Asher Cutter Associate Professor Research interests include: Evolutionary Genomics; Breeding Systems; Population Genetics; Molecular Evolution; Speciation; Caenorhabditis spp. asher.cutter@utoronto.ca

	Joanna Bundus MSc student Joanna is studying Caenorhabditis speciation genetics.
	Melanie Croydon-Sugarman Lab technician (ROP299 2007; NSERC summer fellow 2008)
	Alivia Dey PhD student Alivia is studying the molecular population genetics of C. remanei and C. brenneri.
	Jeremy Gray Postdoctoral Fellow Jeremy will be studying the genetics basis of natural trait variation in C. briggsae.
	Dominique Fasel Visiting student Dominique will be studying speciation and hybrid male dysfunction (arrives June 2012).
	Richard Jovelin Ontario MRI/EEB Postdoctoral Fellow Richard is studying population genomics and miRNA molecular evolution with C. remanei.
	Mark Lojacono MSc student Mark is studying the genetic basis of fecundity variation in C. briggsae.
	Deepthi Rajagopalan MSc student Deepthi is studying the molecular evolution of sex-biased genes in Caenorhabditis using next-generation transcriptome sequencing.
	Gregory Stegeman PhD student Greg is investigating the genetic basis to natural phenotypic variation in temperature-dependent behavioral traits in C. briggsae.
	Cristel Thomas Postdoctoral fellow Cris is studying genome evolution in Caenorhabditis.
	Janice Ting PhD student Janice is studying the evolution of pre-zygotic reproductive isolation in Caenorhabditis.
	Wei Wang Computational biologist Wei is working on population genomic analyses.
	Joerg Weiss PhD student (starting fall 2012) Joerg will be studying some aspect of evolutionary genetics with Caenorhabditis.

	Abeer Ahmad Undergraduate student (summer volunteer 2008; ROP299 2009; 2011-2012)
	Judy (Yen-Chu) Chen Undergraduate student (summer volunteer 2012; ROP299 2012)
	Soo Lyoen Choi Undergraduate student (IES399 2011; EEB397 2011) Soo is studying the genetic basis of temperature-dependent fecundity. She previously worked on nematode biodiversity in the wild.
	Eman Helal Undergraduate student (volunteer 2012)
	Qian Jiang Undergraduate student (2010, 2011)
	Shuning Li Undergraduate student (summer volunteer 2012)
	Denise Medina Undergraduate student (ROP299 2010; EEB397 summer 2011; NSERC summer fellow 2012) Denise is studying the genetics of motility in C. briggsae. She previously worked on chemotaxis.
	Julia (Na Ra) Shin Undergraduate student (ROP299 summer 2011; volunteer 2011-2012)

Former graduate students:

Rosalind Murray
MSc (2009)

Ros studied C. elegans sperm-related evolution in her MSc thesis. She is now pursuing a PhD at the University of Sterling with Luc Bussiere.

 
Joanna Kozlowska
MSc (2011)

Joanna studied the genetics of reproductive isolation between Caenorhabditis species in her MSc thesis. She is now pursuing a teaching degree at the University of Toronto's OISE.

Former undergraduate students:

Mohammad Afshin
Undergraduate student (Summer 2011 volunteer)

Pari Afshordy
Undergraduate student (Summer 2009 volunteer)

Mahrosh Ahmed
Undergraduate student (2012 volunteer)

Michael Aiello
Undergraduate student (summer 2011 volunteer)

Shawk Al Ani
Undergraduate student (2010 volunteer)

Ravin Alaei
Undergraduate student (ROP299 2011)

Karen (Ji-Dong) Bai
Undergraduate student (ROP299 2009)

Erik Bracciodieta
Undergraduate student (ROP299 2009)

Cecilia Chan
Undergraduate student (CSB498 2009)

Ara (Young Ran) Cho
Undergraduate student (Summer 2010 volunteer)

Jae Young Choi
Undergraduate student (EEB498 summer 2008; CSB498 2008; NSERC summer fellow 2009)

Melanie Croydon-Sugarman
Undergraduate student (ROP299 2007; NSERC summer fellow 2008)

Kangping Cui
Undergraduate student (2009; lab photographer)

Fan Dong
Undergraduate student (CAGEF summer fellow 2008)

Krystal Gopaul
Undergraduate student (Summer 2010 volunteer)

Shery Han
Undergraduate student (ROP299 2010; UTEA summer fellow 2011; volunteer 2011)

Elnaz Jahesh
Undergraduate student (volunteer 2010; 2011)

Yong Jeon
Undergraduate student (EEB397 summer 2010; CSB498 2010)

Shameel Khan
Undergraduate student (Summer 2010 volunteer)

Jason Lee
Undergraduate student (Summer 2009 volunteer)

Gemma Leung
Undergraduate student (Summer 2010 volunteer; CSB498 2010; technician 2011)

Sarah (Wenwan) Lu
Undergraduate student (volunteer 2011)

Olivia Ng
Undergraduate student (Summer 2008 volunteer)

Tommy Oliver
Undergraduate student (2009 volunteer)

Konstantine Palanski
Volunteer (2011)

Dan Pineda
Undergraduate student (2006-2007)

Anisha Prasad
Undergraduate student (ROP299 2007; NSERC summer fellow 2008)

Isinsu Sakalli
Undergraduate student (Summer 2009 volunteer)

Umer Sheikh
Undergraduate student (2006)

Julia (Na Ra) Shin
Undergraduate student (ROP299 summer 2011; volunteer 2011)

Jiwon Shin
Undergraduate student (volunteer 2009; CSB498 2011)

Anjali Silva
Undergraduate student (2009)

Supreet Sunil
Undergraduate student (ROP299 2008; EEB498 2009)

Kasse Tharmakulasingam
Undergraduate student (2006, 2007)

Nadia Tsvetkov
Undergraduate student (ROP299 2008; EEB498 2009)

Stephanie Tung
Undergraduate student (2008)

George (GuanTian) Wang
Undergraduate student (2010)

Weiang Yan
Undergraduate student (ROP299 2008; UTEA summer fellow 2009)

Adrienne Yang
Undergraduate student (ROP299 2010; NSERC summer fellow 2011)

Yuri Yatsenko
Undergraduate student (2008)

Jack (WenJie) Zeng
Undergraduate student (2009, 2010)

Jane Zhang
Undergraduate student (NSERC summer fellow 2007)

Robbie Zhang
Undergraduate student (2006)

Other former lab members:

Matthew Bueno
Research technician (2008-2009)

Elie Dolgin
PhD 2008 (University of Edinburgh)

Nicole Lindsay-Mosher
Ursula Franklin Academy co-op student (2010; summer volunteer 2011)

Dr. Julie (Guo-Xiu) Wang
Visiting Scientist (HuaZhong Normal University; 2009-2011)

Honorary lab members:

Crystal Vincent

Jenny Carpenter

Beatrix & Oona

Photos by: Kangping Cui, Konstantine Palanski, Yee-Fan Sun