biology departmental seminar - honours thesis presentations

honours thesis presentations

each student will present for 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes of questions from the audience.  light snacks and beverages will be served during a noon intermission.  lab groups, family, and friends are invited to attend!

this event is in-person (with a hybrid zoom option for guests)

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9:15 am  symposium with welcoming remarks by dr. azim mallik.

9:30 am  alexandra grillo (dr. adam algar):  evolution of climatic range limitation in true toads (bufonidae).

9:50 am  hannah malloy (dr. adam algar):  photography as an alternative to tagging for mark-recapture studies of a colour changing amphibian.

10:10 am  brennan oliver (dr. adam algar):  climate limitations in range expansion of reptiles and amphibians into canada.

10:30 am  nathan timmerman (dr. adam algar):  studying the hydrothermal ecology of dryophytes versicolor using plaster replicas.

10:50 am  kelvi toskovich (dr. michael rennie):  the effect of climate change on migratory birds in the thunder bay, ontario region.

11:10  connor kubinec (dr. michael rennie):  impacts of aquaculture on mercury accumulation in minnows.

11:30 am  zaid shahid (dr. marina ulanova): immunostimulatory capacity of two strains of nontypeable haemophilus influenzae.

noon  break

12:40 pm  caris madsen (dr. wensheng qin):  cultivation of freshwater microalgae in unsterile malting wastewater for biomass production.

1:00 pm  colin warwick (dr. wensheng qin):  optimization of biomass and lipid yields of terrestrial microalgae using paper mill wastewater supplemented with various urea concentrations.     

1:20 pm  jasmin schiestel (dr. wensheng qin):  characterization of oil-degrading bacteria and optimization of oil-polluted environmental bioremediation.

1:40 pm  viktoriya dyukaryeva (dr. azim mallik):  shade effect on phenology, fruit yield and phenolic profile of two wild blueberry species vaccinium myrtilloides and v. angustifolium.

2:00 pm  salem mclean (dr. brian mclaren):  invasive species and the decline of habitat accessibility for freshwater turtles:  point pelee national park 2003 to 2022.

2:20 pm  ryley marchant (dr. brian mclaren):  the influence of canopy cover on benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in thunder bay, ontario.

2:40 pm  closing remarks

register for the zoom webinar here; please register 24 hours prior to the start of the event.