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Robert Sutherland

Director / Chair
Office: SA8228
(403) 394-3987
robert.sutherland@uleth.ca
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Erin Cooke

Admin Support
Office: SA8394
(403) 394-3900
erin.cooke@uleth.ca

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Renee Dumas

Program Lead for Campus Alberta Neuroscience
Office: EP1204 (Exploration Place)
(403) 394-3986
renee.dumas@uleth.ca

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Javad Karimi Abadchi

Graduate Assistant
Office: EP1290 (Exploration Place)
(403) 394-3951
javad.karimi@uleth.ca

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Edgar Bermudez Contreras

Post Doctoral Fellow
Office: EP1241 (Exploration Place)
(403) 394-3973
edgar.bermudez@uleth.ca

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Chelsea Ekstrand

Faculty
Office: SA8252
(403) 394-3928
chelsea.ekstrand@uleth.ca

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David Euston

Faculty
Office: SA8246
(403) 394-3970
euston@uleth.ca

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Erin Falkenberg

Research Technician
Office: EP1211A (Exploration Place)
(403) 394-3968
erin.nayha@uleth.ca

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Jamshid Faraji

Post Doctoral Fellow
Office: SA8152
(403) 394-3985
jamshid.faraji@uleth.ca

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Robbin Gibb

Faculty
Office: SA8114
(403) 394-3993
gibb@uleth.ca

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Aaron Gruber

Faculty
Office: SA8242
Phone: (403) 394-3934
aaron.gruber@uleth.ca

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Saeedeh Hashemniayetorshizi

Graduate Assistant
Office: EP1219 (Exploration Place)
(403) 394-3915
saeedeh@uleth.ca

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Shakhawat Hossain

Research Technician
Office: EP1261 (Exploration Place)
(403) 329-2440
shakhawat.hossain@uleth.ca
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Vicky Ivan

Graduate Assistant
Office: EP1219 (Exploration Place)
(403) 394-3915
victorita.ivan@uleth.ca

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Andrew Iwaniuk

Faculty
Office: SA8144
(403) 332-5288
andrew.iwaniuk@uleth.ca

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Zahra Jafari

Post Doctoral Fellow
Office: EP1290 (Exploration Place)
(403) 593-3904
zahra.jafari@uleth.ca

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Bryan Kolb

Faculty
Office: SA8140
(403) 329-2405
kolb@uleth.ca

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Valerie Lapointe

Research Technician
Office: SA8156
(403) 394-3959
valerie.lapointe@uleth.ca

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Artur Luczak

Faculty
Office: SA8240
(403) 394-3974
luczak@uleth.ca

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Robert McDonald

Faculty
Office: SA8232
(403) 394-3983
r.mcdonald@uleth.ca

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Bruce McNaughton

Faculty
Office: SA8236
(403) 394-3909
bruce.mcnaughton@uleth.ca

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Lilia Mesina

Research Programmer
Office: EP1241 (Exploration Place)
(403) 331-2287
lilia.mesina@uleth.ca
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Gerlinde Metz

Faculty
Office: SA8244
(403) 394-3992
gerlinde.metz@uleth.ca

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Mojtaba Nazariahangarkolaee

Graduate Assistant
Office: EP1290 (Exploration Place)
(403) 394-3951
m.nazari@uleth.ca

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Maurice Needham

Post Doctoral Fellow
Office: EP1219 (Exploration Place)
(403) 394-3937
maurice.needham@uleth.ca

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Sergio Pellis

Faculty
Office: SA8146
(403) 329-2078
pellis@uleth.ca

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Vivien Pellis

Research Associate
Office: SA8160
(403) 317-2863
pellvc@uleth.ca

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Jennifer Tarnowsky

Lab Technician
Office: SA8168
(403) 394-3959
jennifer.tarnowsky@uleth.ca

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Matthew Tata

Faculty
Office: SA8238
(403) 394-3994
matthew.tata@uleth.ca

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Masami Tatsuno

Faculty
Office: SA8234
(403) 394-3998
tatsuno@uleth.ca

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Paul Vasey

Faculty
Office: PB230
(403) 317-5029
paul.vasey@uleth.ca

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Ian Whishaw

Faculty
Office: SA8142
(403) 329-2402
whishaw@uleth.ca

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