Staff Directory
List of all the employees at The CBG
Aghdam, Behnam Abbaszadeh
MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)

Bateson, Suz
Lead Designer

Blagoev, Gergin
Research Associate / Araneae Taxonomic Lead – Taxonomy

Bouwer, Vanessa
Invoicing Clerk
Castillo, Anibal
PhD Student (D. Steinke)
Claus, Jennifer
MSc Student (D. Steinke)

D’Ercole, Jacopo
Postdoctoral Scholar

D’Souza, Michelle
Visiting Researcher
Dolezal, Aleksandra
Research Associate – Data Quality
Empey, Rachel
MSc Student (D. Steinke)

Floyd, Robin
Research Scientist – Innovation

Hajibabaei, Mehrdad
Chief Scientific Officer
Associate Professor

Hebert, Paul
Chief Executive Officer
Scientific Director & CEO, iBOL
Jafarpour, Saeideh
Postdoctoral Scholar – Innovation

Kerr, Kevin
Research Director
Kolter, Andreas
Postdoctoral Scholar
Mashayekhi, Artin
MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)
Motamedinia, Behnam
Postdoctoral Scholar

Naik, Suresh
Research Scientist / Curator of DNA Archive – Genomics
Ozsahin, Emine
Programmer – Innovation

Padhye, Sameer
Research Associate – Innovation

Pakrashi, Avas
Postdoctoral Scholar
Porter, Terri
Visiting Researcher – Hajibabaei Lab

Prosser, Sean
Research Analyst – Innovation

Riley, Andrew
Postdoctoral Scholar – Hajibabaei Lab
Rose, Darius
MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)
Rudar, Josip
PhD Student
Silva, Braulio
PhD Student (M. Hajibabaei)

St. Jacques, Brianne
Administrative Support
Thompson, Kenneth
Postdoctoral Scholar
Wilson, Liam
MSc Student (D. Steinke)
Staff Directory


Aghdam, Behnam Abbaszadeh
MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)





Bateson, Suz
Lead Designer


Bouwer, Vanessa
Invoicing Clerk



Castillo, Anibal
PhD Student (D. Steinke)


Claus, Jennifer
MSc Student (D. Steinke)

D’Ercole, Jacopo
Postdoctoral Scholar

D’Souza, Michelle
Visiting Researcher



Dolezal, Aleksandra
Research Associate – Data Quality


Empey, Rachel
MSc Student (D. Steinke)


Floyd, Robin
Research Scientist – Innovation





Hajibabaei, Mehrdad
Chief Scientific Officer
Associate Professor







Jafarpour, Saeideh
Postdoctoral Scholar – Innovation

Kerr, Kevin
Research Director

Kolter, Andreas
Postdoctoral Scholar




Mashayekhi, Artin
MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)







Motamedinia, Behnam
Postdoctoral Scholar



Ozsahin, Emine
Programmer – Innovation


Padhye, Sameer
Research Associate – Innovation


Pakrashi, Avas
Postdoctoral Scholar


Porter, Terri
Visiting Researcher – Hajibabaei Lab


Prosser, Sean
Research Analyst – Innovation




Riley, Andrew
Postdoctoral Scholar – Hajibabaei Lab

Rose, Darius
MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)
Rudar, Josip
PhD Student

Silva, Braulio
PhD Student (M. Hajibabaei)


St. Jacques, Brianne
Administrative Support




Thompson, Kenneth
Postdoctoral Scholar





Wilson, Liam
MSc Student (D. Steinke)


