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

Floyd, Robin
Research Scientist – Innovation

Hajibabaei, Mehrdad
Chief Scientific Officer
Associate Professor

Hebert, Paul
Chief Executive Officer
Canada Research Chair & Professor
Jafarpour, Saeideh
Postdoctoral Scholar – Innovation

Kerr, Kevin
Research Director
Kolter, Andreas
Postdoctoral Scholar
Motamedinia, Behnam
Postdoctoral Scholar

Naik, Suresh
Research Scientist / Curator of DNA Archive – Genomics

Ozsahin, Emine
Research Associate – Innovation

Padhye, Sameer
Research Associate – Innovation

Pakrashi, Avas
Postdoctoral Scholar

Prosser, Sean
Research Analyst – Innovation

Ratnasingham, Sujeevan
Director, Informatics – External Operations (On sabbatical)

Riley, Andrew
Postdoctoral Scholar – Hajibabaei Lab
Silva, Braulio
PhD Student (M. Hajibabaei)

St. Jacques, Brianne
Administrative Support

Thompson, Kenneth
Postdoctoral Scholar
Wilson, Liam
MSc Student (D. Steinke)

Zhou, Xin
Chief Operating Officer
Canada Research Chair & Professor
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




Floyd, Robin
Research Scientist – Innovation






Hajibabaei, Mehrdad
Chief Scientific Officer
Associate Professor


Hebert, Paul
Chief Executive Officer
Canada Research Chair & Professor






Jafarpour, Saeideh
Postdoctoral Scholar – Innovation


Kerr, Kevin
Research Director

Kolter, Andreas
Postdoctoral Scholar










Motamedinia, Behnam
Postdoctoral Scholar




Ozsahin, Emine
Research Associate – Innovation


Padhye, Sameer
Research Associate – Innovation


Pakrashi, Avas
Postdoctoral Scholar





Prosser, Sean
Research Analyst – Innovation



Ratnasingham, Sujeevan
Director, Informatics – External Operations (On sabbatical)

Riley, Andrew
Postdoctoral Scholar – Hajibabaei Lab


Silva, Braulio
PhD Student (M. Hajibabaei)





St. Jacques, Brianne
Administrative Support





Thompson, Kenneth
Postdoctoral Scholar





Wilson, Liam
MSc Student (D. Steinke)




Zhou, Xin
Chief Operating Officer
Canada Research Chair & Professor