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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 Organismal Biology (2001)      MA, BS - Humboldt State University      Comparative Zoology (1996)      BS - Cal Poly State University, SLO      Engineering Science (1993)

Community of Science profile.
Email: bleander(at)interchange.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(at)interchange.ubc.ca

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

Research Interests: Evolutionary morphology and molecular phylogeny of marine gregarine apicomplexans Employment & Education: PDF (2007-present) 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: rueckert(at)interchange.ubc.ca

Dr. REBECCA RUNDELL - Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology (Publications)
	Research Interests: Biodiversity and evolutionary history of marine meiofauna Employment & Education: PDF (2008-present) University of British Columbia, Canada; PhD (2008) & MS (2204) Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, USA; M.S. (2001) Zoology, University of Hawaii, USA; BS (1996) Biology, Cornell University, NY, USA. Email: rrundell(at)interchange.ubc.ca

Dr. AIKA YAMAGUCHI - Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology (Publications)
	Research Interests: Biodiversity and phylogeny of marine dinoflagellates Employment & Education: PDF (2008-present) 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: aikay(at)interchange.ubc.ca

Dr. BRIAN ORTMAN - Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology (Publications)
	Research Interests: Molecular phylogeny, symbioses, and evolutionary morphology of ctenophores and cnidarians Employment & Education: PDF (2009-present) 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. Email: bortman(at)interchange.ubc.ca

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

CHANDNI KHER - PhD Candidate, Zoology (Publications)
	Research Interests: Biodiversity and evolutionary history of marine benthic ciliates (karyorelictids) Employment & Education: MSc (2008) Zoology, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada; BSc (2006) Honours in Integrative Biology, University of Toronto, Canada. Email: kher(at)interchange.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(at)hotmail.com

PETRA VILLETTE - NSERC USRA Student, Zoology (2009)
	Research Project: Biodiversity of marine gregarines (Apicomplexa). Evaluating morphological plasticity in gregarine trophozoites with a molecular phylogenetic marker: A case study using Lecudina tuzetae (Eugregarina, Lecudinidae). Email: pvill(at)interchange.ubc.ca

CATALIN VOINICIUC - Assistant Curator (2008-present): The Marine Invertebrate Collection
	Email: catalinv(at)interchange.ubc.ca Previous Assistant Curators: Rolanda Steenweg (Summer 2008) Kylin Lee (Spring 2009)

Dr. CELESTE LEANDER - Director, Coordinated Sciences; Instructor, Science One (Curriculum Vitae)

Research Interests: Biodiversity of marine zoosporic saprobes (Labyrinthulomycota) Employment & Education: Instructor I (2006 - present), 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(at)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. HEATHER ESSON - PhD (2009) Botany, University of British Columbia
	Research Interests: Evolutionary morphology of photosynthetic euglenids 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: hjesson(at)interchange.ubc.ca

Dr. CHITCHAI CHANTANGSI - PhD (2009) Zoology, University of British Columbia

Research Interests: Phylogeny and comparative ultrastructure of marine cercozoan flagellates 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: cchantan(at)interchange.ubc.ca

THIERRY J. HEGER - (Visiting) PhD Candidate, Molecular Systematics & Ecology
	Research Interests: Biodiversity and phylogeny of marine testate amoebae Current Position: PhD (in progress) The Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL (Supervisor: Edward Mitchell) & The University of Geneva, Switzerland Email: thierry.heger(at)epfl.ch

KEVIN WONG - NSERC USRA Student, Zoology (2005)
	Research Interests: Molecular phylogenetics of marine gregarines Publication: Rueckert, S., Wong, K. and Leander, B.S. In prep. Phylogeny of gregarine apicomplexans as inferred from hsp90 and actin gene sequences. BMC Evol. Biol.

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.

BIOL 448 & 449 Undergraduate Students
	Sam Sivertz (2007-2008) Nav Kanwal (2005-2006) Allen Larocque (Spring 2006) Elena Zaikova (Summer 2006)

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