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Associate Professor (2008-present)     Assistant Professor (2003-2008) University of British Columbia Tula Investigator (2007-present) Centre for Diversity & Evolution CIFAR Fellow/Scholar (2003-present)      Canadian Institute for Adv. Research Integrated Biodiversity (2007-present)   Evolutionary Biology (2003-2007)

NSF Postdoc Fellow (2001-2003)      Program in Microbial Biology      University of British Columbia      PhD - University of Georgia, Athens      Comparative Biology (1997-2001)      MA & BSc - Humboldt State University      Comparative Zoology (1993-1996)      BSc - Cal Poly State University, SLO      Engineering Science (1993)

Community of Science profile.
Email: bleander@mail.ubc.ca

Dr. NAOJI YUBUKI - Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology (Publications)
	Research Interests: Evolutionary morphology and molecular phylogeny of marine predatory flagellates Employment & Education: PDF (2007-present) University of British Columbia, Canada; PhD (2007), MSc (2004) University of Tsukuba, Japan; BSc (2002) Konan University, Japan. Concentration: Phylogeny and systematics of protists. Email: yubuki@mail.ubc.ca

Dr. THIERRY J. HEGER - Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology (Publications)
	Research Interests: Biodiversity, ecology, and evolutionary history of testate amoebae Employment & Education: PDF (2010-present) University of British Columbia, Canada; PhD (2010) The Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL & The University of Geneva, Switzerland. Email: theger@interchange.ubc.ca

Dr. SHIHO HAYAKAWA - Research Associate, Botany & Zoology
	Co-supervised with Patrick Keeling, University of British Columbia Research Interests: Organelle evolution in marine dinoflagellates (e.g., warnowiids) Employment & Education: Research Associate (2011-present) University of British Columbia, Canada; PDF (2007-2010) Laboratory for DNA Data Analysis, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan. Email:shiho.hayakawa@gmail.com

Dr. SHEHRE-BANOO MALIK - Postdoctoral Fellow (Zoology) & Junior Fellow of CIFAR (Website)

Co-supervised with Claudio Slamovitz, Dalhousie University Research Interests: General protistology and evolutionary genomics of apicomplexan parasites Employment & Education: PDF & Junior Fellow of CIFAR (2010-present) Dalhousie University & University of British Columbia, Canada; PDF (2007-2010) New York University, USA; PhD (2007) Biology, University of Iowa, USA; MSc (2000) Biology, University of Ottawa, Canada. Email: banoomalik@gmail.com

SUSANA BREGLIA - PhD Candidate, Zoology (Publications)
	Research Interests: Evolutionary morphology of phagotrophic euglenids and their symbionts Employment & Education: BSc (2001) Zoology/Paleontology, University of Buenes Aires, Argentina Email: sbreglia@interchange.ubc.ca

GREG GAVELIS - PhD student, Zoology (Publications)
	Research Interests: Molecular diversity of dinoflagellates Employment & Education: MSc (2010) Zoology, University of Oregon, USA; BSc (2007) Biology, Trinity College, Connecticut, USA. Email: gavelis@zoology.ubc.ca

SARAH SPARMANN - MSc Candidate, Zoology (UBC "ROAD" profile)

Research Interests: Biodiversity of marine invertebrates and dinoflagellates Publication: Sparmann, S., Leander, B.S. and Hoppenrath, M. 2008. Comparative morphology and molecular phylogeny of Apicoporus n. gen.: A new genus of marine benthic dinoflagellates formerly classified within Amphidinium. Protist. 159:383-399. Image Database: Benthic Dinoflagellates of Greater Vancouver, Canada Email: sarahsparmann@hotmail.com

KEVIN WAKEMAN - MSc Candidate, Zoology (Publications)
	Research Interests: Biodiversity and evolutionary history of marine gregarine apicomplexans Employment & Education: BSc (2010) Zoology, Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, USA. Email: wakeman.kevin@gmail.com

ROYA ESHRAGH - MSc Candidate, Zoology (Publications)
	Research Interests: Biodiversity and molecular phylogeny of dicyemid parasites of cephalopods Employment & Education: BSc (2010) Biology, Michigan State University, USA. Email: eshragh@zoology.ubc.ca

Dr. CELESTE LEANDER - Director, Coordinated Sciences; Senior Instructor, Science One (CV)

Research Interests: Biodiversity of marine zoosporic saprobes (Labyrinthulomycota) Employment & Education: Senior Instructor, tenure (2011-present); Director, Coordanted Sciences Program (2010-present); Instructor I (2006-2011), Science One & Coordinated Sciences Programs -- Biology; Lecturer (2003-2006) University of British Columbia; PhD (2001) Botany, University of Georgia; MA (1996) Biology, Humboldt State University, California; BSc (1994) Zoology, Humboldt State University, California Email: cleander@interchange.ubc.ca

