Core Principal Investigators
Dr. Chelsea Rochman is an assistant professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto and the head of Operations & Science Programming and Application Lead for the U of T Trash Team.
Dr. Michael Rennie is an Associate Professor in the Community Ecology & Energetics Lab, and Tier II Canada Research Chair in Freshwater Ecology and Fisheries at Lakehead University.
Dr. Diane Orihel is an Associate Professor in Aquatic Ecotoxicology at Queen’s University and Director of the QE3 Research Group.
Matthew Hoffman
Dr. Matthew Hoffman is a Professor at the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Jennifer Provencher
Dr. Jennifer Provencher is a Research Scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada and an Adjunct at Carleton University in the Department of Biology.
Michael Paterson
Dr. Michael Paterson is a Senior Research Scientist at the International Institute for Development Experimental Lakes Area and Adjunct Professor in the University of Manitoba’s Department of Entomology.
Co-Investigators & Collaborators
Paul Helm
Senior Research Scientist, Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Rebecca Rooney
Associate Professor, Biology, University of Waterloo
Melissa Duhaime
Assistant Professor and Research Scientist, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Tim Hoellein
Associate Professor, Aquatic Ecology Lab, Layola University Chicago
Ken Jeffries
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba
Christy Tyler
Associate Professor, Aquatic Ecology Lab, Rochester Institute of Technology
Barb Katzenback
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo
Mark Mallory
Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier I in Coastal Ecosystem Resilience and Connectivity, Acadia University
Scott Higgins
Senior Research Scientist, IISD-Experimental Lakes Area
Baily McMeans
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Toronto
Tony Walker
Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
Nick Mallos
Vice President of Conservation, Ocean Plastics at Ocean Conservancy
Ludovic Hermabessierre
Research Associate, National Research Council Canada
Dimple Roy
Director of Water Management, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Meredith Evans Seeley
Assistant Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Britta Baechler
Associate Director for Ocean Plastics Research at Ocean Conservancy
Frédéric Laberge
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
Students, Staff & Postdoctoral Fellows
Desiree Langenfeld (Project Coordinator)
Biologist, IISD-Experimental Lakes Area
Francis Nuamah
PhD student, Rochman Lab, University of Toronto
Garth Covernton
PDF, Rochman Lab, University of Toronto
Meredith Omer
PhD student, Rochman Lab, University of Toronto
Rachel Cable
PhD student, Duhaime Lab, University of Michigan
Eden Hataley
PhD student, Rochman Lab, University of Toronto
Kennedy Bucci
PhD, Rochman Lab, University of Toronto
Stephanie Graves
PDF, Orihel Lab, Queens University
Cody Veneruzzo
PhD student, Rennie Lab, Lakehead University
Rachel McNamee
PhD student, Rooney Lab, University of Waterloo
Émilie Montreuil Strub
PhD student, Rooney Lab, University of Waterloo
Drew Thompson
MSc student, Katzenback Lab, University of Waterloo
Sam Gene
PhD student, Orihel Lab, Queens University
Minoli Dias
BSc student, Orihel Lab, Queens University
Hayley McIlwraith
BSc student, Rochman Lab, University of Toronto
Haley MacLeod
PhD, Rennie Lab, Lakehead University
Natasha Neves
MSc, Orihel Lab, Queens University
Jessie Wilson
MSc student, Mallory Lab, Acadia University
Celia Konowe
MSc student, Walker Lab, Dalhousie University
Hannah Vonberg
MSc, Walker Lab, Dalhousie University
Emily Johnson
MSc student, Hollein Lab, Loyola University Chicago
Yael Lewis
MSc student, Orihel Lab, Queens University
Jihyun Kim
PhD student, Orihel Lab, Queens University
Madeleine Milne
MSc student, Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba
Ren Staggs
MSc student, Rochester Institute of Technology
Emily McKenzie
PhD student, Katzenback Lab, University of Waterloo
Abbi Friesen
Research Assistant, IISD-Experimental Lakes Area
Dalila Seckar
Lab Manager, Orihel Lab, Queen’s University
Liam Green
MSc student, Seeley Marine Pollution Lab, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Ella Parkinson
PhD student, Laberge Lab, University of Guelph
Raúl Lazcano
MSc student, Hollein Lab, Loyola University Chicago
Leif Buxton
Undergraduate student, Rennie Lab, Lakehead University
The pELAstic Project 