Staff Directory

List of all the employees at The CBG

Agda, Jireh

Software Engineer – Informatics

agdaj@uoguelph.ca
52872
209 CBG

Agda, Josh

Software Engineer – Informatics

tagda@uoguelph.ca
52872
209 CBG

Aghdam, Behnam Abbaszadeh

MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)

babbasza@uoguelph.ca

Albert, Monique

Chief Operating Officer
Program Director BIOSCAN

malber02@uoguelph.ca
58259
222 CBG

Arfaeimoghaddam, Niloufar

Senior Data Manager – Informatics

narfaeim@uoguelph.ca
54007
218 CBG

Ashfaq, Muhammad

Research Scientist

mashfaq@uoguelph.ca
58872
2022J BIO

Babaeian, Esmaeil

Postdoctoral Scholar

ebabaeia@uoguelph.ca
ZOO2 104

Bateson, Suz

Lead Designer

sbateson@uoguelph.ca
58187
118 CBG

Blagoev, Gergin

Research Associate / Araneae Taxonomic Lead

gblagoev@uoguelph.ca
56964
ZOO2 104

Bouwer, Vanessa

Invoicing Clerk

vbouwer@uoguelph.ca
56587
112 CBG

Boyle, Mary

Research Technician – Analytics

mboyle14@uoguelph.ca
58229
132 CBG

Brown, Allison

Museum Specialist – Taxonomy

abrown21@uoguelph.ca
58125
130 CBG

Campbell, Michelle

Senior Data Manager – Informatics

myple@uoguelph.ca
54007
218 CBG

Castillo, Anibal

PhD Student (D. Steinke)

acastill@uoguelph.ca
SSC

Chow, Laura

Research Technician – Collections

chowl@uoguelph.ca
53600
133 CBG

Christopoulos, Constantine

Research Associate – Genomics

conchris@uoguelph.ca
58872
2022J BIO

Ckrkic, Jelisaveta

Postdoctoral Scholar

jckrkic@uoguelph.ca
Research Park

Claus, Jennifer

MSc Student (D. Steinke)

jclaus@uoguelph.ca
SSC

Clout, Simonne

Research Technician – Collections

sclout@uoguelph.ca
53600
132 CBG

D’Ercole, Jacopo

Postdoctoral Scholar

jdercole@uoguelph.ca

D’Souza, Michelle

Visiting Researcher

mdsouza@uoguelph.ca

Dara, Mohammad

Software Engineer – Informatics

dara@uoguelph.ca
52872
209 CBG

deWaard, Stephanie

Laboratory Manager – Genomics

sdewaard@uoguelph.ca
53231
2022H BIO

Dhameliya, Upasana

Software Engineer – Informatics

udhameli@uoguelph.ca
215 CBG

Dilibero-Carpenter, Tiffani

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

tdiliber@uoguelph.ca
53800
2015 BIO

Dolynskyj, Sarah

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

sdolynsk@uoguelph.ca
52669
2015 BIO

Dowling, Isaiah

Research Technician – Collections

idowling@uoguelph.ca
53600
133 CBG

Empey, Rachel

MSc Student (D. Steinke)

