Lab alumni
Past Graduate Students
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PhD Student: Joey Bernhardt (she/her)
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PhD Student: Matt Siegel
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PhD Student: Dana Haggarty
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MSc Student: Natalie Caulk
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MSc Student: Evgeniya (Jane) Yangel (she/her)
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MSc Student: Natalie Stafl
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MSc Student: Ross Whippo
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Past Visiting Students
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Visiting Undergraduate Student: Dominik Bahlburg
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Past Postdoctoral Researchers
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Julián Idrobo, PhD (2020-2021)
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Norah Brown, PhD (2020-2021)
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Patrick Thompson, PhD (2016-2019)
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Sarah Joy Bittick (2017-2019)
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Jennifer Sunday (2015-2017) |
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Robin Elahi (2014-2015)Currently: Lecturer at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station.
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Adrian Stier (2012-2013)
Currently: Associate Professor and PI of the Ocean Recoveries Lab at UC Santa Barbara
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Past Research Assistants
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Michelle Tseng, PhDCurrently: Assistant Professor at UBC
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Devin Lyons, PhD
Currently with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Maritimes
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Past Undergraduate Students
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Cori-Anne Huisman, BSc. Honours (2017)
I did my undergraduate honours thesis with the O’Connor Lab as part of my BSc in animal biology. With the support of Matthew Siegle (alumni PhD student), my research project focused on thermal tolerance in intertidal copepods and their potential for adaptation to rising temperatures and heat spikes. It investigated the potential impact of climate change on population-level adaptation and it set me on the path to where I am today.
Currently, I am a third-year veterinary medicine student at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario. I am enthusiastic about wildlife and exotic animal medicine and hope to be a zoo and wildlife veterinarian when I graduate next year! |
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Gwendolyn Griffiths, BSc. Honours (2016) and Field AssistantThesis: "From red to green: Controls of Smithora naiadum colonization of Zostera marina meadows"
I live in Halifax with my partner and two doggies. I am currently finishing up teacher's college and starting a masters in mathematics at Waterloo. I am doing some ocean career education research through MITACS. I think research and teaching are pretty strongly related (both involve a passion for solving problems). If you are extroverted (like me!) teaching is a wonderful way to connect research to the lives of others. Check out Gwendolyn's webpage here. |
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Sachiko Ouchi, Directed Studies student (2015-2016)The natural beauty of the north has always drawn me in and taken my breath away, and after many enjoyable but laborious years of education, I relocated to Terrace and am currently employed by Kitselas First Nation as the Marine Resource Stewardship Officer. My days are filled with Marine Protected Area Network planning and Marine Plan Partnership (MaPP) marine plan implementation on the North Coast. Looking back at it all, the O’Connor lab was integral in fostering critical thinking and communication skills that have proved invaluable throughout all areas of my life.
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Nicole Knight, BSc. Honours (2014) and Lab AssistantThesis: "The variable impacts of predation on seagrass mesograzer communities in Trevor Channel, British Columbia"
Currently: PhD student in Frederic Guichard's lab at McGill University |
Jemma Titheridge, BSc. Honours (2014-2015) |
Sarah Amundrud, BSc. Honours (2011-2012)
Thesis: "The relative importance of predators and nutrients on eelgrass benthic food webs in British Columbia. Ecology and Environmental Biology".
Currently: PhD Student in Diane Srivastava's lab at UBC |
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Andrew Huang, Directed Studies student (2011-2012)
Currently a biologist at the Canadian Wildlife Service working as a Joint Venture Coordinator. The Joint Venture is a regional conservation partnership composed of government and non-government organizations with the collective goal of conserving birds and bird habitat. We do things ranging from land acquisition, to habitat restoration, to species monitoring, to working with private landowners to encourage stewardship actions. Find out more about us: https://pacificbirds.org/ and http://cijv.ca/. My research experience at the O’Connor lab was what kick started me into the world of birds, conservation, and perhaps most importantly, learning how to work collaboratively with others!
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Carolyn Prentice, BSc. Honours (2011-2012)Thesis: "The relative impacts of three mesograzer species on eelgrass (Zostera marina) epiphyte abundance in Barkley Sound, B.C."
Currently: Nearshore Research Technician at Hakai Institute |
Past Directed Studies Students
Zander Chila (2016-2017)
Amir Gohari (2016-2017)
Scott Brydle (2015-2016)
Theodore Back (2015-2016)
Melanie Overhill (2013-2014)
Stephanie Connor (2011-2012)
David Xiao Song (2012-2013)
Coreen Forbes (2010-2011; currently a PhD student in the lab)
Patricia Sun (2010-2011)
Amir Gohari (2016-2017)
Scott Brydle (2015-2016)
Theodore Back (2015-2016)
Melanie Overhill (2013-2014)
Stephanie Connor (2011-2012)
David Xiao Song (2012-2013)
Coreen Forbes (2010-2011; currently a PhD student in the lab)
Patricia Sun (2010-2011)
Past Lab Techs and Volunteers
Marcus Campbell (2016-2017)
William Ou (2016-2017)
Allison Dennert (2015-2016)
Melinda Yogendran (2014-2015)
John Cristiani (2012-2013)
Winnie Cheung
Nick Uthaikhaifar (2011-2012)
Sanjna Hothi (2012)
Boaz Hung (2011)
William Ou (2016-2017)
Allison Dennert (2015-2016)
Melinda Yogendran (2014-2015)
John Cristiani (2012-2013)
Winnie Cheung
Nick Uthaikhaifar (2011-2012)
Sanjna Hothi (2012)
Boaz Hung (2011)