claire Gilmour (M.Sc.): Claire managed to name a new genus and find a new
species during her M.Sc. research. Quite a feat! Today she lives in Alberta
and works as a Science Teacher at Black Gold Regional Schools, Alberta. She
is sorely missed!
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Award from Canadian Botanical Association for the best student paper in
Systematics in 2013.
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Sabina Donadío (Ph.D.): Sabina was a Ph.D. student who came
from the University of Buenos Aires (Darwinion Institute) for a nine month
stay in 2012 under the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program of Foreign
Affairs to gather molecular data for her thesis on Tillandsia
(Bromeliaceae). After a postdoc in Mexico, and long years of hard work, she
is now a CONICET Research Scientist at Darwinion Institute in Buenos Aires.
Bravo!
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Wayne Sawtell (M.Sc.): Wayne finished his thesis work on the systematics and
phylogeography of Carex nardina in 2012 just before Tamara.
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Tamara Villaverde Hidalgo (M.Sc.): Tamara finished her thesis on the
systematics and phylogeography of the bipolar Carex capitata
complex in 2012. She is an Assistant Professor at Universidad Rey Juan
Carlos, Spain.
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Anna Ginter (B.Sc.):
After many years working at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Anna finished
her B.Sc. at the University of Ottawa in 2012 and then an MSc on full
scholarship in Genetic and Molecular Plant Science at Stockholm University.
She now works at the Canadian Museum of Nature. Way to go Anna!
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Brianna Chouinard (M.Sc.): Brianna successfully
defended her M.Sc. thesis in 2010 to barcode all the Carex and Kobresia
in the flora of North America, north of Mexico. She is now working as
Manager of Certification for the Canadian Seed Growers' Association.
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Alex MacPhail (B.Sc.): Alex has finished his B.Sc. and has gone on to bigger
and better things. When he was in the lab he worked on developing
microsatellites for Cariceae with Leo Bruederle and me. He loves the
outdoors and has now worked on many ecological projects from Grasslands
National Park to the Yukon. At last report he was a Wildlife Technician at
the University of Alberta. We wish him the best of luck roaming, working,
and enjoying our glorious nature.
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Jessica Le Clerc-Blain (B.Sc.): Jessica was a 4th year
honours student that performed research with Jeff Saarela and me on
barcoding sedges from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. She finished her
M.Sc. degree at the Université Laval and at last report she was a
Research Genetic Counsellor at Ste-Justine Hospital in Montréal.
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Jonas King (M.Sc.): Jonas
introduced me to the weird and wonderful world of the mud-loving beetles
(Heteroceridae) during his M.Sc. research at the University of Mississippi.
He is now Dr. Jonas King and an Assistant Professor at Mississippi State
University. Persistence and hard work pay off - truly a success story!
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View-Hune Teoh (a.k.a., Alex, M.Sc.): Affectionately known as
“Alex” by all in the linguistically challenged West, Alex did
his M.Sc. research on Pityopsis when I was at the University of
Mississippi. He is now a Thermofisher Scientific employee working in
Oncology Product Integration and Support in Singapore. I hope to see him
again someday.
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Couple of Former Summer Research Students (USRA) worth mention:
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Drs. Carmen Fletcher & Jeff Graham: Two special students that pushed me
farther than I was prepared to go on this day (how they did it is best left
untold). Both are now medical doctors! Why does it always seem like they go
into medicine?
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An
ancient meeting of the Molecular Systematics Laboratory at the Canadian
Museum of Nature (February 2009)
Back
Row (left to
right): Leo Bruederle, Paul Sokoloff, Alexandre MacPhail, Michel Paradis,
Jeff Saarela, Roger
Bull
Front
Row: Laurie
Consaul (missed a lot!),
Brianna Chouinard, and Anna Ginter
Missing: Lynn Gillespie, Wayne Sawtell, and
me!
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