rempey@uoguelph.ca
SSC

Estalles, Cecilia

Postdoctoral Scholar

mestalle@uoguelph.ca

Feng, Corey

Research Technician – Analytics

cfeng01@uoguelph.ca
58229
132 CBG

Floyd, Robin

Research Technician – Innovation

rfloyd01@uoguelph.ca
226-227-3382
Research Park

Foran, Naomi

Research Technician – Collections

forann@uoguelph.ca
53600
133 CBG

Gao, Weihong

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

wgao@uoguelph.ca
52669
2010 BIO

Gardiner, Madison

Research Technician – Collections

mgardi08@uoguelph.ca
53600
133 CBG

Ghahari, Khorshid

Research Technician – Collections

kghahari@uoguelph.ca
53600
133 CBG

Glaser, Rebecca

Research Technician – Analytics

rglaser@uoguelph.ca
58229
132 CBG

Guiying, Mei

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

gmei01@uoguelph.ca

Hajibabaei, Mehrdad

Chief Scientific Officer
Associate Professor

mhajibab@uoguelph.ca
52487
108 CBG

Harrop, Reid

Research Technician – Collections

harrop@uoguelph.ca
53600
133 CBG

Hebert, Paul

Chief Executive Officer
Scientific Director & CEO, iBOL

phebert@uoguelph.ca
56250
107 CBG

Henderson, Anya

Research Technician – Collections

ahende17@uoguelph.ca
53600
132 CBG

Hest, Rebekah

Data Manager – Informatics

rhest@uoguelph.ca
54007
218 CBG

Hewson-Dunbar, Avery

Research Technician – Collections

ahewsond@uoguelph.ca
58229
132 CBG

Ho, Chris

Data Management Team Lead – Informatics
Taxonomy Manager – Taxonomy

hoc@uoguelph.ca
53150
217 CBG

Houde, Natalie

MSc Student

nhoude@uoguelph.ca
SSC

Huynh, My

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

mhuynh04@uoguelph.ca
53800
2000 BIO

Islam, Md Ekhtiar

Systems Administrator – Informatics

mdekhtia@uoguelph.ca
216 CBG

Isley, Sarah

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

isleys@uoguelph.ca
BIO

Ito, Nao

Research Technician – Collections

nito@uoguelph.ca
53800
ZOO2 103

Jafarpour, Saeideh

Postdoctoral Scholar – Innovation

saeideh@uoguelph.ca
226-227-3381
Research Park

Kerr, Kevin

Research Director

kkerr@uoguelph.ca
54834
110 CBG

Knoops, Paul

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

pknoops@uoguelph.ca
52669
2022D BIO

Kolter, Andreas

Postdoctoral Scholar

akolter@uoguelph.ca
56964
2022G BIO

Kuzmina, Maria

Research Associate – Genomics

kuzminam@uoguelph.ca
56964
2022G BIO

Leach, Olivia

Research Technician – Collections

oleach@uoguelph.ca
53600
132 CBG

Lévesque-Beaudin, Valérie

Taxonomic Specialist, Diptera – Taxonomy

valerie@uoguelph.ca
113 CBG

Li, Roy

Software Engineer – Informatics

rli22@uoguelph.ca

Lyle, Marlee-Ann

Research Technician – Collections

mlyle@uoguelph.ca
58229
132 CBG

Manjunath, Ramya

Senior Data Manager – Informatics

rmanjuna@uoguelph.ca
53150
217 CBG

Mashayekhi, Artin

MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)

