Current Lab Members
Name:Hassan Al reasi
Position:Ph. D
Coming From:Lecturer at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Email:alreasha@mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
Quantifying direct effects
of DOMs on crustacean and fish and their interactive effects with
metals.
Name:Derek Alsop
Position:PDF
Coming From:PDF University of Waterloo
Email:alsopde@mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
Effects of metals in trout and zebrafish
Name:Tamzin Blewett
Position:Ph.D.
Coming From:M.Sc. McMaster University
Email:blewetta@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
Mechanisms of euryhalinity in fish
Name:Claudine Chevalier
Position:Technical Assistant to Prof. Laurent
Coming From:C.N.R.S. Strasbourg, France
Email:Chevalierluck@aol.com
Research Area:
Morphological studies in fish
Name:Linda Diao
Position:Lab Technician
Coming From:China
Email:diaozy_99@yahoo.ca
Research Area:
Fish physiology and toxicology
Name:Marina Giocomin
Position:Visiting M.Sc. student from Brazil
Coming From:Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil
Email:m4h_@hotmail.com
Research Area:
Physiological effects of copper on fresh and seawater invertebrates.
Name:Siam Grobler
Position:M.Sc.
Coming From:B.Sc. Univ. of Iowa
Email:groblejm@mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
Behavioural studies in fish under physiological stress
Name:Joel Klinck
Position:Ph. D
Coming From:B.Sc. Wilfred Laurier
Email:joelklinck@yahoo.com
Research Area:
Dietary metal transport in trout
Name:Mariana Lauer
Position:Visiting Ph.D student from Brazil
Coming From:Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil
Email:mariana.lauer@gmail.com
Research Area:
Effects of Cu toxicity in aquatic organisms
Name:Pierre Laurent
Position:Professor
Coming From:C.N.S.R. Strasbourg, France
Email:p_laurent@club-internet.fr
Research Area:
Morphological studies in fish
Name:Erin Leonard
Position:Ph. D.
Coming From:M.Sc. McMaster University
Email:leonarem@mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
Nickel bioavailability in invertebrates and vertebrates
Name:Abele Machado
Position:Visiting M.Sc. student from Brazil
Coming From:Federal Univeristy of Rio Grande, Brazil
Email:abelmachadooceano@yahoo.com.br
Research Area:
Use of biomarkers for environmental aquatic contamination
Name:Sunita Nadella
Position:Executive/Research Assistant
Coming From:MSc, McMaster University
Email:nadellsr@mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
Effects of metals on fish and invertebrates
Name:Michele Nawata
Position:PDF
Coming From:Ph.D McMaster University
Email:nawatacm@mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
Molecular physiology of Rh proteins
Name:Dhanisha Patel
Position:Honours Thesis Student
Coming From:Honours Biology, McMaster University
Email:pateld38@muss.cis.mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
Na uptake in rainbow trout gastrointestinal tract

Name:Lisa Robertson
Position:M.Sc.
Coming From:Honours Biology, McMaster University
Email:roberl8@mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
Gill permeability in the rainbow trout and amazonian oscar during exercise

Name:Julian Rubino
Position:Honours Thesis Student
Coming From:Biology Honours, McMaster University
Email:rubinojg@gmail.com
Research Area:
Ammonia handling in the gut of rainbow trout
Name:Vanaja Sivakumar
Position:Honours Thesis Student
Coming From:Honours Biology, McMaster University
Email:sivakuvt@muss.cis.mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
EE2 uptake patterns in fat-head minnow, zebrafish, goldfish, lamprey
and killifish
Name:Richard Smith
Position:SRA, Mothersill & Seymour Labs
Coming From:European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Email:rsmith@mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
Protein physiology, proteomics and gill function
Name:Margaret Tellis
Position:M.Sc.
Coming From:Honours Biology,minor in Biochemistry, McMaster University
Email:margaret _tellis@yahoo.com
Research Area:
Biotic ligand model development for Zn & Pb in estuarine and marine ecosystems
Name:Usman Yousaf
Position:Honours Biology, McMaster University
Coming From:B.Sc. Honours
Email:yousafu@muss.cis.mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
DOC effects on Na uptake in Daphnia magna
Name:Li (Johnny) Zhang
Position:PDF
Coming From:Ph. D. from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Email:zhang1@mcmaster.ca
Research Area:
Effects of ammonia on ventilation in rainbow trout
Name:Alex Zimmer
Position:Ph.D
Coming From:M.Sc. McMaster University
Email:alex_m_zimmer@hotmail.com
Research Area:
Novel pathways of ammonia excretion in fish