Fledged Family Members
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Danielle Denley, PICS Award, 2022
Current Position: Lead Marine Scientist, BC Government
Dr. Kira Krumhansl, NSERC/Hakai Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016
Current Position: Lead Aquatic Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Dr. Kyle Demes, Hakai Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013
Current Position: Consultant, Elsevier
Dr. Dan Okamoto, NSERC Strategic Grant Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016
Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California Berkeley - The Okamoto lab
Dr. Marco Hatch, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016
Current Position: Associate Professor of Environmental Science at the College of the Environment, Western Washington University
Dr. Margot Hessing-Lewis, Hakai Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012
Current Position: Research Scientist with the Hakai Institute
Graduate Students
Alyssa Allchurch, Masters Graduate, 2023
Thesis: Investigating the resilience of kelp forests to harvest amid a rapidly changing ocean
Current Position: PhD Student with the Ocean Relations Collaborative
Maya Guttmann, Masters Graduate, 2022
Current Position: Associate, Compass Resource Management
Heather Earle, Masters Graduate, 2021
Current Position: Marine Scientist, Hakai Institute
Erin Slade, Masters Graduate, 2019
Current Position: Marine Scientist, Parks Canada
Gabrielle Pang, Masters Graduate, 2018
Current Position: Marine Planner, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Natasha Salter, Masters Graduate, 2018
Current Position: Marine Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Carolyn Prentice, Masters Graduate, 2018
Thesis: Reduced water motion enhances organic carbon stocks in temperate eelgrass meadows
Current Position: Researcher, Haika Institute
Josh Silberg, Masters Graduate, 2015
Thesis: Indirect effects of sea otter recovery on temperate reef fish
Current Position: Science Communications and Storytelling
Dr. Rowan Trebilco, PhD Graduate, 2014
Thesis: Size-based insight into the structure and function of reef fish communities
Christine Gruman, Masters Graduate, 2013
Thesis: Context-Dependence of a Cross-System Trophic Cascade in Gwaii Haanas, British Columbia
Current Position: Manager of Natural Resources, Huu-ay-aht First Nations
Brittany Keeling, Masters Graduate, 2013
Current Position: Fisheries Biologist, Alberta Conservation Association
Mary von der Porten, Masters Graduate, 2010
Current Position: Veterinarian, Selkirk Veterinary Hospital
Sarah Gutzmann, Masters Graduate, 2023
Current Position: PhD Student with the Ocean Equity Lab
Emily Spencer, Masters Graduate, 2023
Thesis: Indigenous sea gardens can buffer impacts of contemporary heatwaves
Current Position: Researcher, Parks Canada
Meredith Fraser, Masters Graduate, 2022
Thesis: Grazing by kelp crabs amplifies impacts of climate-induced bryozoan outbreaks on kelp
Current Position: Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Sachiko Ouchi, Masters Graduate, 2019
Current Position: Marine Planner, Tla’amin First Nation
Dr. Jenn Burt, PhD Graduate, 2019
Current Position: Marine Program Director, Nature United Canada
Hannah Kobluk, Masters Graduate, 2018
Thesis: Temperature, size, and harvest method drive recovery in an Indigenous kelp fishery
Current Position: PhD Candidate with the Ocean Relations Collaborative
Dr. Lynn Lee, PhD Graduate, 2018
Current Position: Marine Ecologist, Parks Canada, Gwaii Haanas
Markus Thompson, Masters Graduate, 2017
Thesis: Causes and Consequences of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Deep Spawning Behavior
Current Position: Reaserch Biologist, Thalassia Environmental
Leah Honka, Masters Graduate, 2014
Current Position: Program Manager, Pacific Salmon Foundation, Salmon Watersheds Program
Kyle Empringham, Masters Graduate, 2013
Thesis: Marine Conservation in Nonprofits: An Analysis of Advocacy and Outreach Campaigns
Current Position: Co-Founder & Director of Finance and Fundraising, The Starfish
Amy Groesbeck, Masters Graduate, 2013
Current Position: Shoreline Code Compliance Analyst
Erica Olson, Masters Graduate, 2011
Current Position: Systems Ecologist, ESSA Technologies
Jacqui Levy, Masters Graduate, 2023
Thesis: Diversity and Resilience of Sea Gardens Across the Pacific Ocean
Current Position: Data Analyst, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Undergraduate Students
Christine Stevenson, NSERC USRA, Undergrad Directed Studies, 2014
Gabby Pang, VPR USRA, 2014
Angie Coultier, Lab Assistant, Work Study Student, 2014
Angeleen Olson, Lab Manager, NSERC USRA, Undergraduate Honours Thesis Student, 2014
Nicole Stamnes, Undergrad Directed Studies, 2014
Christina McKenzie, NSERC USRA, 2012
Brooke Davis, (full-time) Lab and Field Assistant, NSERC USRA, 2011
Melissa Heft, Undergrad Directed Studies, 2010
Matt Drake, NSERC USRA, 2010
Nicklaus Kemp, Undergraduate Honours Thesis, 2023
Adlih Britton, NSERC USRA, 2022
Karina de Souza Jensen, 2021
Emily Spencer, NSERC USRA, 2020
Nicole Roberts, Fulbright Fellow, 2019
Jillian Campbell, NSERC USRA, 2018
Tanya Prinzing, NSERC USRA, 2016
Daniel Tan, NSERC USRA, 2015
Jordanna Bergman, NSERC USRA, 2015