mashayea@uoguelph.ca
017 CBG

McCabe, Kristen

Senior Field Operations Technician – Collections

kmccabe@uoguelph.ca
53600
116 CBG

McKeown, Jaclyn

Imaging Facility Lead – Analytics

mccormij@uoguelph.ca
58229
132 CBG

Miklasevskaja, Margarita

Senior Research Technician –Informatics

mmiklase@uoguelph.ca
54007
215 CBG

Miller, Meredith

Senior Research Technician – Collections

mmille05@uoguelph.ca
53600
116 CBG

Miranda Romo, Susana

Data Manager – Informatics

susana@uoguelph.ca
54007
218 CBG

Miskie, Renee

Taxonomy Lead – Taxonomy

rlabbe@uoguelph.ca
58125
130 CBG

Monckton, Spencer

Associate Director – Taxonomy

smonckto@uoguelph.ca
56105
106CBG

Monkhouse, Norman

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

nmonkhou@uoguelph.ca
52669
2015 BIO

Morishita, Hikaru

Senior Research Technician – Collections

hikarum@uoguelph.ca
53600
116 CBG

Motamedinia, Behnam

Postdoctoral Scholar

bmotamed@uoguelph.ca
CBG 211

Naik, Suresh

Research Scientist / Curator of DNA Archive

snaik@uoguelph.ca
52669
2022E BIO

Nguyen, Nguyen

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

nnguye21@uoguelph.ca
52669
2002 BIO

Nikolova, Nadya

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

nikolova@uoguelph.ca
52669
2022D BIO

Ozsahin, Emine

Programmer – Innovation

eozsahin@uoguelph.ca
226-227-3382
Research Park

Pace, Cole

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

cpace@uoguelph.ca
53800
2000 BIO

Padhye, Sameer

Research Associate – Innovation

spadhye@uoguelph.ca
208 CBG

Pakrashi, Avas

Postdoctoral Scholar

apakrash@uoguelph.ca
Research Park

Parsons, Jessica

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

jparso10@uoguelph.ca
53800
2000 BIO

Peng Lingfei

Visiting Researcher

lpeng@uoguelph.ca
206 CBG

Perez, Kate

Field Operations Lead – Collections

kperez@uoguelph.ca
118 CBG

Porter, Terri

Visiting Researcher – Hajibabaei Lab

porter01@uoguelph.ca

Pretty, Chloe

Research Technician – Collections

cpretty@uoguelph.ca
58125
130 CBG

Prosser, Sean

Research Analyst – Innovation

sprosser@uoguelph.ca
226-227-3382
Research Park

Purushe, Shweta

Research Associate  – Informatics

spurushe@uoguelph.ca
52978
216 CBG

Quilantang, Mark

Taxonomic Database Specialist –  Taxonomy

mquilant@uoguelph.ca
118 CBG

Qureshi, Sara

Research Technician – Collections

squres03@uoguelph.ca
58229
132 CBG

Raphael-Gouveia, Maria

Research Technician – Analytics

mraphael@uoguelph.ca
58229
132 CBG

Ratnasingham, Sujeevan

Director – IT & Informatics

sratnasi@uoguelph.ca
53831
207 CBG

Rea, Dana

Cyber Security Manager – Informatics

drea@uoguelph.ca
212 CBG

Riley, Andrew

Postdoctoral Scholar – Hajibabaei Lab

ariley@uoguelph.ca
017 CBG

Rolbin, Noah

Research Technician – Collections

nrolbin@uoguelph.ca
53600
133 CBG

Rose, Darius

MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)

darius@uoguelph.ca
017 CBG

Rudar, Josip

PhD Student

rudarj@uoguelph.ca
017 CBG

Sanap, Yogita

ysanap@uoguelph.ca
58229
132 CBG

Sanchez, Alan

Software Engineer – Informatics

asanch04@uoguelph.ca

Schmuck, Raina

Research Technician – Collections

rschmuck@uoguelph.ca
53600
133 CBG

Schultz, Jessica

PhD Student

jschul02@uoguelph.ca

Silva, Braulio

PhD Student (M. Hajibabaei)

silvab@uoguelph.ca
017 CBG

Smelko, Victoria

Research Technician – Collections

smelkov@uoguelph.ca
53600
132 CBG

Sones, Jayme

Collections Manager

jsones@uoguelph.ca
58125
130 CBG

St. Jacques, Brianne

Administrative Support

bristjac@uoguelph.ca
56393
119 CBG

Stanescu, Mihaela

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

stanescu@uoguelph.ca
52669
2010 BIO

Steinke, Claudia

Data Manager – Informatics

csteinke@uoguelph.ca
54007
218 CBG

Steinke, Dirk

Associate Director – Analytics

dsteinke@uoguelph.ca
53759
109 CBG

Stewart, Brittany

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

bstewa07@uoguelph.ca
53800
2000 BIO

Thompson, Amy

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

athomp26@uoguelph.ca
53800
2015 BIO

Thompson, Jason

Software Engineer – Informatics

jthomp28@uoguelph.ca
215 CBG

Thompson, Kenneth

Postdoctoral Scholar

kthomp38@uoguelph.ca
CBG 105

Turgeon, Sophia

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

sturge01@uoguelph.ca
53800
2000 BIO

van der Tuin, Johan

Research Technician – Collections

jvandert@uoguelph.ca
53600
131 CBG

Vezina, Lucie

MSc Student (D. Steinke)

