Supervision
September - December 2025
Shiho Honda - BSc student - LSCI451
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
In-situ microcosms experiments to test effectiveness of several type of fertilizer treatments for oil biodegradation.
May - August 2025
Kate Murphy - BSc student summer volunteer
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Solid and liquid cultures of Arctic marine and sediment bacteria under specific conditions (fuel oil, fertilizer, surface washing agent, biosurfactant).
May - August 2025
Shiho Honda - AES USRA summer student
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
In-situ microcosms experiments to test effectiveness of surface washing agent and biosurfactant treatments for oil biodegradation.
Jan. - March 2025
Kate Murphy - BSc student
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Solid and liquid cultures of Arctic marine and sediment bacteria under specific conditions (fuel oil, fertilizer, surface washing agent, biosurfactant).
Sep. 2024 - March 2025
Shiho Honda - BSc student
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Laboratory methods: DNA/RNA extractions, purification, quantification, PCR, DNA library preparation for 16S/18S rRNA gene sequencing.
Jan. 2024 - Present
Emma Righi – MSc student
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Optimized ex-situ macrocosms and in-situ microcosms experiments of Arctic natural attenuation microbial community from coastal soil sediment to test effectiveness of surface washing agent / biosurfactants treatments and nutrient amendment for oil biodegradation.
June – Sep. 2023
Emma Righi – McGill Undergraduate Summer Research
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Isolation of fungi from Arctic and Antarctica soil samples. and screening of diverse fungal phytopathogens with bacterium PEVAN as an antifungal.
Sep. 2022 – Apr. 2023
Emma Righi – BSc student (LSCI 401 Honours Research Project)
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
The metabolic activity of three potential hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial strains originating from Canadian high Arctic beach sediments.
Sep. 2021 – Apr. 2022
Antoine O. Lirette – MSc student
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Isolating Novel Hydrocarbon Degraders from Northwest Passage Beach Sediments and Assessing their Ability for Biodegradation.
