Co-Presidents
Viviana Astudillo
Viviana is a fifth year PhD student in the Lopez-Fernandez lab at the ROM. Her research focuses on the systematics and evolution of swimming morphology in riverine cichlid fishes. Viviana is also a visual artist, with a special love for natural history art and mural painting.
Mail: viviana.astudillo <at> mail.utoronto.ca
Danielle de Carle
Mail: danielle.decarle <at> mail.utoronto.ca
Treasurer
Ina Anreiter
Ina is a PhD student in the Sokolowski Lab and studies environmental effects on behaviour, and the molecular processes that underlie these effects. In her free time Ina loves drinking the beer she brews on her balcony.
Mail: ina.anreiter <at> mail.utoronto.ca
Secretary
Tyler Kent
Tyler is a third year PhD student in the Wright Lab. He studies comparative genomics of the Brassicaceae and population genomics in the genus Capsella. He likes plants and cats.
Mail: tyler.kent <at> mail.utoronto.ca
Campus Representatives
Ashley Reynolds (ROM)
Cylita Guy (UTM)
Cylita has gained a lot of experience talking to people about all sorts of things (sometimes science based, sometimes not) while working at the Ontario Science Centre. So if you’re a UTM student and need something, come say hello!
Mail: cylita.guy <at> mail.utoronto.ca
Rowshyra Casteñeda (UTSC)
EEBU Representative
Cylita Guy
Cylita is a PhD student in the Mideo and Ratcliffe labs. She studies bats and the viruses that they carry. You can also find her getting the general public excited about science at various science communication events across the city. Cylita loves her bats, but also her rock climbing.
Mail: cylita.guy <at> mail.utoronto.ca
GSU Representative
Nishant Singh
CUPE Stewards
Rebecca Shalkowski
As someone who was born on the inside of the former inner-German wall, Rebecca naturally had to become one of the CUPE stewards for EEB. Socialism forever. </sarcasm>
Mail: rebecca.schalkowski <at> mail.utoronto.ca
Gigi Hoi
Student Seminars & Journal Club
Julia Kreiner
Katie Brown
Kate is a MSc student in the Gilbert Lab. She uses field experiments to study how trophic interactions influence species coexistence. In her spare time, Kate likes shooting arrows, baking pretzels and talking to plants.
Mail: katie.brown <at> mail.utoronto.ca
Social Chair
Melanie Massey
Melanie is an outdoors-lover and critter enthusiast. She is doing her M.Sc. on Snapping Turtles. She is also a mental health advocate, and hopes to combine social events with mental health-positive activities this upcoming year.
Mail: melanie.massey <at> mail.utoronto.ca
Health & Safety
Rebecca Shalkowski
Rebecca would like her department and the people in it to be healthy and safe.
Mail: rebecca.schalkowski <at> mail.utoronto.ca
Mental Health
Rebecca Shalkowski
Rebecca is an international PhD student in the Cutter lab who is studying giant sperm in Caenorhabditis nematodes. She is also a travel, baking and hiking enthusiast, and the occasional department pet sitter.
Mail: rebecca.schalkowski <at> mail.utoronto.ca
Tom Bombadil
Tom Bombadil is EEB’s unofficial resident therapy dog. In his free time he enjoys napping and chewing on things. He’s a good boy.
Mail: Answers to Bombadil or Bomba
Fundraising
Charlotte DeKeyzer
Atwood Chair
Felix Beaudry
IT & Social Media
Tyler Kent
Tyler is the administrator of this website and the EEB Twitter. He tweets a lot.
Mail: tyler.kent <at> mail.utoronto.ca