lvezina@uoguelph.ca
SSC

Walker, Spencer

Data Manager – Informatics

swalke19@uoguelph.ca
54007
215 CBG

Wei, Catherine

Software Development Lead – Informatics

cwei@uoguelph.ca
58522
210 CBG

Whitmell, Chad

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

whitmelc@uoguelph.ca
52669
2022E BIO

Wilson, Liam

MSc Student (D. Steinke)

lwilso26@uoguelph.ca

Wisniewski, Jana

Research Technician – Collections

jwisni01@uoguelph.ca
53600
133 CBG

Yucel, Kaan

Research Technician – Collections

kyucel@uoguelph.ca
53600
132 CBG

Zakharov, Evgeny

Director – Genomics

zakharov@uoguelph.ca
52226
2022F BIO

Staff Directory

Agda, Jireh

Software Engineer – Informatics

agdaj@uoguelph.ca
52872

Agda, Josh

Software Engineer – Informatics

tagda@uoguelph.ca
52872

Aghdam, Behnam Abbaszadeh

MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)

babbasza@uoguelph.ca

Albert, Monique

Chief Operating Officer
Program Director BIOSCAN

malber02@uoguelph.ca
58259

Arfaeimoghaddam, Niloufar

Senior Data Manager – Informatics

narfaeim@uoguelph.ca
54007

Ashfaq, Muhammad

Research Scientist

mashfaq@uoguelph.ca
58872

Babaeian, Esmaeil

Postdoctoral Scholar

ebabaeia@uoguelph.ca

Bateson, Suz

Lead Designer

sbateson@uoguelph.ca
58187

Blagoev, Gergin

Research Associate / Araneae Taxonomic Lead

gblagoev@uoguelph.ca
56964

Bouwer, Vanessa

Invoicing Clerk

vbouwer@uoguelph.ca
56587

Boyle, Mary

Research Technician – Analytics

mboyle14@uoguelph.ca
58229

Brown, Allison

Museum Specialist – Taxonomy

abrown21@uoguelph.ca
58125

Campbell, Michelle

Senior Data Manager – Informatics

myple@uoguelph.ca
54007

Castillo, Anibal

PhD Student (D. Steinke)

acastill@uoguelph.ca

Chow, Laura

Research Technician – Collections

chowl@uoguelph.ca
53600

Christopoulos, Constantine

Research Associate – Genomics

conchris@uoguelph.ca
58872

Ckrkic, Jelisaveta

Postdoctoral Scholar

jckrkic@uoguelph.ca

Claus, Jennifer

MSc Student (D. Steinke)

jclaus@uoguelph.ca

Clout, Simonne

Research Technician – Collections

sclout@uoguelph.ca
53600

D’Ercole, Jacopo

Postdoctoral Scholar

jdercole@uoguelph.ca

D’Souza, Michelle

Visiting Researcher

mdsouza@uoguelph.ca

Dara, Mohammad

Software Engineer – Informatics

dara@uoguelph.ca
52872

deWaard, Stephanie

Laboratory Manager – Genomics

sdewaard@uoguelph.ca
53231

Dhameliya, Upasana

Software Engineer – Informatics

udhameli@uoguelph.ca

Dilibero-Carpenter, Tiffani

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

tdiliber@uoguelph.ca
53800

Dolynskyj, Sarah

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

sdolynsk@uoguelph.ca
52669

Dowling, Isaiah

Research Technician – Collections

idowling@uoguelph.ca
53600

Empey, Rachel

MSc Student (D. Steinke)

