Our Team
Catherine M. Febria, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Freshwater Restoration Ecology & Associate Professor
Director, Healthy Headwaters Lab
Co-Director, GLIER Organic Analysis & Nutrient Facility
she/her/siya
Candy Donaldson, BSc
Director - Indigenous Knowledge Circle (2019-2024)
Research Associate - Community & Translation
she/her
Alyssa Frazao, MSc
Lab Manager - Healthy Headwaters Lab
Stream Ecology & Biomonitoring Technician | she/her
Jessica Robson, MSc
Research Facilitator & Farmer Advisory Board Coordinator | she/her
Giulia Vilardi, BSc
Assistant Director of Communications, Outstanding Scholar & Undergraduate Thesis Student | she/her
Destiny Soney, BEng
NinDaWaabJig Project Coordinator | she/her
Mariah Alexander, BA (Hons)
Environmental Artist | she/her
Clint Jacobs
Andrea Bresolin
Benthic Biomonitoring Technician & Artist | she/her
Michelle Dobrin, MSc
Benthic Biomonitoring Technician | she/her
John H. Hartig, Ph.D.
Ecosystems Approach Project | he/him
Ryan Graham, MSc
Research Assistant | he/him
Fani Tsaroucha, MSc
Research Assistant | she/her
Elizabeth Wanderi, MSc
Research Assistant | she/her
Courtney Robichaud, PhD
Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow| she/they
Lauren Damphousse, BSc
PhD Student | she/her
Thiranya Weerakoon, BSc
MSc Student | she/her
Nik Charette
Sci-Comm Artist | he/him
Tristan Wiley
Outstanding Scholar Research Assistant | he/him
Sarika Sharma, BSc
Undergraduate Thesis Student| she/her
Alexia Macri
Undergraduate Research Assistant | she/her
Avery Ng
Undergraduate Research Assistant| she/her
Larisa Renaud
Undergraduate Research Assistant | she/her
Dunia Roba
Undergraduate Research Assistant | she/her
Halima Mohamed
Research Assistant | she/her
Corbin Jacobs
Research Assistant | he/him
Amesh Wickramasinghe
Undergraduate Research Assistant | he/him
Alumni, Aunties & Uncles
Jim Boak (Agricultural Advisor 2020)
Jess Owen (OANL Technician 2019-2020)
Kirsten Van Goethem (Co-op Student 2021)
Roland Eveleens (MSc Graduate 2021)
Emily Browne (Undergraduate thesis student 2021)
Riel Fournier-Altiman (NinDaWaabJig Field Research Guide)
Lauren Weller (MSc Graduate 2022)
Katrina Keeshig (Research Partnership Coordinator 2020-2022)
Jess Ives (MSc, Research Facilitator)
Hadia Nadeem (Undergraduate Student Volunteer)
Julia Willsie (MSc Graduate, 2023)
Kasey Brown (Undergraduate Thesis Student & Outstanding Scholar)
Rose Simard (Undergraduate Thesis Student & Outstanding Scholar)
Nolan Lachance (Undergraduate Thesis Student & Research Assistant)
Salma Al Ghazaly (Undergraduate Thesis Student)
Shayenna Nolan (Communications Director, BSc 2021)
Brianna Curtis (BSc 2022)
Eric Li (BSc 2024)
Ali Mokdad (PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher)
Join our team!
We are currently seeking undergraduate thesis students, graduate students, and volunteers! Get in touch at healthy.headwaters@uwindsor.ca