Lab Updates
Welcome!
Winter 2024 - Welcome Dane Harder who joins us as a MSc student!
Fall 2023 - Welcome Spencer Kutcher who joins us as a MSc student!
Winter 2023 - Welcome back to Daphnée Ferland who now joins us as a MSc student!
Spring 2022 - Welcome to Laura Carruthers and Rachelle McCannell who join us as new MSc students!
Spring 2021 - Welcome to Iva Henry who joins us as a MSc student. She brings expertise in field trial research and using stable isotopes.
Summer 2020 - Daphnée Ferland is back as a summer student (remotely), once again awarded an NSERC USRA and joins us as an NSERC CREATE Climate Smart Soils Scholar! Welcome to Dane Harder, our newest summer student.
Fall 2019 - Glad to have you back Trang. After finishing her undergrad thesis with us, Trang has joined us as a MSc student. She brings expertise in nitrous oxide production and isotopomer measurement.
Summer 2019 - Warm welcome to our new MSc student, Olivia Otchere. Olivia has joined us from Ghana and brings expertise in crop science. Happy to have you join the cover crop project Olivia! Also, welcome to our incoming summer students Ryder Kindt and Daphnee Ferland; our incoming undergrad thesis student Morgan Cote.
Winter 2019 - Warm welcome to our new MSc student Athena Wu. Athena finished her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with a major in environmental science from the University of Saskatchewan, bringing expertise in soil-plant relations. Happy to have you join us Athena!
Fall 2018 - Special welcome to our new PhD student Soudeh Farzadfar. Soudeh has joined us from Iran and brings expertise in soil-plant nutrient dynamics. Happy to have you join us Soudeh!
Summer 2018 - Welcome to our 2018 summer students and undergrad thesis students: Sanessa Moens, Trang Phan, Taryn Goff, and Matthew Carr.
Sept 2017 - Special welcome to our newest member Caio Taveira. Caio joins us from Brazil and brings experience in agronomy, field cropping systems, and nutirent management. Happy to have you join us Caio! Looking forward to your MSc project.
Summer 2017 - Special welcome to the newest members of Congreves' lab: Jamie, Taryn, Michelle, & Beth. Happy to have you all involved.
Congratulations
2023
All the best to Athena Wu who is moving on to other adventures in her career! After working with us for nearly five years, we will dearly miss her and the expertise she brings to the lab. Thanks for all your hard work and wishing you all the best Athena!
Congratulations to Laura on being awarded an NSERC CGS Scholarship for her MSc research!
2022
Congratulations to Trang on sucessfully completing and defending her MSc thesis!
Congratulations to Olivia on sucessfully completing and defending her MSc thesis!
2021
Congratulations to Athena on sucessfully completing and defending her MSc thesis!
Congrats to Soudeh on the Department of Plant Sciences Outstanding PhD Student Award.
Congrats to Daphnée on another NSERC-USRA award for a summer research project!
2020
Congratulations Caio on successfully defending his thesis and completing his MSc degree!
Congratulations to Daphnée who was awarded another NSERC-USRA to work with us again this summer (albeit remotely due to COVID-19).
2019
Congratulations to Soudeh and Trang who were awarded NSERC-CREATE Climate-Smart Soils Scholarships :)
Congratulations to Athena who was awarded the Dollie Hantleman scholarship from AgBio! Well done.
Congratulations to Olivia who was awarded the Dollie Hantleman scholarship from AgBio! Well done.
Congrats to Daphnée who was awarded an NSERC-USRA and OVPR-USRA as a part of her summer job with us!
2018
Congratulations to Soudeh Farzadfar who was awarded a prestigious Dean's Scholarship from the University of Saskatchewan to pursue her PhD with us! Well done Soudeh.
Congrats to Trang Phan who received an AgBio OVPR-USRA for her undergraduate reserach project in the lab this summer!
Congrats to Sanessa Moens who received a NSERC-USRA for her undergraduate research project in the field this summer!
2017
Congrats to Taryn Goff who received the ICAN-WISE Scholarship this summer! Great opportunity to support women in science.