rempey@uoguelph.ca

Estalles, Cecilia

Postdoctoral Scholar

mestalle@uoguelph.ca

Feng, Corey

Research Technician – Analytics

cfeng01@uoguelph.ca
58229

Floyd, Robin

Research Technician – Innovation

rfloyd01@uoguelph.ca
226-227-3382

Foran, Naomi

Research Technician – Collections

forann@uoguelph.ca
53600

Gao, Weihong

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

wgao@uoguelph.ca
52669

Gardiner, Madison

Research Technician – Collections

mgardi08@uoguelph.ca
53600

Ghahari, Khorshid

Research Technician – Collections

kghahari@uoguelph.ca
53600

Glaser, Rebecca

Research Technician – Analytics

rglaser@uoguelph.ca
58229

Guiying, Mei

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

gmei01@uoguelph.ca

Hajibabaei, Mehrdad

Chief Scientific Officer
Associate Professor

mhajibab@uoguelph.ca
52487

Harrop, Reid

Research Technician – Collections

harrop@uoguelph.ca
53600

Hebert, Paul

Chief Executive Officer
Scientific Director & CEO, iBOL

phebert@uoguelph.ca
56250

Henderson, Anya

Research Technician – Collections

ahende17@uoguelph.ca
53600

Hest, Rebekah

Data Manager – Informatics

rhest@uoguelph.ca
54007

Hewson-Dunbar, Avery

Research Technician – Collections

ahewsond@uoguelph.ca
58229

Ho, Chris

Data Management Team Lead – Informatics
Taxonomy Manager – Taxonomy

hoc@uoguelph.ca
53150

Houde, Natalie

MSc Student

nhoude@uoguelph.ca

Huynh, My

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

mhuynh04@uoguelph.ca
53800

Islam, Md Ekhtiar

Systems Administrator – Informatics

mdekhtia@uoguelph.ca

Isley, Sarah

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

isleys@uoguelph.ca

Ito, Nao

Research Technician – Collections

nito@uoguelph.ca
53800

Jafarpour, Saeideh

Postdoctoral Scholar – Innovation

saeideh@uoguelph.ca
226-227-3381

Kerr, Kevin

Research Director

kkerr@uoguelph.ca
54834

Knoops, Paul

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

pknoops@uoguelph.ca
52669

Kolter, Andreas

Postdoctoral Scholar

akolter@uoguelph.ca
56964

Kuzmina, Maria

Research Associate – Genomics

kuzminam@uoguelph.ca
56964

Leach, Olivia

Research Technician – Collections

oleach@uoguelph.ca
53600

Lévesque-Beaudin, Valérie

Taxonomic Specialist, Diptera – Taxonomy

valerie@uoguelph.ca

Li, Roy

Software Engineer – Informatics

rli22@uoguelph.ca

Lyle, Marlee-Ann

Research Technician – Collections

mlyle@uoguelph.ca
58229

Manjunath, Ramya

Senior Data Manager – Informatics

rmanjuna@uoguelph.ca
53150

Mashayekhi, Artin

MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)

