Craig Purchase [B.Sc.(Hons), M.Sc. Memorial; Ph.D. Toronto]

Professor of Biology

Niels Van Miltenburg

Science Technician

Co-supervised with Shawn Leroux

Email nvanmiltenbu “at” mun.ca

Kyleisha Foote [Ph.D. Concordia; M.EM. Massey NZ; B.Sc. Massey NZ]

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biology

Co-supervised with Shawn Leroux

Project theme: Salmon productivity

Tyler Breech [Ph.D. pending Idaho State; M.Sc. Mississippi; B.A. Lycoming]

Research Assistant II, Biology

Co-supervised with Ian Bradbury

Project theme: Local adaptation in redfish

Mikael Ranta [M.S. Nebraska; B.S. Lake Superior State]

Ph.D. candidate, Biology

Co-supervised with Shawn Leroux

Project theme: Salmon productivity

Madison Philipp [B.Sc.Hons Dalhousie]

M.Sc. candidate, Biology  

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

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

Project theme: Spawning migrations and spawning habitat of Atlantic salmon

Ky Schlosberg [B.Sc. Montana State]

M.Sc. Candidate, Biology

Project theme: Linking fish movement with spawning ability: telemetry, charisma, and semen quality in brown trout

James Day

B.Sc. (Hons) thesis student

Project theme: Sperm morphology in salmonid fishes

MUCEP Student Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Fall 2025

Tess Billard

B.Sc. (Hons) thesis student

Project theme: Habitat variability for spawning and early rearing of brown trout

Nick Murphy

B.Sc. candidate

Student Research Assistant

Summer 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Marcello Morais

B.Sc. candidate / Exchange student

MUCEP student

Fall 2025