Lab Alumni
Gone but not forgotten!
Dr. Arianna Kuhn (she/her)
Post-doc, 2021-2022
Arianna continues to work with us on questions about the historical demography of amphibians in western North America and on conservation genomics of the long-toed salamander.
Currently: Currator of Herpetology at the Virginia Museum of Natural History.
Brianna Constable (she/they)
Independent Study and Chinook Award Student, 2022
Brianna helped us collect data on dorsal colour pattern variation across the range of long-toed salamanders.
Dylan Brassard (he/him)
MSc, 2020-2023
Thesis: Effects of the Kenow wildfire on grizzly and black bear activity in Waterton Lakes National Park
Currently: Consultant I Scientist, Environmental Resources Management
Danial Hunter (he/him)
MSc, 2020-2022
Thesis: Effects of the Kenow wildfire on amphibian populations in Waterton Lakes National Park
Currently: Terrestrial Ecologist (Junior Consultant), Environmental Resources Management
Tristan Skretting (she/her)
BSc Honour's, 2020-2021
Thesis: Characterization of amphibian microhabitats in Waterton Lakes National Park prior to the Kenow Wildfire
Currently: MSc student in Dr. Laura Chasmer's Lab at the University of Lethbridge
Daemon Wisniewski (he/him)
Research Assistant, Summer 2022
Daemon joined us as a first-year undergraduate student and helped with DNA extractions and tissue management in the lab.
Dustin Snider (he/him)
NSERC USRA student, Summer 2022
Dustin spent a summer with us surveying southwestern Alberta for long-toed salamanders (and other herps) as part of our efforts to validate species' distribution models.
Elijus Slamas
Independent Study and Chinook Award Student, 2020
Elijus used geometric morphometrics to examine differences in head shape within and amoung salamander populations.
Hannah Meikle (she/her)
Honours Thesis Student, 2023-2024
Thesis: Evaluating distribution models based on autonomous recording units: A case study using Calling western toads.
Jenna Wright
Independent Study Student, Summer 2020
Jenna developed protocols to score salamander colour pattern variation.
Jessica Throughgood-Smith (she/her/elle)
Lab Manager, Summer 2024
Jessica was instrumental in setting up our molecular lab!
Currently: Post-doctoral fellow with ECCC and Trent University.
Juliet Cruz
USRO student, Winter 2024
Juliet helped us with a literature review on the impacts of wildfire on amphibian populations.
Kaegan Finn (he/him)
MSc, 2021-2023
Thesis: The use of species distribution models to inform amphibian conservation in western Canada.
Currently: (awesome job coming soon!)
Natalie Fleece (she/her)
Honours Thesis Student, 2023-2024
Thesis: Predictors of conservation translocation relevance among Canada's at-risk species.
Shay Marks
Co-op student, Summer 2022
Shay joined us from the University of Victoria as a co-op student and helped us survey western toads in Alberta!
Lee-Yaw Lab
Department of Biology
University of Ottawa
30 Marie Curie
Ottawa, ON
K1N 9B4
Contact
jleeyaw[at]uottawa[dot]ca
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