mashayea@uoguelph.ca

McCabe, Kristen

Senior Field Operations Technician – Collections

kmccabe@uoguelph.ca
53600

McKeown, Jaclyn

Imaging Facility Lead – Analytics

mccormij@uoguelph.ca
58229

Miklasevskaja, Margarita

Senior Research Technician –Informatics

mmiklase@uoguelph.ca
54007

Miller, Meredith

Senior Research Technician – Collections

mmille05@uoguelph.ca
53600

Miranda Romo, Susana

Data Manager – Informatics

susana@uoguelph.ca
54007

Monckton, Spencer

Associate Director – Taxonomy

smonckto@uoguelph.ca
56105

Monkhouse, Norman

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

nmonkhou@uoguelph.ca
52669

Morishita, Hikaru

Senior Research Technician – Collections

hikarum@uoguelph.ca
53600

Motamedinia, Behnam

Postdoctoral Scholar

bmotamed@uoguelph.ca

Naik, Suresh

Research Scientist / Curator of DNA Archive

snaik@uoguelph.ca
52669

Nguyen, Nguyen

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

nnguye21@uoguelph.ca
52669

Nikolova, Nadya

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

nikolova@uoguelph.ca
52669

Ozsahin, Emine

Programmer – Innovation

eozsahin@uoguelph.ca
226-227-3382

Pace, Cole

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

cpace@uoguelph.ca
53800

Padhye, Sameer

Research Associate – Innovation

spadhye@uoguelph.ca

Pakrashi, Avas

Postdoctoral Scholar

apakrash@uoguelph.ca

Parsons, Jessica

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

jparso10@uoguelph.ca
53800

Peng Lingfei

Visiting Researcher

lpeng@uoguelph.ca

Perez, Kate

Field Operations Lead – Collections

kperez@uoguelph.ca

Porter, Terri

Visiting Researcher – Hajibabaei Lab

porter01@uoguelph.ca

Pretty, Chloe

Research Technician – Collections

cpretty@uoguelph.ca
58125

Prosser, Sean

Research Analyst – Innovation

sprosser@uoguelph.ca
226-227-3382

Purushe, Shweta

Research Associate  – Informatics

spurushe@uoguelph.ca
52978

Quilantang, Mark

Taxonomic Database Specialist –  Taxonomy

mquilant@uoguelph.ca

Qureshi, Sara

Research Technician – Collections

squres03@uoguelph.ca
58229

Raphael-Gouveia, Maria

Research Technician – Analytics

mraphael@uoguelph.ca
58229

Ratnasingham, Sujeevan

Director – IT & Informatics

sratnasi@uoguelph.ca
53831

Rea, Dana

Cyber Security Manager – Informatics

drea@uoguelph.ca

Riley, Andrew

Postdoctoral Scholar – Hajibabaei Lab

ariley@uoguelph.ca

Rolbin, Noah

Research Technician – Collections

nrolbin@uoguelph.ca
53600

Rose, Darius

MSc Student (M. Hajibabaei)

darius@uoguelph.ca

Rudar, Josip

PhD Student

rudarj@uoguelph.ca

Sanap, Yogita

ysanap@uoguelph.ca
58229

Sanchez, Alan

Software Engineer – Informatics

asanch04@uoguelph.ca

Schmuck, Raina

Research Technician – Collections

rschmuck@uoguelph.ca
53600

Schultz, Jessica

PhD Student

jschul02@uoguelph.ca

Silva, Braulio

PhD Student (M. Hajibabaei)

silvab@uoguelph.ca

Smelko, Victoria

Research Technician – Collections

smelkov@uoguelph.ca
53600

Sones, Jayme

Collections Manager

jsones@uoguelph.ca
58125

St. Jacques, Brianne

Administrative Support

bristjac@uoguelph.ca
56393

Stanescu, Mihaela

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

stanescu@uoguelph.ca
52669

Steinke, Claudia

Data Manager – Informatics

csteinke@uoguelph.ca
54007

Steinke, Dirk

Associate Director – Analytics

dsteinke@uoguelph.ca
53759

Stewart, Brittany

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

bstewa07@uoguelph.ca
53800

Thompson, Amy

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

athomp26@uoguelph.ca
53800

Thompson, Jason

Software Engineer – Informatics

jthomp28@uoguelph.ca

Thompson, Kenneth

Postdoctoral Scholar

kthomp38@uoguelph.ca

Turgeon, Sophia

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

sturge01@uoguelph.ca
53800

van der Tuin, Johan

Research Technician – Collections

jvandert@uoguelph.ca
53600

Vezina, Lucie

MSc Student (D. Steinke)

lvezina@uoguelph.ca

Walker, Spencer

Data Manager – Informatics

swalke19@uoguelph.ca
54007

Wei, Catherine

Software Development Lead – Informatics

cwei@uoguelph.ca
58522

Whitmell, Chad

Laboratory Technician – Genomics

whitmelc@uoguelph.ca
52669

Wilson, Liam

MSc Student (D. Steinke)

lwilso26@uoguelph.ca

Wisniewski, Jana

Research Technician – Collections

jwisni01@uoguelph.ca
53600

Yucel, Kaan

Research Technician – Collections

kyucel@uoguelph.ca
53600

Zakharov, Evgeny

Director – Genomics

zakharov@uoguelph.ca
52226

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