Team Leader
Team Leader
Craig Purchase [B.Sc.(Hons), M.Sc. Memorial; Ph.D. Toronto]
Professor of Biology
Technicians
Niels Van Miltenburg
Science Technician
Â
Co-supervised with Shawn Leroux
Â
Email nvanmiltenbu “at” mun.ca
Post-docs
Kyleisha Foote [Ph.D. Concordia; M.EM. Massey NZ; B.Sc. Massey NZ]
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biology
Co-supervised with Shawn Leroux
Â
Project theme: Salmon productivity
Tyler Breech [Ph.D. pending Idaho State; M.Sc. Mississippi; B.A. Lycoming]
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biology
Co-supervised with Ian Bradbury
Â
Beginning December 2024
Graduate Students
Mikael Ranta [M.S. Nebraska; B.S. Lake Superior State]
Ph.D. candidate, Biology
Co-supervised with Shawn Leroux
Â
Project theme: Salmon productivity
Madison Philipp [B.Sc.Hons Dalhousie]
M.Sc. candidate, Biology Â
        Â
Project theme: Causes of among-individual variation in sperm quality
Email maphilipp “at” mun.ca
Connor Hanley [B.Sc. Iowa State]
M.Sc. candidate, Biology
Â
Project theme: Hybridization in salmonids
Email cphanley “at” mun.ca
Ava Hart [B.Sc. New Brunswick]
M.Sc. candidate, Biology
Co-supervised with Shawn Leroux
Beginning Sept 2024
Project theme: Spawning migrations and spawning habitat of Atlantic salmon
Ky Schlosberg [B.Sc. Montana State]
M.Sc. Candidate, Biology
Beginning Sept 2024
Project theme: Linking fish movement with spawning ability: telemetry, charisma, and semen quality in brown trout
Undergraduate Students
Kaitlyn Rowsell
B.Sc. (Hons) thesis student
Â
Beginning September 2024
Â
MUCEP Student Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Emily Simms
B.Sc. (Hons) thesis student
Â
Beginning September 2024
Nick Murphy
B.Sc. candidate
Â
Student Research Assistant
Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Fall 2023-