Alumni

Graduates

Sierra Peskett

PhD, Chemical and Environmental Toxicology

2021-2025. Exploring the Human Microbiome and Everyday Contact as Drivers of PFAS Fate and Exposure

Now: AI trainer

Meara Ryan

MSc, Chemical and Environmental Toxicology

2023-2025. Identifying PFAS in surface water, drinking water, and wastewater treatment plants using LC-MS/MS

Now: Chemist I, Canadian pari-mutuel agency

Callum Blaney

MSc, Chemical and Environmental Toxicology

2022-2024. Biotransformation of PFAS in waste-water treatment plant sludge

Now: Chemist II, Health Canada

Gursharan Uppal

MSc, Chemical and Environmental Toxicology

2022-2024. Characterizing PFAS in airborne particulate matter

Now: Travelling

Colleen Clarke

MSc, Chemical and Environmental Toxicology

2019-2022. Development of a high-throughput oxidative stress assay to monitor lipid signaling and predict toxicity of emerging pollutants

Now: Principle Analyst, Gradient, Boston

Keegan Harris

MSc, Chemistry

2019-2022. Measuring PFAS in cosmetics and personal care products

Now: Associate Scientist, BRI Biopharmaceutical Research, Vancouver

Dami Daramola

MSc, Chemical and Environmental Toxicology

2019-2021. Enzyme phenotyping of fluorotelomer alcohol biotransformation

Now: Reseacher, Cronos Fermentation, Winnipeg

Sampson Fok

MSc, Chemical and Environmental Toxicology

2018-2020. Comparing PFAS toxicokinetics in human tissues and microbial environments

Now: Technical Scientist, CRO pharmaceutical company, Delaware

Selected undergraduates

Quinn Carkner

BScH (Molecular and Cellular Biology), Carleton University

2025-2026. Quinn performed her honours research project in our group, focusing on PFAS microbial transformation.

Now: MSc student, Carleton University / Health Canada

Aleen Awais

BSc (Health Science), Carleton University

2018-2020. Aleen participated in summer research and was a recipient of I-CUREUS awards. She helped with the maintenance of C. elegans, our model for studying toxicant mechanisms of action.

Now: Dentist

Erin Lange

BScH (Chemistry), Carleton University

2018-2021. Erin did her Honours project and spent several summers with us, working to develop analytical and biochemical methods to measure fluorinated pollutants and their biological targets.

Now: MSc student, University of Leicester

Kali Deecker

BScH (Chemistry), Carleton University

2019-2020. Kali used computer modeling and LC-MS/MS to examine the metabolism of omega-6 fatty acids and how this can be modulated in the presence of aspirin.

Now: Teacher