| Principal Investigator |
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Kevin Campbell Ph.D. University of Manitoba (1997) |
Graduate Students |
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Catrione Lee M.Sc. University of Lethbridge (2023) |
Ph.D. (2024–present) Thesis topic: Evolution of cetacean hemoglobin and life histories through primary structure predictions |
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Avery Bate B.Sc. Acadia University (2023) |
M.Sc. (2024–present) Thesis topic: Molecular and functional evolution of vertebrate pre-natal hemoglobins |
| Research Technician |
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Suchita Patel B.Sc. (Hons) University of Manitoba (2024) |
Honours Thesis (2023–2024) Thesis title: Characterization of the oxygen binding properties of hemoglobin from the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) |
Lab Alumni |
Victoria Markstrom |
M.Sc. (2019–2023) Thesis title: Thermoregulation in Late Cretaceous Mosasaurs of Manitoba. |
Anthony Signore |
Post-doctoral Fellow (2021–2023) Ph.D. (2009–2016) Thesis title: Paleophysiology of oxygen delivery in the extinct Steller`s sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas. Honours Thesis (2007–2008) Thesis title: Evolution and mechanism of thermal insensitivity in mole hemoglobins: a test of the 'additional' chloride binding site hypothesis. |
Caleb Northam |
M.Sc. (2019–2022) Thesis title: Convergent reductions in predicted hemoglobin buffering capacity in lineages of small, high-metabolic rate birds and mammals: A novel adaptation to aid O2 delivery. |
Shuhao Li |
M.Sc. (2019–2021) Thesis topic: Allometry of hemoglobin oxygen affinity in red-toothed shrews. |
Harith Al-Baeity |
Honours Thesis (2018–2019) Thesis title: Surviving the depths: elucidating the oxygen binding properties of sperm whale (Physeter catodon) hemoglobin. |
Maggie Clapin |
M.Sc. (2016–2019) Thesis title: Molecular and functional evolution of hemoglobin in perissodactyl mammals (equids, tapirs, and rhinos). |
Triston Eastman |
Honours Thesis (2017–2018) Thesis title: Tracing life history evolution from protein structural data: a test of the aquatic mole hypothesis based on myoglobin net surface charge. |
Mike Gaudry |
M.Sc. (2013–2017) Thesis title: Molecular phylogenetics of the rhinoceros clade and the evolution of UCP1 in placental mammals. Honours Thesis (2012–2013) Thesis title: UCP1-mediated non-shivering thermogenesis does not underlie the evolution of cold-tolerance in multiple eutherian mammal lineages. |
Kai He |
Post-doctoral Fellow (2012–2014) Project: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of the family Talpidae. |
Nadine Price |
M.Sc. (2010–2013) Thesis title: Non-invasive sex determination of free-living star-nosed moles (Condylura cristata). |
Cameron Bauer |
Honours Thesis (2012–2013) Thesis title: Sweet and umami taste receptor evolution in afrotherian and xenarthran mammals. |
Lilian Wiens |
Honours Thesis (2012–2013) Thesis title: Characterization of the globin gene repertoire of cyclostomes. |
Scott Mirceta |
Post-doctoral Fellow (2011–2012) Project: Molecular evolution of myoglobin in birds and mammals. |
Amanda Matheson |
Honours Thesis (2008–2009) Thesis title: Feasting, fasting and freezing: do meal size and temperature affect short-term torpor use by little brown bats Myotis lucifugus? |
Roman Gusztak |
M.Sc. (2003–2008) Thesis title: Diving physiology and aquatic thermoregulation of the American water shrew (Sorex palustris). Honours Thesis (2002–2003) Thesis title: Bioenergetics and thermoregulation of the American water shrew (Sorex palustris). |
Angela Sloan |
M.Sc. (2002–2005) Thesis title: Atypical molecular evolution of afrotherian and xenarthran β-globin cluster genes with insights into the β-globin cluster gene organization of stem eutherians. |
Amrit Singh |
Honours Thesis (2001–2002) Thesis title: Phylogenetic relationships of paenungulate mammals inferred from α- and β-globin gene sequences. |
