McBeth Geomicrobiology Research Group: Group Members

Department of Geology, University of Regina

Current Graduate Students

University of Regina Graduate Students

Kaitlyn Crawford, B.Sc.
M.Sc. Student (2021-present)

University of Saskatchewan Graduate Students

Janviere Uwanyirigira, BSc, MSc
MSc student, Sept 2019-present

Collin Burelle, BSc
MSc student, May 2019-present

Kagan Meier, BSc
MSc student, May 2019-present

Mignon le Roux, BSc
MSc student, January 2021-present

Other current graduate students

Gary Schudel, B.Sc., M.Sc.
PhD student, 2017-present (Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue (UQAT), Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada). Co-supervisor. Benoit Plante primary supervisor.

Emily Saurette, B.Sc., M.Sc.
PhD student, 2020-present (University of Waterloo). Co-supervisor, primary supervisor Carol Ptacek.

David Lewis, B.Sc., M.Sc.
PhD student, 2021-present (Saint Mary's University). Co-supervisor, primary supervisor Linda Campbell.

Former Graduate Students

Sarah Rudderham - MSc student, 2016-2019. Co-supervisor. Matt Lindsay primary supervisor.
Scott Colville - MSc student, 2016-2018
Jonathan Vyskocil - MSc student, 2014-2017
Samira Sumaila - MSc student, 2014-2017. Co-supervisor. Jim Hendry secondary supervisor.
Sandeep Raja Dangeti - MSc student, Civil and Geological Engineering, 2014-2017. Co-supervisor. Wonjae Chang primary supervisor.
Nicola Harris - MSc student, Civil and Geological Engineering, 2014-2017. Co-supervisor. Wonjae Chang primary supervisor.
Kaitlyn Scott - MSc student, 2013-2015. Co-supervisor. Matt Lindsay primary supervisor.

Undergraduate Project Students

URegina students:

Saffron Heddell - MITACS Globalink Summer Intern 2022
Dhruv Raghunath - MITACS Globalink Summer Intern 2022
Claire Stephenson - URegina Summer Student 2022
Mikayla Wintonyk - NSERC CREATE INSPIRE Summer Student 2022
Cody Treleaven - NSERC CREATE INSPIRE Summer Student 2022
Faiyaz Ahamed - MITACS Globalink Summer Intern 2021

USask students:

Simon Friesen - USask Summer Student 2022
Tia Montgrande - USask Summer Student 2021
Mary Pilon-Walls - USask USRA Summer Student 2019
Abby Gulka - Summer student 2019
Jessica McLeod-Mitchell - Summer student 2019
David Boulesteix - MITACs Globalinks Summer Intern 2019
Oliver Horner - project student, Fall 2017
Jerika Schuster - USask USRA Summer Student 2017
Katrina Dorosh - USask GEOL 492 Project Student, 2016-2017
Kaitlyn Crawford - NSERC-TERRE-CREATE funded summer student, summer 2016
Darshil Koshti - SIAST work experience student at the Canadian Light Source), Spring 2015
Julie Berg - USask GEOL 490 Project Student, Spring 2015
Jennifer Fownes - Bigelow Lab NSF REI program summer student, 2010
Katherine Farrar - Bigelow Lab NSF REI program summer student, 2009

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

USask:

Valerie Schoepfer - 2021 - present (co-supervised with Matthew Lindsay)
Jullieta Lum - 2019 - 2021 (co-supervised with Matthew Lindsay)
Viorica (Ibi) Bondici - 2015-2016

Visiting scientists

NSERC TERRE-CREATE program visiting research trainees:

Gary Schudel, PhD Student, UQAT October 2017, Feb/Mar 2018
Training in DNA sample preparation & bioinformatics, and PXRD data analyses.
Roberta Parigi, PhD Student, UWaterloo, Feb/Mar 2018
Training in PXRD sample preparation, bacteriology, sulfate-reducing bacteria studies.
Eva Pakostova, Postdoctoral Fellow, UWaterloo, Feb/Mar 2018
Training in PXRD sample preparation and bioinformatics.