Dr. Wood is an applied plant biologist and dendroclimatologist exploring influences of human induced stress on forested plant communities.  Her current focus is directed at elucidating the impacts of chemical herbicides on non-target vegetation populations in the boreal and sub-boreal forests of Canada.

Dr. Gibson is an expert in microbiomics and intestinal immunity in mammals. Through her lab, the Center for Microbiome and Inflammatory Disease Research, her research focuses on gut health with the aim of advancing knowledge of gut microbiome impacts on metabolism and immunity. Recently, she has focused on how herbicides alter the gut microbiome.

Dr. Hart studies the ecology of soil microbes and the role of microbes in sustainable agriculture and ecological restoration. She will provide training on soil biodiversity assessment, including molecular approaches, and will measure the effect of glyphosate residues on soil community diversity, and metabolism and processes including mutualism integrity, decomposition, and nutrient cycling in soils.

Dr. Bryan is a wildlife ecologist and conservation scientist with research interests in wildlife health, predator-prey interactions, conservation physiology, disease ecology, and community-engaged research. Her research use bioindicators of individual health (e.g. parasites, hormones, immune function) to better understand the effects of potential stressors on wildlife populations.

Dr. Werner's research focuses on links between resource extraction and population dynamics of boreal vertebrates, and his extensive experience working with mammals includes field sampling mark & recapture. Working with government agencies and NGOs, he's been instrumental in the development and implementation of policies promoting environmental protection and sustainable resource management.

Dr. Murch uses analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, biotechnology, metabolomics, and hormonomics approaches to study the chemistry of plants (including plant metabolites, plant signalling compounds, and plant growth regulators) and their effects on human health.  For this project, she will develop and validate methods to accurately detect and quantify glyphosate in environmental samples.

Dr. Grieneisen conducts groundbreaking research on host-microbiome interactions in wild systems and microbial ecology.  Her research uses wild animal systems to pioneer our understanding the gut microbiome, and its affects on host health. She is focused on how the microbiome is temporally dynamic and the forces that shape it over time.

Dr. Huber’s conducts research on arthropod ecology and biodiversity, focusing on forest, agricultural, and aquatic entomology, as well as chemical ecology of insects and plants.  Current projects include spruce beetle genomics, tree defences against insects, aquatic insect biodiversity, pollination ecology, and urban arthropod biodiversity.