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ABOUT CSM  ::  Executive & Council  ::  Executive

2011 - 2012 Executive

The CSM Executive consists of the President, Past President, 1st Vice-President, 2nd Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, Meetings Secretary, and Graduate Student Representative.


Ivan Oresnik

Dr. Ivan Oresnik
President

Ivan Oresnik is an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Manitoba. The research carried out in his lab focuses on the molecular microbiology of plant-microbe interactions focusing on the Rhizobium/legume symbiosis. He received his BSc as well as his MSc from McMaster University, and his PhD from Queen’s University. Following two post doctoral positions at the University of Calgary, he joined the University of Manitoba in 2000 as an Assistant Professor.

University of Manitoba
Department of Microbiology
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2

Contact
T: (204) 474-7587  |  F: (204) 474-7603  |   


 
Ed Topp

Dr. Ed Topp
Past President

Ed Topp is a Principal Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in London Ontario, and adjunct professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Western Ontario. His research encompases several aspects of environmental microbiology, with the objective of managing risk to water quality from microbial and chemical contaminants of agricultural provenance. A native of Montréal, he received his BSc and MSc. in microbiology from the Macdonald College (now campus) of McGill University, and PhD from the Department of Microbiology at the University of Minnesota.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
1391 Sandford Str.
London, ON N5V 4T3

Contact
T: (519) 457 1470 Ext. 235  |  F: (519) 457 3997  |   


 
Nancy Martin

Dr. Nancy Martin
1st Vice-President

Nancy Martin is an Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Queen’s University. She is also a member of the GastroIntestinal Diseases and Protein Function Discovery Research Groups at Queen’s. Her research group focuses on understanding how bacteria use histidine and serine/threonine kinases to sense and respond to changes in the environment surrounding the cell. The lab uses Salmonella and Citrobacter as model organisms. Nancy received a BSc. (Zoology) and MSc. (Microbiology) from the University of Guelph, followed by a PhD from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia. She held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School and then, following a brief time at the University of Calgary, joined the faculty at Queen’s.

Queen's University
Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator
Rm 740 Botterell Hall
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Microbiology and Immunology Program
Gastrointestinal Diseases & Protein Function Discovery Research Groups
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6

Contact
T: 613 533 2460  |  F: 613 533 6796  |   


 
Daniel  Dubreuil

Dr. Daniel Dubreuil
2nd Vice President

Daniel Dubreuil is Professor in the department of Pathology and Microbiology of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Université de Montréal. He is also Adjunct Director of GREMIP, a multidisciplinary research group interested in the pathogenesis of important pig pathogens. The research carried out in his laboratory focuses on Escherichia coli heat-resistant enterotoxins responsible for diarrheal diseases in man and animals. He received his B. Agr. (hons.) in microbiology from the Macdonald College of McGill University, a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. from the department of Microbiology and Immunology of Université de Montréal. As a Postdoctoral Fellow, he then spent a year at Institut Pasteur (Paris) and two years in the department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at the University of Victoria (B.C.).

Université de Montréal
Faculté de medicine vétérinaire
3200 rue Sicotte
Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, J2S 7C6

Contact
T: (450) 773-8521 ext. 8433 /  |  F: (450) 778-8108  |   


 
Ayush Kumar

Dr. Ayush Kumar
Secretary-Treasurer

Ayush Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, ON. His research interest include understanding the molecular mechanisms of multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacterial species, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. He received his BSc and MSc in Microbiology from Awadh University, UP, India, and PhD from the Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. He completed his post-doctoral work from Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA working at the Rocky Mountain-Regional Centers of Excellence. He joined UOIT as an Assistant Professor in 2007.

University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Faculty of Health Sciences
Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4

Contact
T: (905) 721-8668 x2173  |  F: (905) 721-3179  |   


 
Russell Hynes

Dr. Russell Hynes
Meetings Secretary

Russ Hynes is a Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre and an adjunct professor in the Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan. His research includes microbial screening, selection, formulation development and delivery of biopesticides with the objective of expanding biocontrol practices for managing agricultural pests in Canada. Born in Montréal, he received his BSc, MSc. and PhD in microbiology from the Macdonald Campus of McGill University. Before joining AAFC Russ was a Research Associate at the Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council, O.E.C.D research fellow at Bristol University and a Senior Research Scientist with Agriculture Biologicals (ESSO, Agrium Inc.) developing microbial inoculants for the legume producers in Western Canada and the U.S.A.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Department. of Bioprocesses and Bioproducts
107 Science Place
Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2

Contact
T: (306) 956-7638  |  F: (306) 956-7247  |   


 
Josie Libertucci

Ms. Josie Libertucci
Graduate Student Representative

Josie Libertucci is a graduate student at the University of Calgary. She is completing her Master’s degree in Bacterial Pathogenesis under the supervision of Dr. Doug Storey. Josie’s project is focused on examining the characteristic bacterial transition from Staphylococcus aureus to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, seen in bacterial lung infections in Cystic Fibrosis patients. Josie received an Honours Bachelors degree in Biology from York University in Toronto, before joining the Storey lab in September 2010.

University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Biological Science Building rm 196
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4

Contact
T: 403-220-3574  |   


 
Wafaa Antonious

Mrs. Wafaa Antonious
Secretariat

Canadian Society of Microbiologists
17 Dossetter Way
Ottawa, ON K1G 4S3
Canada

Contact
T: (613) 421-7229  |  F: (613) 421-9811  |   


 
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CSM-SCM Secretariat
17 Dossetter Way
Ottawa, ON K1G 4S3
Canada

Tel: (613) 421-7229
Fax: (613) 421-9811





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