People

 

Current members of the SAL Lab

Sean Smukler, PhD
Principal Investigator

DeLisa Lewis, PhD
Research Associate

Sylvia Nyamaizi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow – Lab Coordinator

Keri Bowering, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Jonathan Zajonc
Graduate Student, PhD in Soil Science

Tristin Bouwman
Graduate Student, PhD in Soil Science

Alan Lee
Graduate Student, PhD in Soil Science

Caitie Ciampaglia
Graduate Student, MSc in Soil Science

Cameron Donnelly
Lab Technician

Callie Phelps
Lab Technician

Shail Weesner
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Brittany Martin
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Previous members of the SAL Lab

2025

Sebastian Damin
Graduate Student, MSc Soil Science

Auguste Bruno
Undergraduate Research Assistant

2024

Jordy Kersey
Graduate Student, PhD in Soil Science

Raelani Kesler
Research Coordinator

Patricia Hanuszak
Graduate Student, MSc Soil Science

Avery Chan
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Olivia Sasson
Undergraduate Research Assistant

2023

Carson Yuchen Li
Lab and Research Coordinator

Paula Porto
Graduate Student, MSc Soil Science

Emma Yates
Graduate Student, MSc Soil Science

Gabby Applegarth
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Cameron Donnelly
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Adelaide Truman
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Roberta McMorran
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Doris (Yiduo) Li
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hugh Shackleton
Undergraduate Research Assistant

2022

Corine Singfield
Graduate Student, MSc Soil Science

Soomin Shin
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Maddie Lily
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Yiming Zhang
Graduate Research Assistant

Arisa Nakada
Undergraduate Research Assistant

2021

Kira Borden, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Amy Norgaard
Research Assistant

Amanda Dickson-Otty
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Inbar Avrahami Saraf
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Morgan Hamilton
Research Assistant

2020

Hannah Friesen
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Grace Augustinowicz
Graduate Student, MSc Soil Science

Lyndsey Dowell
Graduate Student, MSc Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems

Robin Harder, PhD 
Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow

Siddhartho (Sidd) Paul
Graduate Student, PhD in Soil Science

Carmen Wong
Undergraduate Research Assistant

2019

Cuiyi Fei
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Lewis Fausak
Graduate Student, MSc Soil Science

Julio Reis
Graduate Student, PhD in Sustainable Development

Jessica Mayes
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Kamal Kakish
Research Assistant

Kelly Wang
Research Assistant

Namratha Reddy, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher

Songliang Wang
Visiting Professor, PhD in Crop Genetics and Breeding

Katelyn Hengel
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Daniel Wong
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Dylan Peluso
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Amit Chandna
Undergraduate Research Student

Chantel Chizen
Undergraduate Research Student

Katarina Neufeld
Lab and Research Coordinator

J. Spencer Evans
Graduate Student, PhD in Soil Science

Andrea Stevenson
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Martina Clausen
Graduate Student, MSc Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems

Anthelia Bond
Visiting International Research Student, University of Adelaide, Australia

Zineb Bazza
Graduate Student, MSc Soil Science

Sean Kearney
Graduate Student, PhD Soil Science

Gabriel Maltais-Landry
Post-Doctoral Researcher

Khalil Walji
Graduate Student, MSc Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems

Anna Rallings
Graduate Student, MSc Integrated Studies in Land & Food Systems

Alfred Ke
Undergraduate Research Assistant, NSERC USRA

Sarah Wong
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Jason Lion
Undergraduate Research Assistant, NSERC USRA

Tom Zochowski
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Aisha Uduman
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Caitlin Dorward
Graduate Student, MSc Integrated Studies in Land & Food Systems

Bryanna Thiel
Graduate Student, MSc Soil Science
Research Assistant, Delta Drainage Project

Lays Harumi Morimoto
Undergraduate Mitacs Intern

Brittany Armstrong
Undergraduate Student, Environmental Sciences

Panthea Read
Undergraduate Research Assistant/Field Technician

Casey Larson
Undergraduate Research Assistant