People

Dr. Ben Speers-Roesch

Professor & Principal Investigator
B.Sc. (University of Guelph), M.Sc. (University of Guelph), Ph.D. (University of British Columbia)
E-mail: ​​[email protected]

Peyton Hartenstein

Ph.D. Candidate 
M.Sc. (University of Regina)
Project: Thermal acclimation dynamics in fishes
E-mail: [email protected] 

Lauren Rowsey

Ph.D. Candidate
B.Sc. (University of Texas at Austin)
Project: Thermal constraints on physiological performance as drivers of winter dormancy in fishes
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.laurenrowsey.com

Isabelle Ferron

M.Sc. Student
B.Sc. (Université de Moncton)
Project: Impacts of petroleum exposure on lumpfish
​E-mail: [email protected]

Josh LeBlanc

M.Sc. Student (co-supervised with Kurt Samways)
B.Sc. (University of New Brunswick, Saint John)
Project: Atlantic Salmon smolt in a marine conservation farm: marine survival and optimal  feeding regimes
​E-mail: [email protected]

Gabby Rivard

M.Sc. Student
B.Sc. (Acadia University)
Project: Cardiac and whole-animal thermal acclimation in lab and field populations of mummichog
​E-mail: [email protected]

Emily Welsh

M.Sc. Student
B.Sc. (University of Guelph)
​Project: How does the rate of thermal change influence thermal metabolic plasticity in fishes?
E-mail: [email protected] ​

Annie Trembley

B. Sc. Honours Student (completed)
Manager of Fish Care
​MSc Student (Rochette Lab)
Project (Honours): Influence of near-infrared light on fish diel cycles

ALUMNI

Dr. Tommy Norin

MASTS PECRE Postdoctoral Fellow
​Project: How do physiology and behaviour co-vary across critical environmental thresholds in fish?
​Current: Research Scientist, Danish Technical University

Connor Reeve

M.Sc.
Project: Is inactivity the central mechanism underlying the energetic savings of winter dormancy in fishes?
​Current: Post-doctoral fellow, Cornell University

Matt Gilbert

Weston & NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Environmental physiology of Arctic charr
Website: www.arcticphysiology.com
​Current: Assistant Professor, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Melina Watson

B.Sc. Honours
Project: Thermal sensitivity of growth and feeding in winter-dormant fish
Current: M.Sc. student, University of New Brunswick

Laura Vrooman

B.Sc. Honours
Project: Winter dormancy behaviour in mummichogs
​Current: Researcher, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Tyler Savoy

B.Sc. Honours
Project: Thermal compensation of metabolic enzyme capacities in winter-dormant fish

Brett Dougay

B.Sc. Honours
Project: Osmoregulatory constraints on low-temperature survival in freshwater fishes
Current: Chief Head of Operations Department, Royal Canadian Navy Reserve

Emil Senathirajah

B.Sc. Honours
Project: Effects of photoperiod and salinity on diel activity cycles in mummichogs
Current: Researcher, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
​

Brianna Forbes

B.Sc. Honours
Project: Flexibility of winter dormancy thresholds in fishes
​Current: Veterinarian (Equine), Colorado, USA

Emily Suominen

​M.Sc.
Project: Combined effects of metal contaminants and low temperature on fishes
(Co-supervised with Dr. Anne Cremazy)
​Current: Technician, NRCan
​

Allie Scovil

M.Sc.
Project: Physiological costs of petroleum exposure and spill response measures in larval cod and lobster
​Current: Biologist, DFO

Kaela Middleton

M.Sc.
Project: Winter physiology of sturgeons
(Co-supervised with Dr. Jim Kieffer)
Current: Biologist, DFO

Abby Christopher

B.Sc. Honours
Project: The role of activity changes for energy savings at low temperature in brook charr
Current: M.Sc. student (Dalhousie University)

Megan Robinson

B.Sc. Honours
Project: Factors affecting the daily cycle of activity in mummichog
Current: Field technician, ACAP Saint John

Ella Middleton

M.Sc.
Project: The energetic impacts of environmental variability associated with overwintering in Salvelinus spp.
​Current: Research Scientist, East Coast Innovations

Emily Williams

M.Sc.
Project: Seasonal plasticity of cardiac performance in temperate and Arctic fishes
Current: PhD student, University of Alaska, Fairbanks