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Dr. Laura McKinnon
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Dr. Derrick Groom
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Dr. Brandy Velten
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Dr. Sajeni Mahalingam
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Dr. Chris Chen
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Alexander Myrka
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Lily Hou
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Raafay Syed Ali
Dr. Laura McKinnon
Postdoctoral Researcher
B.S. (York University, Toronto, ON, Canada)
M.Sc. (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA)
Ph.D. (Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada)
Currently an Assistant Professor at York University’s Glendon Campus.
E-mail: lmck@glendon.yorku.ca
Selected Publications

Dr. Derrick Groom
PhD – Cell & Systems Biology – 2016
Thesis title: “Hummingbird Hovering Energetics and Flight Capacities Across Elevational Gradients.”
Ph.D. (University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada)
B.S. (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Currently a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Alex Gerson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
E-mail: dgroom@umass.edu
Selected Publications

Dr. Brandy Velten
Ph.D. – Cell & Systems Biology, 2016
Thesis title: “Comparative Identification and Characterization of Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms in Avian Skeletal Muscle”
E-mail: br.velten@gmail.com
Selected Publications

Dr. Sajeni Mahalingam
M.Sc. – Cell & Systems Biology, 2012
Thesis title: “Neuromuscular control of hummingbird flight kinematics.”
E-mail: mahals4@mcmaster.ca
Selected Publications

Dr. Chris Chen
M.Sc. – Cell & Systems Biology, 2012
Thesis title: “Measuring metabolic fuel use and metabolic rate during flight in Archilochus colubris.”
Ph.D., 2017 (York University, Toronto, ON, Canada) in the lab of Dr. David Hood.
M.Sc., 2012 (University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada)
B.S., 2010 (University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada)
Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Sunnybrook Research Institute
E-mail: cwchen@yorku.ca
Selected Publications

Alexander Myrka
MSc – Cell & Systems Biology – 2015
M.Sc. (University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada)
B.S. (University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada)
Currently a PhD student in the lab of Dr. Les Buck at the University of Toronto.
E-mail: alex.myrka@mail.utoronto.ca
Selected Publications

Lily Hou
MSc – Ecology & Evolutionary Biology – 2015
Thesis title: “Automated Serial Sampling in Hummingbirds Obviates Laborious Ecological Studies of Behaviourally Induced Rises in Departure Stores”
B.S. (University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada)
E-mail: lily.hou@mail.utoronto.ca
Selected Publications

Raafay Syed Ali
MSc student – Cell & Systems Biology
B.S. (University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada)
E-mail: raafay.ali@mail.utoronto.ca