Dr. MONA HOPPENRATH - Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology & Botany (Publications)

Research Interests: Biodiversity and phylogeny of protists with an emphasis on dinoflagellates Current Position: Research Scientist of Marine Botany (2008-present), DZMB - Deutsches Zentrum fur Marine Biodiversitatsforschung, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Employment & Education: PDF (2004-2007) University of British Columbia, Canada; PDF (2000-2004) AWI-BAH, Germany; PhD (2000) Botany, University of Hamburg (Wadden Sea Station, Sylt & AWI), Germany; Diplom (1995) Botany, University of Goettingen, Germany Email: mhoppenrath@senckenberg.de

Dr. SONJA RUECKERT - Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology (Publications)

Research Interests: Ecology, evolutionary morphology and molecular phylogeny of marine gregarine apicomplexans and metazoan parasites of fish Current Position: Senior Lecturer (2012-present), Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, UK. Employment & Education: Associate Professor of Invertebrate Biodiversity, Parasites (2010-2011), Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba, 5-10-1, Shimoda, Shizuoka 415-0025, Japan; PDF (2007-2010) University of British Columbia, Canada; PDF (2006-2007) Center for Tropical Marine Ecology Bremen, Germany; PhD (2006), Marine parasitology, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany; Diploma (2001) Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Germany; BSc (1997) Biology, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany. Email: s.rueckert@napier.ac.uk

Dr. HEATHER ESSON - PhD (2009) Botany, University of British Columbia
	Research Interests: Evolutionary morphology and cell biology of euglenozoans Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2009-present), University of Vienna, Austria. Employment & Education: Ph.D. (2009), BSc (2003) Botany; University of British Columbia, Canada Email: heather.esson@univie.ac.at

Dr. CHITCHAI CHANTANGSI - PhD (2009) Zoology, University of British Columbia
	Research Interests: Phylogeny and comparative morphology of protists Current Position: Lecturer (2009-present), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Employment & Education: Ph.D. (2009) Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada; MSc (2006) Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada; Undergraduate Ed., Bangkok, Thailand. Email: chantangsi01@hotmail.com

Dr. REBECCA RUNDELL - Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology (CV - PDF)

Research Interests: Biodiversity and evolutionary history of gastropods and marine meiofauna Current Position: G.G. Simpson Research Fellow (2011-present), University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA. Employment & Education: PDF (2008-2011) University of British Columbia, Canada; PhD (2008) & MS (2004) Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, USA; M.S. (2001) Zoology, University of Hawaii, USA; BS (1996) Biology, Cornell University, NY, USA. Email: rundell@email.arizona.edu

Dr. AIKA YAMAGUCHI - Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology

Research Interests: Biodiversity and phylogeny of marine dinoflagellates Current Position: Research Fellow (2011-present), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Employment & Education: PDF (2008-2011) University of British Columbia, Canada; PDF (2007-2008) Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Japan; PhD (2007) Biological Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan; MSc (2004) & BSc (2002) Biology, Hokkaido University, Japan. Email: aikay1120@yahoo.co.jp

Dr. BRIAN ORTMAN - Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology
	Research Interests: Diversity, systematics, and DNA barcoding of ctenophores and cnidarians Employment & Education: PDF (2009-2011) University of British Columbia, Canada; PhD (2008) Oceanography, University of Connecticut, USA; MSc (2003) Biological Sciences & BSc (2000) Marine Biology, University of Southern Mississippi, USA.

CATALIN VOINICIUC - Assistant Curator (2008-2010): The Marine Invertebrate Collection
	Current Position: Graduate student, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia Previous Assistant Curators: Callum Kingwell (2010-2011) Meagan Abele (Spring 2011) Rolanda Steenweg (Summer 2008) Kylin Lee (Spring 2009)

PETRA VILLETTE - NSERC USRA & Work Study Student, Zoology (2009-2010)
	Publication: Rueckert, S., Villette, P. and Leander, B.S. 2011. Species boundaries in gregarine apicomplexans: A case study comparison of morphometric and molecular variability in Lecudina cf. tuzetae (Eugregarina, Lecudinidae). J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 58:275-283. Email: pvill@interchange.ubc.ca

SHANE LLOYD - NSERC USRA Student, Zoology (2004)
	Research Interests: Biodiversity of marine gregarines (Apicomplexa) Publication: Leander, B.S., Lloyd, S.A.J., Marshall, W. and Landers, S.C. 2006. Phylogeny of marine gregarines (Apicomplexa) - Pterospora, Lithocystis and Lankesteria - and the origin(s) of coelomic parasitsm. Protist 157(1):45-60.

NSERC-USRA, BIOL 448 & 449 Undergraduate Students
	Sam Huang (Summer 2011) Sam Sivertz (2007-2008) Nav Kanwal (2005-2006) Allen Larocque (Spring 2006) Elena Zaikova (Summer 2006) Kevin Wong (Summer 2005)

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